Category: sustainable living
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Diabetes and Air Pollution (Science News)
I do not care for the title of this article, because the end of the article discusses how the trend is definitely not causational and might only relate to increased rates of obesity. We all know that air pollution is bad, and we all still drive a heck of a lot. So basically, even if there…
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Pull Up to the Pump — on an XtraCycle!
Strangely gratifying errand this morning–getting gas. I pulled up to the pump on my XtraCycle. The last time I bought petrol, I fastened the gallon container of gas to the cargo rack of my mountain bike using a bungee cord. It leaked on the trip back and I was quite upset at the amount of…
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Progress thru Confession: Share Your Ridiculous Car Trip (video)
This bicycle awareness program in Malmo, Sweden encouraged motorists to anonymously share their ridiculous car trips (wee trips under 4 miles) to help them find a new relationship to their cars and to freedom from car travel. http://vimeo.com/15329560
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Revise City Planning Equations! (BikePortland.org)
I wonder if it’s possible to simply poke in the target “walkability” score for a neighborhood and do city planning that way? BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Noted economist says “flawed” metric leads to highway spending, sprawl.
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Portland Bike Lane Bonus Life (Mother Nature Network)
Dodge the banana peels! This actually is a great little trend. I hope it brings gamers to play in the streets on their bikes. It has to be more thrilling than their NES systems. It also shows a bold humor that many can feel proud of: “Yes! My city gives you an Invincible Power-up!” What…
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Insulating Your Refrigerator!
Everyone has heard of insulating your water heater. I had never heard of insulating your refrigerator. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. Once I heard about it I went and collected a few links for our eco-sensible pleasure: http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=005kwL http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/project-shag-carpet-your-refrigerator/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/hackleman56.html http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/save-energy-insulate-refrigerator.php http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/ecomodding-my-fridge-14413.html http://ecorenovator.org/diy-superefficient-fridge-1-kwh-day/ http://ecorenovator.org/diy-passive-cooled-fridge/ (I had also not…
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Bicycle Friendly Business (League of American Bicyclists)
Support local businesses that support bicycling and walking neighborhoods.
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quick tips: rain cycling setup (eHow)
Getting suited up for cycling in the rain doesn’t have to take any longer than a walk in the rain. You don’t want to wear wellies on you cycle, of course. Ask me questions about my rain gear setup, everyone has different habits. These rain cycling tips are a good start. I would encourage a…
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One Ziptie, a Bottle Cap and No Duct Tape (top that!)
A hanging shelf bracket in my (grumble) wonderful (cough) fridge busted. It was of course…plastic. Not much good to have your cheese drawer sitting on your eggs, gotta fix it. I hammered out a bracket to grip the vestigial fastener so that it could take tension and applied an 8″ zip tie. Good enough for…
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Social Bicycles (SoBi)
This is a remarkably sophisticated idea for bike hire without dedicated docking stations. With phone-app integration. You find a bike using your phone app, rent an access code over your phone, unlock, and lock up to whatever’s handy at your stop. SoBi | Design.
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