Yesterday afternoon I alit at the Amtrak station here in Portland, heavily laden with my laptop, book-bag and purse. It would be quite a trudge to where I needed to go. What should conveniently appear at the curb but a pedicab, pedaled by a lovely young woman named Margaret?
Margaret, who leases her pedicab from Cascadia [...]
Entries Tagged as 'cars'
The Pleasures Of Pedicabs
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, transportation, work
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·cars·Cascadia Pedicab·fun·green living·happiness·Oregon·outdoors·pedicab·technology
Ten Things You WON’T Find On This Site
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · lifestyle, work
1.) Ads. Don’t want ‘em. I’m jonesing for readership, not dollars.
2.) Hatchet jobs on anyone or anything. I’m here to be constructive, not tear things down. I’ve angered some people with some measured criticism, but at the same time I’ve suggested a positive path they might consider taking. I’ve even rewarded someone who took me [...]
Tags: ads·cars·consumption·fun·green living·happiness·life·rich and famous·technology·thrift·water
Saving Up To $12,384/Year Via Vanpooling
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, energy, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation
Watching General Motors going through its tortured downsizing, bankruptcy and reinvention of itself makes me think of how bloated our relationship to cars here in the U.S. has been for decades. (And I wish with all my heart that every laid-off employee will find a new job soon.)
What all of us need and have always [...]
Tags: carpooling·cars·General Motors·green living·happiness·Oregon·thrift·vanpooling
Twenty Ways to a Simpler, Happier Life, Part I
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · food & drink, health & well being, home & garden, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
My pursuit of the Diamond-Cut Life (a life rich in joy and low in consumption) still leaves me plenty vulnerable to the excesses of U.S. culture. I love finding little inroads to simplicity and happiness like the ones I’ve listed here. I’ll publish the second half later this week.
Gracefully end memberships that are no longer [...]
Tags: bicycling·cars·email·exercise·green living·happiness·life·plants·possessions·storage·thrift·vegetables
The Poverty of Hyper-Individualism
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle
It’s 4:15 in the morning and I’ve already been up for an hour (insomnia is this writer’s best friend). I’m reflecting that I get lots of readership when I give advice on how to save money and reduce carbon emissions at the same time– slashing your electric bill, for instance, has been my best-seller at [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·cars·consumption·Deep Economy·happiness·life·relationships·Southern California
