Environmentalism these days is full of earnestness.

A lot of the fun has gone out of it as people buy hybrids, grimly sort their trash into mandated piles, and study up on international treaties.

So, when we heard about the man in the United Kingdom who had devoted his life to living without cash, we admired his courage, creativity, and his enterprise.

But mostly, we admired the fun he seems to be having.

These efforts, whether funny, sensible or downright strange, might inspire change. At the very worst, the people conducting them will be able to say they had a good time trying to do something good.

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