Articles tagged “Biking”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Cycling Tip of the Week: Use Petroleum Jelly to Prevent Chafing By Andy Posner IN Tech & Transport Sep 4 2008 Okay, so you know that cycling is as good for your health as it is for the planet and your wallet, but for many cyclists, especially those new to sport, getting on the bike for recreation or commuting can present challenges. We recently gave tips on how to stay safe on the roads; this week, we address the issue of chafing. + READ MORE

Have Your Own Personal Earth Day and How By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 2 2008 If you've been thinking green lately but have been hesitating to put some of those ideas into action, then we've got an experiment for you. The goal is to pick one day in the coming weeks to be your Green Day ? and then live it as greenly as you can possibly imagine. It's like your own personal Earth Day, just without all the festivals and stuff. + READ MORE

Cycling Tip of the Week: Find a Bike Buddy By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 28 2008 Some cities, such as Santa Cruz, California, actually offer bicycle traffic schools to cyclists that have received tickets. However, for the vast majority of new riders the only option for learning the rules of the road and gaining experience is to get out and ride. Unfortunately, that's often a daunting task for people: that's where Bike Buddies can help. The idea is very simple: a Bike Buddy is an accomplished cyclist who offers to ride with new cyclists several times a week until they feel comfortable riding on their own. This model is especially helpful for people hoping to commute to work, as the Bike Buddy can help identify the safest route as well as potentially dangerous spots along the way, such as intersections, potholes and narrow streets. + READ MORE

Green City Guide: Los Angeles By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 27 2008 When Los Angeles comes to mind, do you think of sunny beaches, over-the-top luxury, and celebrity-laden parties -- or smog, traffic jams, and lackluster urban planning? Indeed, few cities strike as delicate a balance between their environmental and cultural heritages as the City of Angels. + READ MORE

Learn to Ride a Bike, For Your Health and the Environment's By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 22 2008 Bike shares or recycle-a-bicycle programs, like the one Ray and Jeff Toolan want to start in Alter Eco, are big hits in cities all over the world, and one in LA would be a huge boon for those who want to cycle more in a town not known for bike-friendliness. + READ MORE

Green City Guide: Chicago By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2008 In green circles, Chicago gets cachet for its municipal campaign to slap a green roof on everything from City Hall to Wal-Mart. Then there's the world's first voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction and trading systems for emission sources, the Chicago Climate Exchange, which also launched here. + READ MORE

Cycling Tip of the Week: Freeze Your Water Bottles By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 13 2008 Plastic water bottles have been getting a lot of attention lately, especially since the finding that Bisphenol A (BPA), found in Nalgene water bottles and other hard plastic bottles, can have negative health effects. Fortunately for cyclists, most of the water bottles we use are made out of a soft plastic, which does not contain BPA (there may still be other chemicals that leach out of these bottles, however). + READ MORE

3 Quick n' Easy Green Choices By Trevor Reichman IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2008 On Wa$ted, one life-long subscriber to convenience claims that "there is always one extra step when trying to be green." Is this really true? + READ MORE

Think Green, Even on Vacation By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 13 2008 Summer and fall are vacation months. It's the time when you board a plane and find yourself engulfed in a totally fresh environment in an attempt to get away from the stress of your every day life. But, from what I have found, there's not a whole lot of gratification in indulging without giving...and that includes vacationing, as well. Learning to give back while you're on vacation can provide you with a memorable experience that is difficult to replace. If you're wondering how you can do good while on vacation, here are some ideas. + READ MORE

6 Green Scooter Safety Tips By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Aug 8 2008 With this many new riders on our roads, and the promise of probably even more to come over the course of the next few years, it is important that these new riders be aware of two-wheel bike safety. A rider on any two wheel vehicle is up to 34 times more likely to be a fatality if involved in an accident on the road. + READ MORE

Top 3 Hip Eco Tourism Destinations By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 8 2008 Watching Greensburg develop into such an eco-friendly locale may make you want to get out see what else is going on green out there. Well, you?re in luck: the relatively new industry of eco-tourism is booming, and there are tons of new destinations opening up all the time. Eco-tourism is the practice of vacationing with an environmentally friendly awareness and intent. These are some of the hottest, newest, and most exciting eco-attractions around. + READ MORE

5 Ways to Motivate Your Green Drive Now! By Jeannine Ouellette IN Work & Connect Aug 8 2008 Laura MacLean appeared on Emeril?s show to get some ideas about staying on track after managing to lose 130 pounds. These heroes provide great fuel for kick starting our own goals. + READ MORE

10 Easy Ways to Workout While Helping the Planet By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 7 2008 People today are busy. You're busy. I'm busy. Making time to work out can certainly be difficult. In addition to that, working out while being sensible toward the environment is definitely more difficult. However, there are little things that you can do everyday that will help you burn calories and help the environment. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Eight: Being Green in My Free Time By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Aug 6 2008 This week is all about making eco-awareness part of my bigger picture, and making my free time as green as my daily responsibilities. I've already been trying to do this, although with varying degrees of success. + READ MORE

Alter Eco Episode: Wheels of Change By Team Planet Green IN Alter Eco Aug 5 2008 The Green Team helps apply a roof sealant made from recycled tires to the Dundee house before heading to the LA Arts District to meet activist and t-shirt designer Jeff Toolan and his bicycle junkie pal Ray, who are... + READ MORE

How Green is Your City? By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 4 2008 Greensburg is going to great lengths to ensure that when it emerges as brand new community it'll be an example to green cities everywhere. So what, exactly, makes a city green? + READ MORE

Jeff Says: Recycle a Bicycle By Team Planet Green IN G Word Jul 31 2008 OK, so everybody knows that bicycling is good for the environment and great for your health. And with a gallon of gas now costing more than a gallon of my favorite box wine, bicycling can definitely save you some... + READ MORE

A Great Excuse To Skip The Gym By Megan Cohen IN Food & Health Jul 30 2008 Ditching your gym membership in favor of these at-home workouts can have major green payoffs. If you work towards helping green your gym, pretty soon you might be able to head back into your favorite Kickboxing class with the knowledge that it?s eco-smart as well as great for your bod. + READ MORE

Greensburg Glossary: Recycle-a-Bicycle By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 30 2008 We all know cars are the scourge of the earth and that bicycles are the most efficient form of transportation (more about that below).When Worldwatch Institute compared energy used per passenger-mile (calories), they found that a bicycle "needed only 35 calories, whereas a car expended a whopping 1,860. + READ MORE

An Awesome AC Tip, Eco-Board Games and Brain Food By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Jul 29 2008 Use trees to increase your air conditioner's energy efficiency. Play Eco-Othello and Eco-Jenga in Japan. Get smart with the help of healthy brain foods. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE