Colin Beavan, the man who has sworn to live a year without toilet paper, will be the host for LVHRD’s Bi-Fold III: GRN. Colin, along with his wife, daughter, and dog, are attempting to live in the middle of New York City without making a net impact on the environment.

That means producing no trash or carbon emissions, no toxins in the water, no air conditioning, no TV, no toilets, no packaged products, no razors, no flourescent bulbs, no plastics, no elevator, and no subway.

In Colin’s words:

“The way I see it, waiting for the senators and the CEOs to change the way we treat the world is taking too long. Polar bears are already drowning because the polar ice is melting. In fact, research shows it's worse: they are so hungry, they are actually starting to eat each other. I can't stand my so-called liberal self sitting around not doing anything about it anymore. The question is: what would it be like if I took the situation (or at least my tiny part of it) into my own hands? I'm finding out.”

It’s not like the sacrifices are going unnoticed. The NY Times dropped in not too long ago see how the Walden-esque experiment was getting on; Stephen Colbert wanted a piece of the No Impact Man too. Colin has a book coming out about his family’s experiment and his wife’s best friend, Laura Gabbert, is trailing them for a documentary film.

Next Tuesday he’ll join Under the Canopy and Russell Robertson in bringing the reality of sustainable living to the LVHRD academy of collaborative learning. Show up with a smile on your face and a cup in your hand. Until then, read up on Colin’s marital spats over worms on his blog, No Impact Man.