I recently read Colin Beavan's No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process. The title's a little long, but the book is packed full of the Beavan family's interesting adventures as they grapple with the concepts of 'no-impact' and 'sustainability' for a year of their lives while living in New York City. This book won't save the planet, but it is a thoughtful and well researched rea...