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US: Last in Public Transportation (Huffington)
Seventy years of letting big auto and big oil shape public policy about public transportation has left our very language about paying for civic transportation crippled. We have the best government money can buy. Let’s vote with our dollar differently if we can. John Robbins: What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?.
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NW gasoline use UP (Sightline Institute)
Pretty self explanatory. Shifting Gears: Despite struggling economy, NW gasoline use ticks up — Sightline Institute.
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Bike that turns into shopping cart!
This is very clever. Sent to you by Jed via Google Reader: Bike that turns into shopping cart! via Bike Forums – Living Car Free by donrhummy on 7/1/10 No longer will you have to leave your bike outside! http://gizmodo.com/5577209/the-bicyc…-shopping-cart http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/07/0…e-into-a-cart/ Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Bike Forums – Living Car Free…
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Craig Calfee builds bicycles
Craig Calfee is a modern bicycle pioneer. I learned a bit about him when I was looking into bamboo bicycles.
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Sunny 24 mile day
This morning I replaced my handlebar bag bracket by using my new rounded rasp and overboring the pvc mounting brackets and put some inner tube strips under it. I oaded to to prolly 15 lbs again and cruised up Maplewood and then to Smith. Took a lunchtime ride acoss Ferndale and figured out how to…
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Vegetarians and Traditional Foods (nourishedkitchen.com)
This isn’t just about meat. Traditional foods are about nutrient density. What Vegetarians Can Learn from Traditional Foods.
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Roundup won’t solve world hunger (Grist)
I used to think that science in agriculture was a clever way to solve world hunger. I don’t feel that way anymore. You can guess how I feel about it. Weeds are becoming Roundup resistant. That and other good news below. How the agrichemical industry turns failure into market opportunity | Grist.
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Growth vs. sprawl (Kaid Benfield’s Blog)
Many cities in Europe are small, dense and surrounded by farmland. There are many benefits to this model. It makes me wonder: is un-shepherded real-estate development wise? It’s kinda like a “can but shouldn’t” scenario–we can develop all arable land into homes and malls, but that’s like fungal growth. There needs to be really strong…
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