This issue of eating meat is gaining more momentum, as people start realizing the toll that meat-eating is putting on the environment. Raising farm animals contributes more greenhouse gases to the environment than all transportation (cars, trains, airplanes and anything else) combined. This excerpt is from an article on Common…
Here's yet another incarnation of Brownie: Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. As indicated in this Salon.com article writer Katharine Mieszkowski wrote that Peters recently complained that the Minnesota bridge collapsed because frivolous things like bike paths are siphoning too much of the transportation budget. On PBS's NewsHour, Peter's argued that projects like…
This post is from Press Esc: The Pope's calls to save the environment [were] met with dismay by critics who have repeatedly pointed out that the Vatican's ban on contraception will effectively negate all attempts at protecting the environment and tacking climate change. "Care of water resources and attention to…
There are lots of reasons for you to be commuting by bicycle, but many of you who could cycle to work are still burning expensive gasoline to get there. What’s it going to take to get you out of that expensive car and onto a high-precision, environment-friendly, health-enhancing bicycle? How about some money? Not just gas money, either. Read on. This post might change your life in a dozen healthy and bank-account enhancing ways.
More than half of Americans live less than 5 miles from the place where they work. That’s easy striking range for a bicycle. Studies have shown that trips of less than 3 miles are often quicker by bike, and urban trips of 5 to 7 miles usually take about the same time. Here are more statistics to consider:
According to the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, 25 percent of all trips are made within a mile of the home, 40 percent of all trips are within two miles of the home, and 50 percent of the working population commutes five miles or less to work. Yet more than 82 percent of trips five miles or less are made by personal motor vehicle.
I’m one of the many people who live about five-miles from my place of employment. Traveling five miles to work takes me only about 25 minutes. This is only about 10 minutes more than it would take to drive to work in good traffic.
I have commuted to work by bicycle since 1998. Making the …
This is a must see for those concerned about the state of the Media: Bill Moyers' interview with "The Yes Men," These two innovative men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, use "satirical humor laced with lunacy to call the media's attention to serious issues." Here's an excerpt: BILL MOYERS: Are you concerned…