Riding a bike is one of my favorite things to do, but meeting people that are passionate about their ideas is also high up on my list. Last week, I got to experience both as I pedaled around San Diego …
Tag: sustainable living
Painting the town (and buses) green
Being the first city to outlaw plastic bags, it's no mystery that San Francisco is environmentally friendly to the max. The newest city proposal by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority is a prime example of that commitment for all things …
Pedal your carbon footprint away on the TATO Commuter Tour
The best kind of commute is convenient, comfortable, and cool, and if you’re lucky enough to live close to your destination, you probably should be pedaling. A few months back, we discovered the Central Storage System for Bicycles (CSSB) from …
Boxes and flowers and seeds, oh my!
The Life Box Company sells cardboard boxes embedded with seeds; all you have to do is cut them up, plant them and water them, and trees will grow. No joke! There are birches, alders, pines, hemlocks and cedars just waiting …
Outside Lands keeps the scene clean
Gloomy skies couldn’t dampen my weekend at Outside Lands, a two-day music and arts festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Big acts like Phoenix, Al Green and The Strokes cranked out the hits, while Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic …
Creativity, sustainability, and all other possible synonyms for “good” that end with “ity”
Free Adventures is an on-the-road-and-you-wish-you-were-apart-of-it documentary that will show what goes on during a trip with no cash to spend on fuel, food and a place to stay. These guys plan on reusing the waste they produce and trading creativity …