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This poster promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation is totally inspiring. In order to combat the global economic collapse, our economies need to get small and local. Things that are tiny, regional and easy to fix are much less likely to fail. ¡Viva la bicicleta! Minnesota photographer and bicycle advocate Clark Patrick took this all [...]
San Francisco’s environmental credentials outshine those of most other cities in the world; while Washington D.C. debates the issues, the city by the bay takes action, on everything from improving bicycle infrastructure to implementing city-wide composting. The San Francisco Green Business Program is evidence of the municipality’s commitment to sustainability. The city-run program recognizes and [...]
Green Business Networking was formed in 2005 when a small group of business leaders began meeting informally to discuss ways to work together to advance green, sustainability and wellness ideas and businesses. The group grew quickly, and now boasts participation from over 2,000 business leaders, entrepreneurs, consultants and evangelists in the Los Angeles area. Yet [...]
I took this photograph in December when my friend Ulrich and I rode up our favorite road in the Angeles Forest Mountains. It’s a great area to go riding, either by motorcycle or bicycle, and it broke my heart to see the once-lush and beautiful mountains looking so scorched and bare. Many of the roads [...]
Green Festival speakers included Hunter Lovins and Starhawk. Some conferences guess what’s coming next and leave you with little to hold onto when they end. However, San Francisco’s Green Festival features what is actually working in our communities. They try to offer substance over sound bites. The event happened this past weekend, and I’ve got [...]
