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I’ve been trying to be more intentional these days about living with a sense of wonder. I see the trait so evident in my children and witness the joy and rapture they have with the smallest of pleasures. It’s inspiring and humbling [...]

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Seen this feature on Google yet? Its pretty cool if you can figure out how to access it (took me about 5 minutes but I’m not the brightest tech-monkey in the world, either).
Here’s instructions on how to use it.
Here’s how it looks on your screen. What’s cool is that it gives [...]

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I got this link from fellow eco-urbanist, Ian Merker, an architect here in Sacramento. If you use their referral form to tell others, the text of the e-mail you send reads
As you may know, I’m a proponent of two-wheel vehicle ridership, i.e. scooters and motorcycles. For years, we’ve been trying to get legalized [...]

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I saw this site today and clicked around to see if it was legit or not. There’s a lot of fun stuff on GreenzoneTV, like these birdcalls… its refreshing to see such simple ads with a sense of humor packaged with a sustainable mindset.
But I also saw some things that just don’t cut it. [...]

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Circa 1990.
Jason

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Riffing off a theme developed over the past several comments of late, I submit this book as one of the best treatments of altruism I’ve read to date, mostly because its handled with such simplicity and honesty.
But there’s more to this book than simply a message about “generosity.”
For many years, whenever I read this story, [...]

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I got an e-mail the other day from Colleen, a fellow eco-urbanist with a cool plan. In 2003, she went completely car-less which deserves some serious eco-kudos on its own. According to her calculations, by not driving 10,000 miles a year, she has quit making 6 million tons of global warming gases a [...]

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I saw this here and just had to go to the site to check it out. Granted, the Go-One isn’t the bike for the hardcore bike enthusiast but I think it hits a solid niche, filling some needs that traditional bikes don’t.
It sports some cool features. Namely, the option to plug in for when [...]

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Is it just me or is Green everywhere now? It reminds me of the Rubix cube phenomenon when I was in 4th grade: everywhere you looked, someone was playing with one (much to the dismay of our teachers).
A year and a half ago, I remember suspecting that we were rapidly approaching this green tipping [...]

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Not only are new home billboards really cheesy (when was the last time you got happy just seeing one) but they’re a waste of resources both environmentally and financially. Like most traditional ads, they’ve become so invasive that they’ve lost their ability to capture our interest. There have been a few granted that [...]

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