Archive for September, 2008
In a green-minded cyclist’s dreams everything is powered by pedals. Well, sometimes dreams do come true – for better or worse.
Check out the following links to videos from Google’s Innovate or Die pedal-powered machine contest, where contestants from all over the globe were charged with inventing and building machines… Read the rest
We’ve mentioned the green spirit of END footwear before and now we’re happy to announce that you can officially buy your own pair of cool looking, ridiculously lightweight, progressive shoes through REI.
If you live in the Northwest you can try a pair on in the flesh at either the… Read the rest
Bicycle commuting in a city can be dangerous and frustrating, no doubt about it. If we endure a honk or middle finger from an obscenity-spouting motorist we grumble about it for the entire morning. Hell, we might even let it ruin our day. But the next time you think you… Read the rest
A believer in the idea that if you play outdoors you have to protect the outdoors, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) is opening up its second uber-green prototype store in Round Rock, Texas — the first one, featured in the pic above, opened in Boulder last fall — this week.
REI… Read the rest
The Dec 12 completion date for the massive Peak-2-Peak Gondola at the Whistler-Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia is fast approaching. Once completed, it will be the largest gondola in North America.
Here’s what the Whister-Blackcomb Peak-2-Peak website says about the environmental impact of their new gondola:
Footprint
The amount of … Read the rest
Hopefully the sixer of Full Throttle energy drinks he was saving for the hike down was in the bag too.
[Via failblog.org]… Read the rest
When it came time to study the frozen innards of Greenland’s fastest-moving glacier, NASA scientists didn’t go to the drawing board. They went to the bathtub.
In order to better understand why glaciers speed up as they move out to sea a U.S. rocket scientist unleashed 90 rubber ducks into… Read the rest
Check out this cool street art from artist and social activist Peter Gibson. His career started when he illegally began spray painting bike lanes onto the streets of Montreal in an attempt to push for better bike safety. Since then he’s expanded his work to address our everyday social and… Read the rest
Hiking to Everest base camp is hard enough; what about doing it on a unicycle? Well, 47 year old Steve Colligan plans to do just that. The extreme unicyclist has been riding on one wheel for eight years, and specializing in “muni” (translation: mountain unicycling) for six of them. He’s… Read the rest
The Speed Vest in this video isn’t available yet commercially, but keep your fingers crossed and eventually it might be. Looks cool and let’s drivers know just how fast you’re going; the creators of the vest figured that if drivers could see what speed cyclists were going, it might change… Read the rest
Conservationists: 1. Snowmobilers: 0.
That’s how it has played out in Wyoming thanks to a federal judge in Washington D.C. who recently denied plans to allow for more than 500 snowmobiles a day in Yellowstone National Park.
The National Park Service Winter Use Plan would have allowed for 540 snowmobiles… Read the rest
The end of summer brought the creation of the Natural Hydration Council was announced. The name sounds good — nobody is going to argue the importance of hydration — but don’t let it fool you. The NHC is in fact is a new association with the sole purpose of lobbying… Read the rest
I can only imagine the conversation that would go along with this:
“Let’s go to the gym and work out!”
“Ok, great!”
“I don’t want to get worn out before I get on the eliptical… we might as well take the escalator”
“Good idea”… Read the rest
Here’s Wend’s weekend tip: get out
We all know the value of a good pair of shoes, in fact it would be pretty hard to get through a day without them. Some of us may own numerous pairs, but many people are not so lucky. Since shoes are so important to our everyday lives, Soles4Shoes is… Read the rest
Monday September 22 marks World Carfree Day 2008. I don’t need to spell out what the intent behind having a worldwide day to encourage people not to drive is, but what I can do is remind you to take another mode of transportation come Monday.
There are really cool events… Read the rest
