No Impact Man may be a movie worth seeing–not because of any special effects or incredible acting–no, that’s not it. In fact, No Impact Man is a documentary and if nothing else, it should prove to make you think a little.

The documentary follows Colin Beavan (“A guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet”) and his family as they try to eliminate their carbon footprint for one year. O sure, you may think, I’m doing something like that. I’m a concerned citizen looking out for the environment–I ride my bike to work once a week or use eco-friendly light bulbs. Wrong.

The Beavans are going Amish-style…and beyond.

For one year the Beavans eliminate everything modern society has given us, except perhaps running water and living in four enclosed sheet-rock walls.

That means no electricy (which includes a boatload of modern devices like TV, the washing machine and anything else with a plug), no plastic or packaged foods, no automobiles, no elevators, and the list just goes on and on.  They didn’t even use toilet paper (Gasp!). Watch No Impact Man Movie Trailer