I've long admired the work of those good folks who put out Yes! magazine. The winter 2009 issue on Sustainable Happiness has an article by Colin Beavan about what he calls the no-impact experiment and Christmas with No Presents.
 The intro on Beavan's blog says it all: 

No Impact Man
A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, composts his poop and while living in New York City generally turns into a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons loving wife along for the ride. 

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