Colin Beavan

Writer and social change activist Colin Beavan attracted international attention for his year-long lifestyle-redesign project and the wildly popular book, No Impact Man , and the Sundance-selected documentary film that it inspired. He has appeared on Nightline , Good Morning America , The Colbert Report , The Montel Williams Show , and NPR, and his story has been featured in news outlets from Time magazine to the New York Times . A sought-after speaker by wide-ranging audiences, he also...See more

Writer and social change activist Colin Beavan attracted international attention for his year-long lifestyle-redesign project and the wildly popular book, No Impact Man , and the Sundance-selected documentary film that it inspired. He has appeared on Nightline , Good Morning America , The Colbert Report , The Montel Williams Show , and NPR, and his story has been featured in news outlets from Time magazine to the New York Times . A sought-after speaker by wide-ranging audiences, he also consults with businesses on improving eco-friendly and human-centered practices. Beavan is the author of two other books, Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War and Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science , and his writing has appeared in Esquire, the Atlantic , and the New York Times . He is the founder of the No Impact Project and a dharma teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. See less