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Tag: bicycles
These Sisters Recycle Bikes For Sale, Charity
Raina and Zaina Kanaan recycle bikes into customized sets of wheels, and, in the process, raise money for bicycles for children living in refugee camps.
There is Such Thing as a Free Bike: Low & No-Cost Programs Around the World
Don’t want to buy a bicycle? In a number of places around the world, there may be a free bike for your to use, or to keep.
Cargo Bikes – and the People Who Love Them – Come to Film
Yeah, theyβre a little clunky looking, but cargo bikes have developed their own culture, and a documentary in the works, Less Car More Go, aims to share that culture with the world.
Hipster Bikes: the Next Great Marketing Platform?
As bicycling becomes more and more popular in urban centers, on college campuses, and in other settings, marketers are looking at bikes themselves as a compelling “platform” for sharing ideas and brands.
How to Restore Your Old Bicycle to Working Condition
Want to drag that old bike out of the garage/basement/storage unit, and start riding it to work? Follow these tips to get that rusty cruiser back into safe riding condition.
Reclaiming the Streets: Urban Transportation Innovations
By Lester R. Brown Cars promise mobility, and in a largely rural setting they provide it. But in an urbanizing world, where more than half of us live in cities, [ … ]
Saving Civilization is Not a Spectator Sport
By Lester R. Brown Given the enormous environmental and social challenges faced by our early twenty-first century global civilization, one of the questions I hear most frequently is “What can [ … ]