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How the Dutch got their Cycle Paths
Low Fructose
Less is sweet
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Life Strategy
Kaizen (改善), Japanese for “improvement”, or “change for the better” refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes.
Making sustainability a trend has minimized its relevance and stymied its progress. Climate change, declining resources, peak oil — these aren’t passing fads. “Green is the new black,” “eco-chic,” “eco-fabulous,” — I even got a pitch from Eco-Stiletto! All that marketing-speak has done little for sustainability except validate old behaviors. It’s a notion that you can go green by buying more stuff. We’ll always need things, but we need a real focus on making those things less expendable, less, well, “trendy,” and more efficient, healthier, durable, built to last.
Allison Arieff
I like what Allison says. Read the rest: A Conversation With Allison Arieff, Writer and Editor on Sustainability — The Atlantic
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Food stamps are now worth double at farmer’s markets in Michigan. Lovely. Congrats to the Fair Food Network for spearheading a pilot in Detroit, successfully executing, and then expanding the program to the entire state. That’s hard work, especially politically hard work.
+1 Detroit
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So my zucchini fritters don’t look like those pictured on the fancy food blog, but they were delicious! Also, if you’ve never made a tomato sandwich you should probably get on that. My buddy Mike is the master of tomato sandwiches.
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When Wheels Pile Up, Plant a Bike; Save the City
“I figure that when we transition to the all-bicycle transportation model, New York will go through bikes at roughly the same rate it used to go through horses. So those 15,000 dead horses a year from 1880 translate to 105,000 dead bicycles now, since the city has about seven times as many people as it did then.”
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Carnitas braised in Witbier. Must make asap.
Relevant to my interests.
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Choose. Bike. Be. Happy.
Nice little short from The Sierra Club.
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Bicycle Coffee Co. delivers fair trade, organic locally roasted coffee by bike at the same price point as their non fair-trade coffee competitors.
I think this is what I should really be doing with my life. See you in your next city, Brad Butler.
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Color wheel.
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Living Off the Grid
Living “off the grid” may conjure images of counter-culture hippies or the old-fashioned ways of the Amish, but a growing number of people generate their own electricity and live in the lap of luxury without ever paying a utility bill. They’re called “off-gridders” and they look just like you and me.
Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/1344M)
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East London Furniture’s Pallet Project makes upcycled furniture from pallets, a fine addition to these clever and creative examples of furniture made of upcycled unusual objects (via)
Would really like one of these coffee tables!
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As Farmer’s Markets Go Mainstream, Some Fear Glut
“We have this mentality of, oh, we have a Starbucks on every corner,” Ms. Moran said. “So why can’t we have a farmers’ market? The difference is these farmers actually have to grow it and drive it to the market.”
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My friend and mentor, Steve Vaccaro, is featured in today’s Times! Check out the article here: A New Breed of Lawyers Focuses on Bicyclists’ Rights.
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Where We Are With NYC Bike Share
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