No Impact Man Documentary Analysis

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Nowadays we live in a mostly capitalist society, we buy many products and services and do not even think about the waste that we are generating or about the impacts that we are having in the environment. In order to make a difference on how we treat the environment, we have to be more self conscious about the contributions that we have on it, so that we can find ways to act accordingly. It is easier to understand and see what the harms are that we cause and how to change our actions to be more environment-friendly, when there are other people already doing it, such as on the documentary No Impact Man. No Impact Man makes it much easier for a person to analyze their impact and try to apply to their lives some of the methods that are presented …show more content…
Taking small actions, and then adding more actions the first ones, (i.e. start buying more organic food and using more the bike, and then adding trying to buy and use less plastic bottles of water or even building a composter, like Mr. Beaven build in the beginning of the film), any action here is a good action that helps to lead to a more eco-friendly society. Another thing that can be done is spreading the news, tell friends about what you are doing (some might say that it is crazy, like what I thought when I began watching the documentary, but after a while people realize that this is good for them as well), maybe they will to realize their impact and begin to try to diminish it too! It is like a domino

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