Sexy Green Paris: Brake Lights, Big City

Courtney Maum — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:38:18 +0000

What’s up with all those bikes?

If you’ve been to Paris in the last year and a half and you didn’t spend your entire visit slugging back Côtes du Rhône and camembert, you might remember having seen a whole lot of bikes. Like, loads and loads of them. Huge, industrial looking, cumbersome, with standard metal baskets? These curious contraptions belong to a new form of transportation known as the Vélib. A combination of “vélo” (bike), and “liberté”, (freedom), the Vélib offers tourists and locals just that: bikes and freedom.

The Green Way to see Paris

As long as you have a credit card or an ATM card (is anyone still using traveler’s checks these days?) you can rent a bike for a day, a week, even for a year! The way it works is this:

Should We Care When Celebrities Like Will Ferrell Build Eco-Houses?

Levi Novey — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:24:57 +0000

It’s hard to watch television or browse the internet these days without hearing regular stories about how celebrities are “going green.” In the past week alone, I have read or skimmed through stories about how musician Sheryl Crow is launching an Eco Fashion Line, actress Pamela Anderson is building a green hotel, and comedian and actor Will Ferrell will be the first celebrity to drive BMW’s new hydrogen car. According to the story, Will Ferrell has also built a solar-powered environmentally friendly home. Should we care?

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Sexy Green Paris: Brake Lights, Big City

What’s up with all those bikes?

The Green Way to see Paris

Should We Care When Celebrities Like Will Ferrell Build Eco-Houses?