What will you do to save our lives and genes, before we must?
We live in an extraordinary time of dramatic change in the face of scientific and technological advances: rapidly accelerating global climate change and the certainty that we will soon run out of oil, the lifeblood of civilization itself. As engineers, architects, businessmen and [...]
Scientists have shown that in order to keep global warming and climate change from reaching truly devastating levels every country needs to lower its carbon output by 27% each year. That means starting now. Kyoto II, a plan to be decided on at meetings in Copenhagen next autumn, has the potential to completely change the [...]
A friend of mine knows a guy from the Pashtun region of Afghanistan. The guy told my friend that if he wanted to send money home, he would do it by giving cash to someone from the same culture who was traveling back. “What?” asked my friend. “Someone you know, or just anyone?”
“Anyone”, said the [...]
Water use and conservation is quickly becoming one of the world’s more pressing issues. The majority of North American society remains unaware of some of the simplest practices that can assist in avoiding the predicted water crisis. One age old technique, now considered an essential part of Permaculture design, is that of creating swales and [...]
“Learn skills, cultivate knowledge, discuss ideas, question assumptions, revolutionize education ” the Tatamagouche Summer Free School website declares (http://freeschool.fairtrademedia.com). For four days each August, Waldegrave Farm in Tatamagouche Nova Scotia is transformed into a whirlwind of energy, discussion and skill-sharing, bringing in participants from across the country and over various borders. The Tatamagouche Summer [...]
Green Solutions Magazine (www.greensolutionsmag.com) is an on-line magazine designed to report information about environmental solutions and services, expert recommendations, best practices, products, tools and other solution-based news and resources to help economies, communities, businesses and individuals with alternative options that they can implement to create sustainability, prevent destructive impacts on or improve the quality of [...]
I was in the San Francisco Bay area last week for work. The first day, I had to commute from Oakland to Mountain View by car. The approximately 45-mile trip took me almost two hours: two hours of stop-and-go traffic and frustration, with only the radio for company.
That afternoon, after work, I drove to Palo [...]
For three consecutive Saturdays this August New Yorkers will experience a seven-mile stretch of car-free road running through the center of the city. Pedestrians and cyclists are expected to turn out in abundance on the route extending through Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge north to Park Avenue and the Upper East Side ending at the [...]
Bikes Not Bombs is a multi-faceted non-profit organization promoting bicycling, youth empowerment, and environmental advocacy in both their local Boston area community and worldwide.
Founded in 1984 by Carl Kruz, BNB was established to send used recycled bikes to Nicaragua in protest of the US backing of the Contra War during the 1970’s and 80’s.
Currently BNB [...]
Once you have chosen the bike tour that’s right for you, often the next question is – can my bike fly? Up until last year flying with your bike was not much of a problem.
Although airlines some times charged fees for domestic flights, bicycles were permitted on trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flights for free (some times [...]
