Did you know that 40% of trips made in the U.S. are two miles or less in length? That’s walking and bicycling distance. Yet cars are currently being used for most of those trips. So much physical, sensual pleasure being bypassed as we vegetate in our vehicles! And carbon emissions needlessly created. And overweight-ness perpetuated.
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Bike. Walk. Joy.
March 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·conservation·energy independence·exercise·fossil fuels·fun·happiness·life·outdoors·technology·walking
Bicycling In The Mist
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, transportation
Yesterday morning I was working at home here in Portland, looking out my living-room window at the cool, misty day. I needed to go down to Metro, just over four miles away, for an afternoon-long meeting.
Like most all people in a city, I had a choice-point: how did I want to transport myself from here [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·carpooling·energy ndependence·exercise·green living·halfandheart·happiness·Oregon·outdoors·thrift·walking
Tale of the Diamond-Cut Potatoes
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments · food & drink, lifestyle, politics, simplicity
Obama is headed to be President! I think and hope. I crave a leader with vision and a sane Beltway. Exactly three years ago today Thor and I were visiting Washington D.C., having a brush with a great Founder and a diamond-cut breakfast — of a sort.
On June 4, 2005, my husband announced we [...]
Tags: Beltway·culture·happiness·Jefferson Memorial·life·Mandarin Oriental·Obama·Presidents·thrift·walking
The Very Best Diet, Part II
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · community, entertainment, simplicity, sustainability
Last week I named the very best diet for weight loss as being one of low car use. That’s because our bodies were designed to get us from place to place with this cool gait called walking. My husband and I share just one car, and use public transit, our feet and our bikes for many of our trips. It’s more fun, too.
What else has been rising in the
Tags: bicycling·Bowling Alone·carbon footprint·environment·fun·global warming·movies·Robert Putnam·television·walking·weight loss
Secret Lover, Secret Watchdog
October 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments · simplicity, sustainability, transportation
The casual observer takes me for a mainstream professional in my 40’s. My secret identity as a passionate lover of public transit is revealed below for the first time.
My household’s single car is a well-worn, two-door 1993 Nissan Sentra. Paid for many years ago, our investment fund is now as plump as its floor-mats are thin. It sits humbly unused most days as we gallivant around on TriMet
