Category: Health
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Baby on your bike at six months? (guardian.co.uk)
When your toddler nods off on a bike ride with their head lolling forward…apparently that’s just fine. (Trailers are mentioned.) I don’t like the rear seats on bikes, but I’m eager to try out a handlebar front seat on a bike. When can you put your baby on your bike? | Sam Haddad | Environment…
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Women’s Domestic Freedom…from Cars
This article by Elly Blue describes a confused world full of sexism, angry drivers and confused cyclists. I often forget about the strong sports and athletic emphasis in the cycling world–mostly because I don’t really pay attention to the sports side of it. Women are still touted as sex objects in the cycling world. Sports seems to cloud…
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Are Workplaces Incentivizing the Ride? (Commute by Bike)
I’d like to think that bike commuting would be that much more obvious for businesses to encourage. http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/12/01/how-workplaces-are-incentivizing-the-ride/
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Mushroom with hypoglycemic properties?
The Maitake mushroom might have hypoglycemic properties. This is interesting stuff.
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Is Living Simply Anti-Modern?
My wife was tentatively offered a Kindle for Christmas, with the added note that, there are plenty of public-domain works you can download for it. “Why would I want a Kindle when all the books I do read are in the library?” was her response. Walking to the library is a healthy activity. It keeps…
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Thots re: Making bicycling contagious (Bikes Belong)
Simple article with obvious points. But it doesn’t really enroll anyone, does it? The only thing simple studies like this don’t help with is promoting cycling in un-sunny weather. The article’s points are all fine but don’t have any penetration into the thinking of a nation of comfort-entitled people. We could learn from football fans…
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What Food Says About Class in America – Newsweek
This article discusses tensions of average income, time and cost barriers to eating produce in a society where affordable food is defined by “modern” canned veggies and processed grains. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/22/what-food-says-about-class-in-america.html I am priveleged to eat a lot of locally produced raw veggies, it is a central pillar to my personal health. Food is an area…
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Bellingham, Washington Neighborhoods on Walk Score
Bellingham doesn’t have just one Walk Score–its neighborhoods each have walk sores! http://www.walkscore.com/WA/Bellingham
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Let’s Make a Better Halloween (rant)
Knowing that 350 million children will groggily wake up on Nov 1 and then dart to their cache of candy and start snarling like wolves when their parents say its time for school makes me a bit depressed. Halloween must be one of the most worthless and most health-destructive holidays ever. Consider what mixed messages…
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How Cool Is This? The Zigo LEADER is COOL
This totally looks like a great kid and shopping friendly trike. It’s not too big, it’s perfectly stable, you don’t have to crane your neck around to check on your child, either. I bet it could carry at least four bags of groceries, too. Zigo LEADER Carrier. This design is kinda close to what I…
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