UrbanThoreau Critiques: from Street to World and Back Again
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Olympic Dreams Dashed, but Cyclocross to Come to Olin Park
Mayor Pave & Konkrete Kathy greenwash their anti-bicycle policies during the Olympic bid. Separately, I’m predicting a major cyclocross event will soon be announced.
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Malthusian Delusions
Monbiot disabuses the rich of the notion that they are guilt free when it comes to environmental destruction.
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True Bike Stories
NYT review of David Byrne’s new book, Bicycle Diaries.
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From Wasted Spaces to People Places
De-paving is becoming all the rage!
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Uncle Sam Wants YOU to be an Xtreme Oil Junkie
More bad news on the energy front: we just won’t get off the candy.
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Syntropic Stump Fun
Syntropy Coop has some fun with an old stump in their yard!
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Health Farce: Why Places that Don’t Suck Are Necessary for Health
Health insurance for all could end up being a boon for better food, better neighborhoods and overall higher quality of life.
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Preserving and Enhancing the Urban Forest: Can the successful Milwaukee example be applied to Madison?
Preserving and Enhancing the Urban Forest: Do our most majestic street trees always have to be felled during road construction? The Milwaukee experience says no.
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Be the Engine, Get Smarter
Human power rocks the intellectual world!
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License to Kill
Columbia County Sheriff Dennis Richards says it is ok to kill old ladies on public sidewalks, as long as you have a valid driver’s license and registered motor vehicle to carry out the murder.
Got any book recommendations?