Louisville green living

Day 62 of My Car-Free Experiment – Because Bikes Are Faster

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:51:51 EDT

Today's picture: Brian Young has been commuting by bicycle to work from the Highlands since the beginning of the summer. He works for Humana at Fifth and Main Streets. What got him started was simple: the need for speed. Brian, 28, finds it's faster

Day 60 of My Car-Free Experiment – And It's Really Raining!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:26 EDT

Today's picture: Commuting by bicycle on clear, crisp autumn evenings is nirvana c

Day 61 of My Car-Free Experiment – On A Special Mission Today

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:55 EDT

Today's Picture: Going car-free can be inconvenient for certain trips. For example, how do you get your 50-pound boxer to the veterinarian? If my dog Miya were a tiny dog, like the one shown here, I could carry her on my bike in a basket attached to

Day 59 of My Car-Free Experiment – Here's My Lunch Suggestion

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:51:41 EDT

Today's picture: Scott Render is one of the people keeping Louisville's Bike Plan mo

American Idle

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:49:17 EDT

If idle hands are the devil's workshop, then an idling engine is surely the devil's ginormous, ugly, surreal oil refinery glistening against the night sky. In modern engines, idling for as little as 10 seconds is a net waste of gas. That means, yes,

Green Spreading in NuLu

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:29:22 EDT

When Zak and Laila Riles moved back to Louisville, they discovered that the city was lacking something that was plentiful in environmentally-friendly Oregon. High-quality green building materials and supplies. So the Riles opened the Bluegrass Green

Day 58 of My Car-Free Experiment – Saying Thanks To Public Works!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:20:08 EDT

Today's picture: Just saying "Thanks," Tom Armstrong shook hands with Charlie King

Day 57 of My Car-Free Experiment – Hate Your Commute? Move!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:34:45 EDT

Today's Picture: Home Sweet Home. " walkable neighborhoods " closer to public tran

Day 56 of My Car-Free Experiment – Will My Bike Run on This Stuff

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:51:54 EDT

Today's Picture: I like to joke that my bike runs on whatever I ate for break

Solar Influences on Climate Change

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:48 EDT

There are few climate change myths that grab my attention more than the idea that fluctuations in natural solar cycles are the cause for the general warming of the Earth's surface over the past 100 years. Basically the idea is this: there are natural

Day 55 of My Car-Free Experiment – Remembering American Freedom

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:03:35 EDT

Today's Picture: During this year's tour across Iowa called RAGBRAI , back in July

With a cluck, cluck here....

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:02:52 EDT

The magazine Backyard Poultry is, unlike most publications, growing rapidly. It's subscription base has climbed by 42 percent (!) in the past year. That is one piece of evidence cited in yesterday's USA Today to illustrate a growing trend -- amateur,