Green Options » green commute http://greenoptions.com/tag/green-commute Posts tagged 'green commute' Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:26:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Dollars and Sense: Calculating Money and Environmental Benefits of Bike Commuting http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/15/dollars-and-cents-calculating-environmental-and-money-benefits-of-bike-commuting/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/15/dollars-and-cents-calculating-environmental-and-money-benefits-of-bike-commuting/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:26:06 +0000 Adam Williams http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/15/dollars-and-cents-calculating-environmental-and-money-benefits-of-bike-commuting/ Bikes parked -- Mackinac Island, MichiganAt the beginning of this year I changed jobs, trading a 35-mile one-way commute for a 2.5-mile local ride.

Living in St. Louis, where we have four distinct seasons – pretty-damn-cold, balmy-moderate, humid-and-hot-as-hell and fall – I waited out the pretty-damn-cold months to begin my life as a bike commuter during the balmy-moderate ones.

New to the game, I’m taking things a bit slowly.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/15/dollars-and-cents-calculating-environmental-and-money-benefits-of-bike-commuting/feed/ Zoom-Zoom-Zoom: Electric Bike Sales Blast Off Around the World http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/zoom-zoom-zoom-electric-bike-sales-blast-off-around-the-world/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/zoom-zoom-zoom-electric-bike-sales-blast-off-around-the-world/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:23:12 +0000 Adam Williams http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/zoom-zoom-zoom-electric-bike-sales-blast-off-around-the-world/

Popularity of electric bikes has taken off in countries all over the world, and are juicing enjoyment and mobility for a wide range of ages. Get the scoop at CNN.com: Electric Bikes Provide Greener Commute.

Image source: Panasonic, via www.electric-bikes.org.

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