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Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for August 23rd, 2011 through August 30th, 2011: Cut back on food waste with these five tips | The Wenatchee World – Yeah. I just had to clean some stuff out of the fridge. Crews set to break ground on St. Helens recycling plant – "A $10 [...]
Sunday, August 14 was the Providence Bridge Pedal, and yes, I did ride! I did the six-bridge ride, which was 13 miles. This one is billed as the family ride, so there were lots of small children on bikes, as well as family rigs with Xtracycles, bakfietsen, tag-along bikes, tandems, trailers, etc. But there were [...]
Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for August 9th, 2011 through August 18th, 2011: How to encourage low-car commuting – PortlandAfoot – Tactics used by Regence, a major medical insurance provider. The end of the road for motormania – opinion – 16 August 2011 – New Scientist – Car usage seems to be [...]
Some Twitter friends were recently discussing this language, found on many dairy product labels: No significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST-treated and non-rBST-treated cows. A couple of people misread this as meaning that the milk in question DID contain milk derived from rBST-treated cows. However, it’s really the opposite — the [...]
Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for August 7th, 2011 through August 9th, 2011: BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Shop launches ‘The Ambassadors’; a team for urban riders – The ambassadors will offer road assistance to cyclists and pledge to set a law-abiding, courteous example on the streets of Portland. BikePortland.org » Blog [...]
Every few months…or maybe weeks…the issue of bicycle licensing comes up. Some people think bicyclists should have licenses, and that they should have to pay a fee to license their bikes just like auto drivers do. Here’s one line of reasoning that I read today, in an opinion post on the OregonLive website: Not all [...]
I posted this picture of my tomato plants back on June 25th. The rows were nice and neat, and you could barely see the tomato plants inside their cages. Now they’re a tomato jungle! I can’t get through the center path, and the vines are commingling. There are plenty of both blossoms and [...]
Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for July 21st, 2011 through August 4th, 2011: Horn of Africa Famine: How to Help – Yahoo! News – Please read, and donate if you can. Green consumerism still uses a lot of resources — Transition Voice – Ouch. Yes, I resemble this, too. Maybe it's overly [...]
