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Bicycling on Three Wheels — Transportation of the Future? (154)
In Peak Moment’s very first field production, bicycle enthusiast Galen Shumacher takes us for a spin on a three-wheeled “tadpole.” This human-powered vehicle (HPV), built for competition by the Chico...
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Changing the World One Bike Rider at a Time (182)
A weekly free bike coop where you can use mechanics’ tools and expertise to fix your bike? Free clinics where schoolkids or neighbors learn to maintain or build their own bikes from used parts?...
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At the ReCyclery, What Goes Around Comes Around
September 10, 2010. In Port Townsend’s uptown district with lovely old Victorian houses and retail stores, we found a fabric sign for “The ReCyclery” hanging on a fence beside a gate. Inside was a...
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Getting My Official Undriver License™
November 13, 2010. Robyn and I biked with our friend Marita across Seattle to get our Undriver Licenses™ at a Liveable Streets event held at the University of Washington, with lots of groups tabling...
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Undriving™ – Changing the Way We Think (205)
Be the first in your group to get your Undriver License™ — it’s great fun! You pledge to reduce automobile use — yours or others’. Seattle founder Julia Field’s creative project is sparking...
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“Your Environmental Road Trip” – a film festival in one movie
“YERT – Your Environmental Road Trip” is an entire environmental film festival wrapped up in an absorbing and entertaining, fast-paced two-hour documentary that’s both personal and planetary. Friends...
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Two Households, One Car (213)
At first Judy Alexander was reluctant to share a car with neighbors Richard and Sue Dandridge. But their invitation intrigued her, especially since her aging car felt unsafe for long trips. After a...
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Applying a Peak Oil Filter to Financial Choices (222)
“If peak oil occurs, it will dominate most everything else that we do, because energy drives everything.” Financial consultant Jim Hansen’s peak oil filter doesn’t just guide investment decisions for...
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Splendid Bicycles for Cargo and Kids (238)
Picture a sofa perched on a bicycle for its move across town! That’s how Portlanders Joel and Barb Grover transport items too big or awkward for a car. More and more folks in bicycle-friendly terrain...
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What Goes Around Comes Around at the Bicycle ReCyclery (295)
Behind us, people of all ages are fixing and assembling bikes. It’s shop day at the Jefferson County (Washington) ReCyclery. Founder Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear and Board President Kees Kolff explain how...
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