Dude Making a Difference: Bamboo Bikes, Dumpster Dives and Other Extreme Adventures Across America Paperback - 2015

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How far would you go to save the planet?

Rob Greenfield ... is truly a dude making a difference. His journey across America is by turns hilarious, gripping, and eye-opening. A must-read for anyone interested in living an environmentally conscientious life. -- MIKE SAGER, Esquire

You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How crossing America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical needs with solar power and creating nearly zero waste?

Rob Greenfield cycled 4,700 miles while using only 160 gallons of water, dining mostly on food foraged from dumpsters, and avoiding the use of fossil fuels. In doing so, he used a tiny fraction of the resources consumed by the average American and produced 150 times less trash. He also had a ridiculous amount of fun. This is his story.

... an inspiration to anyone who aspires to create positive impact in the world -- even if that means breaking convention. ... This is truly a worth-while read. -- LIZ CORE, writer, Grist.org

Greenfield is a man with a huge heart, incredible integrity and an infectious spirit for adventure -- things we've all got the potential for. The fact he writes about his story so beautifully makes it very easy for the rest of us to be inspired by it. -- MARK BOYLE, author, Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi and The Moneyless Man

Rob Greenfield is an adventurer and environmental activist whose creative campaigns educate and inspire. He's crossed the US twice on a bamboo bicycle, gone a year without showering and dived into over 1,000 dumpsters, all to wake people up to the impact of their daily actions and instigate social change.

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• Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2015, Page 0
• Publishers Weekly, 03/21/2016, Page 0