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Zusatztext 68216883 Informationen zum Autor Rob Greenfield is an adventurer and environmental activist whose creative campaigns educate while they inspire. Whether he's surviving on water collected from leaky faucets or dining from a dumpster to illustrate America's Food Waste Fiasco, Rob's mission is to wake people up to their surroundings and help them to understand the local and global impact of their daily actions. He's crossed the US twice on a bamboo bicycle, gone a year without showering, and when not out adventuring, he lives in a 50 square foot tiny home in San Diego, all in the name of instigating positive social change. Klappentext How far would you go to save the planet? Rob Greenfield ¿ is truly a dude making a difference. His journey across America is by turns hilarious, gripping, and eye-opening. A must-read for anyone interested in living an environmentally conscientious life. ¿ MIKE SAGER, Esquire You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How crossing America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical needs with solar power and creating nearly zero waste? Rob Greenfield cycled 4,700 miles while using only 160 gallons of water, dining mostly on food foraged from dumpsters, and avoiding the use of fossil fuels. In doing so, he used a tiny fraction of the resources consumed by the average American and produced 150 times less trash. He also had a ridiculous amount of fun. This is his story. ¿ an inspiration to anyone who aspires to create positive impact in the world ¿ even if that means breaking convention. ¿ This is truly a worth-while read. ¿ LIZ CORE, writer, Grist.org Greenfield is a man with a huge heart, incredible integrity and an infectious spirit for adventure ¿ things we've all got the potential for. The fact he writes about his story so beautifully makes it very easy for the rest of us to be inspired by it. ¿ MARK BOYLE, author, Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi and The Moneyless Man Rob Greenfield is an adventurer and environmental activist whose creative campaigns educate and inspire. He's crossed the US twice on a bamboo bicycle, gone a year without showering and dived into over 1,000 dumpsters, all to wake people up to the impact of their daily actions and instigate social change. Vorwort Is filming a show with Discovery Channel to be released early 2016 National Radio Campaign Features offered to Yes!, Mother Jones, Treehugger, Huffington Post Excerpts in Utne Reader, Mother Earth News, The Intelligent Optimist Targeted campaign to media outlets like LA Times, Men's Health, USA Today, Tree Hugger, Mother Nature Network, Huffington Post, Discovery Channel, and other media, including television, in which the author has previously appeared Promotion on the author's website www.robgreenfield.tv and to his over 30,000 Twitter and 11,000 Facebook followers Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's attention-grabbing tactics! Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog and Pinterest Galley available on Edelweiss Zusammenfassung How far would you go to save the planet? One man’s cross-country journey to radical sustainability. You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How about ride 4,700 miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical needs with solar power and creating nea...
