Yes, that is the sh**. If you’re facing a lot of snow still or face it again anytime in the future, this pedal-powered snow plow looks like a good way to clear needed areas around your house or along important transportation corridors in your neighborhood. Clean, fun, and cool. This work doesn’t need to be [...]
“Buy Local” Campaigns Really Do Help Independent Businesses, Study Finds
February 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Think those “buy local” campaigns are a waste of money? Or, think they are great? Well, whatever your opinion, there is research on the matter that seems to show that they are worth the time and investment. For the 4th consecutive year, a national study by the Institute for Self-Reliance has shown that “buy local” [...]
World-Leading Sustainable Community in Germany: Vauban District
February 16, 2011 By 3 Comments
The Vauban district is a green, planned community in the city of Freiburg in southern Germany. Construction of this community began in the mid-1990s and opened in 2000. By 2001, it had 2,000 inhabitants living in a greener, more sustainable way. Now, the Vauban district is said to have 5,000 inhabitants and 600 jobs. A [...]
Searching for Parking: Enormous Waste of Time & Money (Note: Cars Don’t Fit in the City)
February 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Happy Year of the Rabbit
February 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
We came across this most excellent rabbit last week while walking in San Francisco’s lower Haight neighborhood, near the Hayes Valley Urban Farm. 2011 is the year of the Yin metal rabbit, not giant pink rabbits swallowing skulls with overbites, but a bunny is still a bunny as far as I am concerned. Stumbling across [...]
