Image credit: Sean O’Dell From bike races in business attire at the Brompton World Championships to a DIY electric assist kit for the classic folding bike , the Brompton seems to be a magnet for the unusual. But I’m really not sure what to make of this pimped-out 24-carat-gold-plated Brompton that’s just gone on sale on eBay. I do know it will take a brave soul to ride that thing in public…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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24-Carat Gold-Plated Folding Bike. Any Takers?
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Image credit: Roddas From the very beginning, TreeHugger has been a huge advocate for local food . Ever since Time Magazine declared that local food was going mainstream back in 2007, there’s been a steady stream of retailers and restaurateurs getting in on the locavore bandwagon . Heck, we even have
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‘Local’ Cream Travels 340 Miles to End on its Own Doorstep
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Images unless noted: Findhorn Foundation While following the development of small green prefabs, It has become increasingly clear that you cannot separate the home from the context, and that what we really need is a sort of green trailer park, where people can own their unit but share common resources. It turns out that it exists, and has since 1962; Dr. Graham Meltzer just built his own home, the ecomobile, in the Park at Findhorn, a “growing eco-village and spiritual community.” in North Scotland… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ecomobile: A Green Mobile Home In A Spiritual Trailer Park
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Image credit: Joe Plommer/ The Mule Bar Girls April may believe we need more girls on bikes , but there is no doubt that gender politics and cycling can be an explosive mix. When I wrote about podium girls—or the practice of bike races employing female cyclists to look pretty and kiss men —the response from our readers was mixed to say the least. Some felt it was just part of the culture, others fe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Female Cyclists Demand Respect, and Kisses from Hot Men
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Image credit: National Heritage Unless the very worst predictions come true (which is perfectly possible), then it is fair to assume there will be winners and losers from climate change. We’ve already heard about Greenlander’s celebrating increased access to natural resources , and even exploring the idea of bottled iceberg water . Now another segment of the global population… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Vintage Year for Archaeology Follows Hot, Dry Weather
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Image credit: Torontoist The photo above comes from an account of a rather extreme case of bike rage documented over at Torontoist . But TreeHugger is no stranger to the animosity between bikes and motorists either. From the Tucson driver who laughed at killing a “gay frenchman” cyclist , through to the Asheville man shot in the head for riding a bike in a busy road with… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Calmer Form of Bike Rage: Write In and Complain
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Image credit: Purple Harry From recycling bikes for inner city youth to a truly massive hoard of reclaimed bikes somewhere in England, one of the most endearing things about bicycle-based transportation is the relative ease and economy with which individuals can maintain, and even rebuild, their trusty stead. But sadly, bike maintenance may be a dying art. All too often, bikes are purchased as a consumer item and discarded wh… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bike Floss: The Next Step in (Disposable) Sustainable Bike Maintenance?
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Image by author A few weeks ago I was walking around the WOMAD festival munching on Riverford Organic brownies and sipping from a Frank Water refillable bottle when I stumbled across the Roots Architecture camp and was immediately struck by the beauty of this sleek angular structure. Designed and built by Norwegian architecture practice TYIN Tegnestue this was one of four stages b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TYIN Tengestue – Rustic Yet Sleekly Modern Humanitarian Architecture (Photos)
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Image credit: Low Carbon Communities Challenge Even conservatives cheered when one Transition Town received a huge Government check , and with good reason. As part of the massive Low Carbon Communities Challenge the idea, for once, was to explore how grassroots groups could work together with Government, rather than the usual false choice between either top-down or bottom-up approaches to sustainability. I’ve just come acr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Inspiring Film: Uniting Government Policy With Grassroots Action (Video)
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Wired computer labs work fine for kids. Photo by mikecogh via Flickr. Guest blogger Andrea Donsky is co-founder of NaturallySavvy.com . Wi-Fi is facing a lot of opposition from parents and teachers in Ontario. Last week, Lloyd Alter was critical of parents’ claims that Wi-Fi may pose a health threat to students at elementary schools , … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wi-Fi in Schools: Should We Apply the Precautionary Principle?
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