Articles tagged “Bicycles”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Don't Sweat It, Walkers and Bikers! By Leslie Billera IN Food & Health Jul 18 2008 You're thinking about biking or walking to work to cut back on crazy gas prices and carbon emissions: great idea! The only thing standing in your way? The sweat box you'll be upon arrival! + READ MORE

Who's Greener: Paris Hilton, or an Umbrella? By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 18 2008 Blaire is my best friend on the West Coast. She blogs regularly on her own site about the crazy town she lives in and all the crazy inhabitants. Now, I've been trying to get her to get greener for years, but it has been a struggle?and a lot of times she has a point. Leave it to Blaire though, to find the most silliest eco story out there to justify her use of a plastic bag every time. You got to admit, she's funny though + READ MORE

Beat A Green Challenge By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 17 2008 You can rev up your green motivation by focusing on a specific, doable green challenge.If you're ready to go farther than your own household and take your commitment to your community, get your friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow parents, fellow alumni, fellow drivers, fellow shoppers, or fellow voters together, and... + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Four: Riding Lessons By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 9 2008 I love riding my bike: the only problem is, I hardly ever do it. I always think I'll take it to run errands, and then can't figure out how to get the dry cleaning home without wrinkling it. I intend to take it grocery shopping, and then need more than I can carry in a backpack, or don't want the popsicles to melt. Dragging the bike up the steps from the basement is so much more work than walking out to my car. It's hot out. I'm short on time. I am just full of excuses. + READ MORE

Bicycle Part Vending Machines, Green T.P. and Paper vs. Plastic Bags By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Jul 9 2008 Live in Madison, Wisconsin? Roll up to the Trek Stop, a vending machine for bikes. Green your toilet paper by following this simple rule. Learn which bag is better to grab at the grocery store?paper or plastic? All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Green Your Workout! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 3 2008 We all know that exercise is a crucial part of a healthy lifestyle, but as we saw on the G Word recently, not all exercise is eco-friendly.Consuming tons of power with your treadmill or using bicycles that COULD have been constructed out of materials that are more green are not the best exercise choices when it comes... + READ MORE

Company Profile: IZIP By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 Ed already owns one kind of electric bicycle ... you know, the one that's bringing home the bread... but Rachelle decides to give him a different kind of charged-up bike for his birthday: an IZIP hybrid bicycle.In 1997 he started IZIP's parent company, Currie Technologies, believing that alternatives to gas power would... + READ MORE

The Future of Two Wheel Electric Vehicles... is this such a good idea? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 Mean Green Machines depicts a lot of different hybrid vehicles, but one of the least talked about, but perhaps one of the more controversial types of electric vehicles is the personal two-wheel transportation devices, better known as power assisted bicycles.One day we could see Segway type vehicles roaming the grocery... + READ MORE

G Word Episode: Indy 500 Goes Ethanol By Team Planet Green IN G Word Jun 30 2008 Correspondent Graham Hill tests out the latest eco-friendly bicycles; Salvage Queen Evette Rios re-designs an abandoned futon into hip, functional shelving. Stephen Brooks goes bananas at a plantation in Costa Rica as he learns the eco impact of farming this... + READ MORE

Julia Roberts' Canvas Bags, Recycled Bicycles and Locavore Living By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Jun 27 2008 Shop green like Julia Roberts. Check out this bicycle made from recycled cardboard. Learn how to live like a locavore. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Find Safe, Easy Routes to Travel by Bike By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Jun 20 2008 Traveling by bicycle is about the greenest way to get around -- bicycles are the world's most efficient vehicles, after all -- but navigating city traffic during rush-hour can be a daunting, intimidating task. Happily, there are a handful of services to make it easier to safely get where you want to go on two wheels. + READ MORE

Drive-Through Alternatives By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 12 2008 In Wa$ted, fraternity brothers were feeding themselves almost exclusively with fast food. Once factoring in the separate car trips and the unnecessary idling in drive through lines, these eco-criminals have room for improvement. + READ MORE

What Really Goes On In A Recycling Plant? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 11 2008 After watching Wa$ted and finding more information out about how to go green, are you curious about what happens to the things you recycle? Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of your recyclables is like? If so, you?ll enjoy some insight into the recycling process by taking the journey that plastic bottles, paper, aluminum and steel cans experience daily. + READ MORE

Is The Big Apple Going Green? By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 11 2008 New Yorkers may produce an inordinate amount of waste, but we do have incredibly low per-capita gasoline consumption. Before we pat ourselves on the back, though, we should remember that convenience is probably the main factor in our choice to use public transportation. + READ MORE

Park the Car to Save Cash By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 5 2008 As the days get longer and the flowers grow taller, it?s the perfect time to leave the car in the driveway and take a walk! Forty percent of all our car trips in the U.S. are less than two miles. Less than two miles! So get out there in the lovely weather and burn some calories while you?re saving the planet and keeping the cash in your wallet. + READ MORE

Community Laundromats By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 5 2008 On Wa$ted, one couple was wasting thousands of wire hangers by cleaning all their clothes exclusively at the dry-cleaners. By doing their own laundry instead, they were able to not only save thousands of wire hangers, they were also able to save thousands of metal quarters as well. + READ MORE

About Bill Nye By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Jun 2 2008 Bill Nye, host of Stuff Happens and scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission, whose goal on Stuff Happens to help foster a scientifically literate society that is aware of the effect their stuff has... + READ MORE

Buy a Used Bike By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Apr 18 2008 Riding a bike is a great green way to zip from place to place, without contributing to pollution or consuming any fossil fuel, or worrying about parking. Bonus: You get to stay in shape. Want to make your two-wheeled ride even greener? Try hopping on a secondhand bike... + READ MORE

Become A Famous Eco-Gadgeteer on Planet Green TV! By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Mar 25 2008 Do you power your blender with a stationary bicycle? Did you create something cool and eco-conscious? Have you formulated a unique way of contributing to the green movement?Did you invent something weird and wacky that you're using in your everyday life to make the world a bit greener?... + READ MORE

Save Fuel Without Buying A New Car By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Mar 25 2008 We have done a few of these lists before, including "Get Better Gas Mileage When You Drive" and "Minimize Fuel Consumption in Wintry Weather," but one can never have enough tips, especially since there always seem to be new and different ones. Time lights: Many traffic lights are timed so that if you drive at or below... + READ MORE