Articles tagged “Biking”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Make Your Own Foldaway Bike Rack By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 21 2008 Joe on Instructables needed a way to store any houseguests' bikes and still have enough room to park his care and putz around with his power tools. All you need are a few pieces of 1x4x48-inch wood-which you can easily get in salvaged form-some two-inch wood screws, a handful of washers, and a good handle on a scroll... + READ MORE

Go Sightseeing, Without a Car By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Feb 12 2008 To reduce its visitors' carbon footprint, Hotel Monaco Portland has launched a car-free vacation package that includes public-transit ticket reimbursement to and from the airport, all-day bike rentals for two, and a sustainable picnic lunch at the hotel's adjoining restaurant. + READ MORE

Give Your Kids a Healthy Heart By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Feb 4 2008 Put your kids on a better path to a healthy heart this Valentine's Day by changing their diet and exercise regimes, say experts from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center (UMCVC), especially if heart disease runs in your family. Total fat intake should be between 30 percent to 35 percent of calories for... + READ MORE

Get Recession Ready: Use Your Rebate Money Wisely By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jan 25 2008 So the House, Senate, and President have hammered out a deal to print out 50 billion for an economic-stimulus package that will send out cheques for up to ,200 per family. In one study comparing two bookstores in Austin, Texas, economists found that 3 out of every 00 spent at Borders stayed in town, compared... + READ MORE

Remember to Take Your Lunch By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 25 2008 As part of our Get Recession-Ready series, I advocated taking your lunch to work. Maybe you could put your bus fare on top of your lunch!What is your trick for remembering to take your lunch with you in the morning? + READ MORE

Bring Your Own: Workplace Essentials By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Jan 18 2008 Unless your commute just requires going across the hall to the home office, going to work every day requires a commute (by bike, if you can). Don't forget a plate (for easy reheating later) and some real flatware, so you don't have to partake of the disposable plastic your favorite take-out place always piles on you. + READ MORE

Build a Shopping-Cart Chair By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 18 2008 In this Instructable, Tim Anderson shows us how to turn an abandoned shopping cart in a stylish wheelchair/conversation piece. And remember, kids, stealing is wrong, so look out for castoff carts already tossed by the wayside, or check with your local supermarket for damaged carts they're looking to dump.... + READ MORE

Write a Grocery List Before You Shop (and Follow It!) By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jan 8 2008 For even the most mindful eater, food shopping presents a plethora of temptations and tasty-looking treats. To save time, money, and the labor required to lug extra bags full of food home on your cart bike or other preferred transportation, make a list of what you know you need-and you know you'll eat-and stick to it. + READ MORE

Best of 2007: Lose Weight By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 2 2008 If you've resolved to trim your waistline and get into fit, fighting shape this year, you willn't have to look far to find kindred souls. The amount of food you actually get on your plate, in the package, or at the counter, is often much bigger than the designated nutritional serving-so unless you're a rabid reader of... + READ MORE

Best of 2007: Do It On A Bike By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Dec 28 2007 We are big on bikes, all year round; it is quick, easy, healthy and low on carbon. I thought from personal experience that a few suggestions were missing in our earlier post, so I've added them in a whole other post.If you are not going to take our advice and use your bike outside all winter, at least put it to use by... + READ MORE

Ride Your Bike All Winter: Part 2 By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Nov 27 2007 Lots of people ride their bikes all year round; the picture shows a parking area at a train station in Hyvinkaa, Finland, where it gets colder and darker earlier than anywhere in America. Plan your routes: Roads are a lot narrower in winter when they plough the snow to the side but don't remove it.Back roads that left... + READ MORE

Get Counted in the Fight Against Global Warming By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 27 2007 Get counted in the fight against global warming at We Add Up, a global campaign that uses organic cotton T-shirts to tally the number of people who are taking steps to fight climate change.The back of each shirt features a word or phrase that describes the action you're taking to reduce your environmental footprint,... + READ MORE

Ride Your Bike All Winter: Part 1 By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Nov 26 2007 Winters aren't as harsh as they used to be, so why not try to bike all winter? Most crucially of all, allow yourself to feel stupendously smug on arrival: Making sure your helmet is visible-if in any doubt, carry on wearing it and then feign forgetfulness-ask your friends/colleagues about their bus, tube or... + READ MORE

Walk 30 Minutes Every Day: Save the Planet, Lose Weight By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Nov 13 2007 Attack the battle of the bulge and climate change at the same time, simply by getting out of your car and walking or biking half an hour a day, advise public-health officials. The payoffs of cutting both calories and carbon dioxide are huge: If all Americans between 10 and 74 walked just half an hour a day instead of... + READ MORE

Commute to Work by Bike By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Nov 8 2007 It really isn't that hard, will save you a lot of money and you will get very fit.Find a safe and pleasant route: Don't just assume that the route you drive to work is the best route for biking.Often the best bike route includes back streets and side roads which may make your trip slightly longer but much safer and more + READ MORE

Make a Grocery Run with the Cart Bike By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 30 2007 The Cart Bike doesn't turn corners very well, admits the second-prize winner of our TreeHugger/Popular Science/Instructables Go Green contest; plus, we're not entirely clear how stable the setup would be with a week's worth of groceries, but it's still a nifty concept if you happen to find a derelict shopping cart gone... + READ MORE