Over a billion of our fellow world citizens do not have access to clean drinking water. Over three million people die annually as a result of waterborne diseases, making them the leading cause of death on our planet. Often when clean water is available, it is located miles away and takes hours and much effort to transport. A new tricycle has been invented that could potentially help to solve some of these life-threatening problems.
Note: this article is part of this week’s EcoWorldly cycling series: Cycling and its importance in countries around the world.
As a writer on global writer issues, I wasn’t quite sure what to do when my writing colleagues at EcoWorldly suggested that we all contribute to a series on bicycling.
Bikes and water: could the two really be related? To my pleasant surprise, they are indeed!
I learned about several organizations dedicated to providing people in developing nations with the means to get clean water through the use of bicycles.
Bikes in Cleantechnica!?
Of course! Isn’t the goal to consume less non-renewable energy? Just because we’re doing so with the good old bike doesn’t mean it is not worthy of the technology title–especially with the advances in bike technology highlighted below. And although I’ve long agreed with this quote from author Elizabeth West, “Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle,” I am glad that–at least in the bike world–it did not.
After the break, I’ve highlighted my four favorite advances in the bike world. For the record, it pained me not to include Fat Tire–but that’s more of an advancement in the beer world (as well as an advancement in my world).
