Matt’s ‘Bunny on a Velocipede‘ is pedaling in just in time for Easter, while Darice’s ‘Banana Seat Bicycle‘ encourages folks to use eco-friendly transportation on Earth Day and every day!
Some more bicycle fun on this Good Friday:
Bamboo Bicycle Studio
Bicycle Races
Okay, a little background is needed in order to express our love for this video. In the following segment, you will see two men we hold in high regard.
Ed Begley, aside from being an environmental activist, has acted in two of our very favorite movies directed by Christopher Guest. For the latter and the former, we love him.
David Blume, permaculture guru and author of “Alcohol Can Be a Gas,” has been the topic of discussion here before. We are BIG fans.
Put them both together (converting a car to run on ethanol, no less) and it’s like heaven. Enjoy!
We found this short film a few years ago and recently revisited it. If you have a moment, you should check it out – but only if you’re willing to LISTEN.
Learn more at The Story of Stuff Project. Here’s to a less wasteful life!
One way to reduce our environmental impact (or carbon footprint as some say) is to change our approach to transportation. While some of us have switched to compact cars or hybrids for better fuel mileage, others have gone a slightly different route. Case in point; one man has taken his 1992 Honda Civic, which got pretty impressive mile per gallon numbers to begin with, and modified it at home for super aerodynamics.
The project is called Aerocivic, and the car has easily cruised into the 90 mpg range on the highway. That’s right – 90 miles per gallon. With a modest budget and some adept fabrication skills, the car easily surpasses anything the big companies are producing, hybrids and turbo diesel compacts included. The design is based on aerodynamic German cars of the 1930′s and it’s appearance is a bit radical, but what it lacks in style it more than makes up for in eco-friendliness.
Maybe it’s not something you will run out and do yourself after reading this, but it’s certainly a testament to one man’s creativity, with impressive results to boot.
