Image credit:me. There is no doubt in my mind that cell phone texting or emailing are among the most dangerous driving distractions you can intentionally partake of. (Sure, you could worsen things by driving, drinking, speeding, and texting at the same... 

When I was living in Chicago as a youngster, I never went swimming in Lake Michigan. There were always rumors about toxic chemical levels in the lake and killer carp that had infested the the biggest name in the Great Lakes. I might change my mind next... 

Photo: Edelrid When you are hanging by your fingertips, the environmental credentials of a climbing rope are probably the furthest thing from your mind. But that doesn’t mean the ropes maker didn’t give it some thought. For example, German... 

There’s nothing like an ambiitous target to concentrate the mind on problems and solutions. The Nada Bike project plans to get 1 million young adults onto bikes, not just recreation, but for their daily transport. How? They can join the revolution... 

There’s nothing like an ambiitous target to concentrate the mind on problems and solutions. The Nada Bike project plans to get 1 million young adults onto bikes, not just recreation, but for their daily transport. How? They can join the revolution... 

Nighttime earth. Image credit:excerpted from full image published online by National Geographic, developed by NASA As in most US cities, tax increases are not a politically feasible option for the City of Colorado Springs, CO. With state and municipal... 

Credit: The 2009 winner, a plan to use existing infrastructure to create clean energy. Courtesy metropolismag.com . Open your mind to the three-legged stool of sustainability. Stool is better than pillar, because a house with two pillars can still stand.... 

As a scrappy kid you couldn’t keep your mind off your BMX–today, as a well-rounded hipster, you salivate over single speeds. If this is you, then your ship has come in. Bike-maker SE Racing and DC Shoes have melded their nostalgic brain matter... 

Image credit: Transition Langport Transition Towns have been hailed as one of the most important social movements of our times. It’s true, some have worried that Transition is just ‘Back to the Land’ in disguise, or that it is skewed... 

Preston at Jetson Green shows us the coolest little project that I have seen in a long time. It’s affordable housing for working people in the San Juan Islands, some of the most expensive real estate in the country, built by the Lopez Community...