Green Options » street http://greenoptions.com/tag/street Posts tagged 'street' Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Billionaires for Wealthcare Reinvent Guerilla Musical Theatre http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/10/27/billionaires-for-wealthcare-reinvent-guerilla-musical-theatre/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/10/27/billionaires-for-wealthcare-reinvent-guerilla-musical-theatre/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:10 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/10/27/billionaires-for-wealthcare-reinvent-guerilla-musical-theatre/ CNN highlights the Billionaires for Wealthcare enthusiastically singing the praises of a public option, as they entertained unsuspecting attendees at a health insurance conference in Washington DC last week. Wolf Blitzer and Jeanne Moos discuss the increasingly popular use of guerilla musical theatre across the nation. Cleverly orchestrated performances and mini-musicals seem to have become much more popular with folks now than rabid screaming teabaggers.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/10/27/billionaires-for-wealthcare-reinvent-guerilla-musical-theatre/feed/ Inflatable Bag Monsters Arise from New York Subways http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/24/inflatable-bag-monsters-born-from-new-york-subways/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/24/inflatable-bag-monsters-born-from-new-york-subways/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:07:56 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/24/inflatable-bag-monsters-born-from-new-york-subways/ Innovative artist Joshua Allen Harris has created a menagerie of inflatable monsters that are ephemeral, whimsical and utterly delightful. All of his different creatures are made from old plastic bags, and magically come to life from the air generated by New York city subway vent exhaust.

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Steven Psyllos interviewed Harris recently for New York magazine to discuss his inspiration, artistic process,  and to unveil a new animated plastic bag beast; the video was shot by Jonah Green.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/24/inflatable-bag-monsters-born-from-new-york-subways/feed/ Car-Free Market Street Is Closer to Reality http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:12:55 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/ My long held fantasy of a car-free Market Street became just a little closer to reality today. A transit improvement report was just approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority that encourages travel by bus, foot and bicycle along this busy thoroughfare. District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly, who requested the report, expressed his support for the positive changes being implemented that will limit car traffic on Market. “It will feel pretty good to see some progress, albeit incremental progress on Market Street,” he said.

car-free Market StreetA glorious car-free Market Street in June of 2008 after the queer pride parade.

I could not agree more, and am eagerly anticipating the upcoming changes; they can’t come quickly enough. Cars make us fat. The more we can increase walking, biking and mass transit use, the healthier our citizens will be, and the more livable and sustainable both our city and world will become.

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/feed/ Sunday Streets Takes Over the Mission http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/sunday-streets-takes-over-the-mission/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/sunday-streets-takes-over-the-mission/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:15:48 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/sunday-streets-takes-over-the-mission/ Sunday Streets in the Mission

Thousands of my fellow San Franciscans poured into the beautiful car-free space of the Mission District yesterday for Sunday Streets. The warm sunny day inspired scores of families, bicyclists, dogs, pedestrians, dancers, roller-bladers and skaters to come together and frolic in our city’s public streets.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/sunday-streets-takes-over-the-mission/feed/ Traffic Calming Made Easy http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:16:34 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/ In this 24 second animated short Elizabeth Press, one of the clever folks at Streetfilms, explains the beauty and simplicity of traffic calming by the utilization of chicanes, a series of constructed curves that slow car traffic, and make our streets safer and more livable.

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