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Bicycles, Trauma Centers, and Injury Severity Scores 0
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Can't you Hear me noggin

Ask Umbra on bike helmets 12
Posted 1 month ago When a cyclist wonders about the impact of her discarded helmets on the planet, Umbra suggests that she shift gears.
No, Impact, Man

No Impact Man talks about making an impact 3
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago A conversation with Colin Beavan on life after the No Impact year and why everyone should be nicer to him.
Meet the star of ‘No Impact Man’: No Impact Woman 3
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Michelle Conlin is the real star of the No Impact Man movie, dragged by her husband into a year of eco-asceticism. The whole arrangement is an elaborate publicity stunt, but it works on the screen.
Spokespeople

Climate Riders use pedal power to raise awareness 0
Posted 3 months ago
How far would you go to fight climate change? Hundreds of cyclists will pedal from New York City to Washington, D.C., in late September to do just that.
Tour de fab

Would you trade your car for a bike? 3
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Would you trade your car for a bike? That's what the folks behind the Tour de Fat want to know. The cycle celebration is pedaling to Seattle and they'll be taking a car off the hands of one (lucky?) local driver and handing him a cool commuter bike in return.
The Grist List: From Baywatch to Bridge

Pamela Anderson grows her eco-assets, and more 6
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago By Ashley Braun, Sarah van Schagen
Pamela Anderson has transformed from Baywatch babe to eco-entrepreneur.
Hawkarazzi

Urban hawks take flight on New York’s Upper West Side 0
Posted 5 months ago
Reason No. 137 that I love commuting by bike in New York City: I get to watch baby hawks go to flight school.
More riding tips and evolutionary insights 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Got some more riding tips to share. I've learned that nothing catches people's attention like a hand wave. It has been hypothesized that our brains have literally evolved the ability to detect hand waves against a cluttered background. I always wave at drivers before crossing in front of them. Try it. They can't seem to ignore you no matter how much they would like to.
Bonnaroo's Green Footprint

An interview with cellist Ben Sollee, who will bike to Bonnaroo 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Tennessee's blockbuster Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will roll out an impressive set of sustainability green goals as a backdrop for its amazing slate of shows next weekend, June 11-14. The great lineup notwithstanding—from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to Wilco—acclaimed cellist and crooner Ben Sollee may stand out as a singular act in reducing the festival’s carbon footprint.
Pedal Pushers

Iowa City needs bike sharing 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
An op-ed in the University of Iowa paper says the 80,000-person city needs bike sharing desperately -- and can do it better than big cities.
Wheels on fire

Put the book down and get on your bike 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Of all the cycling books to read in honor of National Bike Month, The Cyclist's Manifesto is better left on the bike rack.
Bike to work, bike from work 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
When the rubber hits the road

Gear up for Bike to Work Week 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
It's the perfect time to dust off that two-wheeler and start commuting by bike -- or check out other cycle-centric events this week.
Good Griddance

Ask Umbra on living off the grid 17
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
What does it mean to live off the grid, and how can you get in on the action? Tune in to Umbra's latest advice.
An eco-chat with Matthew Modine 0
Posted 7 months ago
Solar powered pogies and other assorted oddities 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Hot air emissions

A roundup of notable speeches from the Sport and Environment Conference 0
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
There was some good stuff along with the cheerleading on day one at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
The Spoken Word

Umbra on bicycle tires 11
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago