Dude Making a Difference: Bamboo Bikes, Dumpster Dives and Other Extreme Adventures Across America - Softcover

Greenfield, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865718075 ISBN 13: 9780865718074

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

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 nearly zero waste?

Sound crazy? Maybe. But not if you're Rob Greenfield. Then it sounds like a pretty amazing way to bring your message to as many people as possible, and to have a great time doing it. Dude Making a Difference is Rob's first-person account of his incredible adventure in radical sustainability. Join him as he pedals from coast to coast in 3-½ months while:

• Creating only 2 pounds of trash
• Using just 160 gallons of water
• Eating 284 pounds of food from grocery store dumpsters.

This one-of-a-kind travelogue will inspire you to reexamine your relationship with the earth's resources. Rob's captivating stories of life on the low-impact road are rounded out by practical guides to help you reduce your personal ecological footprint and plan your own larger-than-life adventures. Author's proceeds from the sale of Dude Making a Difference will be donated to 1% for the Planet.

About this title

About the Author

Rob Greenfield is an adventurer and environmental activist whose creative campaigns educate while they inspire. 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.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865718075
• ISBN 13: 9780865718074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320