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No Impact Man

Sep 04, 2009 | IMDB 6.2

93 min Watch Now

Documentary

Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact.

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Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin

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