If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.A year ago, I was the proud owner of an 89 Camry, fondly known to our family as “Moonbeam”. It was coming to the end of its life-cycle…guppity, guppity, guppity (that’s for you, Robert). There were several known problems that [...]

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I know its way too small to read but this page out of The Lorax is just brilliant
It says…. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, its not.”
P.S. I scanned it as a big enough file that you can use it as your desktop background. [...]

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Yes to Public Transportation. Yes to BikeShare and Car-Share. Heck Yes to Bikes and Walking.
But what eco-urban options are there for people living in cities where neither of the other options work for them and taxi service is a better option than driving their own car around (taxis are a form of car-share, [...]

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I read with some bemusement, the SN&R cover story about the woes of our downtown plaza. Interestingly, despite being an engaging read, all I could remember was the brilliantly explosive cover and the line:
“Let’s just put this out there: Maybe we should blow up the mall.”
On Friday, I heard another version of the same [...]

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Lately, I’ve been thinking about goodness and smallness and the relationship between them. Probably a response to several points of stimuli: our ongoing explorations in unit sizes, the “Wow!” I experienced looking at the amount of beauty, life and creativity that got packed the space of a parking spot at our temporary park on J [...]

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You may have heard us say this before as its a recurring theme for us, but its truth takes time to set in. Micah sent me an incredible article today that confirms our beliefs.
Check it out here.

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This is an email that was sent to us by Nancy Mathison who was one of the coordinators for National Park(ing) Day.
It’s 5am and completely quite in downtown Sacramento except for the sound of sod being rolled out. While volunteers are biking in sod, carrying over trees and umbrellas, and making last minute print-outs for [...]

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Wow. Working with this eclectic group of eco-urbanists on National Park(ing) Day has been crazy fun.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it takes to bring “fresh air” to the city (both literally and figuratively) and doing this has been that “fresh air” for the dedicated group of volunteers working on this. We [...]

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Have you tried out the commuter calculator put out by the Sacramento TMA Commuter Club yet?
I did today and got an annual commute cost of $165.
I also got this in my e-mail today from the organization:
For information about all your commute options, join us Wednesday, September 19th at Capitol Park.
We’ll be on the west [...]

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Ever wish for a world with more parks and fewer parking lots?
This Friday, September 21st, on J Street between 13th and 14th in one small 22 x 7 foot metered parking spot, you’ll find just that.
Imagine it. Car. Car. Car. Park. Car. Car. Car. This is just way too much fun.
Better yet. Come out and [...]

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