Something powerful, something new under the sun happened in Cincinnati this weekend. A three day summit on changing Cincinnati in fundamental ways, an effort to rethink our city with an eye toward creating a just, community-oriented, sustainable city.

This conference was the brain child of Doctor Victor Garcia, a physician whose experience with [...]

 
Skeptical Science has put together a nice infographic of the Heartland Institute’s funding sources and where the money goes based this week’s leaked documents (note, however, that nearly half of the Heartland Institute’s revenue, $14.26 million of its $33.9 million, comes from a single anonymous donor, according to the document). Some notes from [...]

In case you missed these amongt the 70+ posts of the past 2 weeks, here are the top 14:

I wrote on the horrid transportation bill proposed by the House GOP at the end of last week, summarizing just how bad it was. Well, now, there are a couple of options for you to take action in opposing this bill, which the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) calls the “worst transportation bill [...]

by May Boeve of 350.org

Last week, one of my heroes was profiled in his local paper for helping spearhead a new Transition Town in Sonoma, California. I couldn’t be prouder, since that hero is my dad, Tim Boeve, and Sonoma is the town where I grew up. Sonoma is new to the Transition [...]

by May Boeve of 350.org

Last week, one of my heroes was profiled in his local paper for helping spearhead a new Transition Town in Sonoma, California. I couldn’t be prouder, since that hero is my dad, Tim Boeve, and Sonoma is the town where I grew up. Sonoma is new to the Transition [...]

There is a famous biblical parable where Jesus speaks of his new way of thinking as something that cannot be contained in the existing Jewish culture. The idea is that if you put new wine into a used skin, the skin will burst as the new wine ferments, having already been stretched once from [...]

This is an excellent video on climate change by some folks who really seem to know how to make science videos, the folks at SciShow. Check it out and share it with friends!

Want more? Check out more on the effects of global warming and more excellent global [...]

I absolutely love Playing for Change, and I absolutely love Bob Marley, so this video below is a real joy. The song, 3 little birds, is one of my favorite Bob Marley songs (and, actually, one of my favorite songs, period), and it’s covered beautifully by Playing for Change.

New York City has some of the highest-priced real estate in the world. But building rooftops remain grossly underutilized (barring some notable exceptions). However, the city planning department is proposing that 1,200 acres of commercial rooftops be available for urban farmers to put greenhouses on. That would certainly boost local food [...]

I have to confess—I had the unusual and lucky experience of living in one of the most bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly cities in the world, Groningen. It was named “Best Bicycling City of the World” (on two occasions, I think). It is perhaps the top bicycling city in the top bicycling country [...]

“Cycling is part of everyone’s life, because it was made part of everyone’s life.” This film, Cycling for Everyone, is a light, moving record of health and happiness. The film shows Amsterdam as a place where sharing the road is easy and safe.

Inhabitants of this city and [...]

One of the longest bike trails in the world, The East Coast Greenway is a 3,000 mile network of bike trails that was conceived in 1991 and is nearing completion. It runs all along the eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida. I believe this is [...]

“‘People Power’ behind him” is what made it possible for President Obama to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, according to Bills Moyers on Bill Maher’s HBO talkshow. And this backs up what we here on Planetsave have been promoting for a long time now — direct action [...]

The News: Bike-sharing programs across the U.S. could be used with a universal bike-sharing card soon. Wouldn’t that be sweet?! Well, there’s already momentum in that direction, with bike-sharing companies that allow their users to use their programs anywhere they exist. For example, nextbike, which has a new bike-sharing program [...]

The news: The 2nd annual Climate Week in the Boston area is looking to have a much bigger showing and repertoire than last year’s inaugural event. All sorts of artsy and educational features are planned.

Why this is important: We’ve only got one climate, and we’re quickly taking [...]

A recent story that celebrates spontaneity, cycling, urban wanderlust, and the wonderful wave of sustainable bike-sharing programs is a welcome happiness to all of us wanting more biking freedoms. From an article found on the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) website: “Bike sharing is like a big advertisement [...]

In case you missed them, or are just interested in seeing which of our posts from the last week have gotten the most views, here’s a list of our top 10 posts from the past 7 days:

Being a vagabond is great and all, but I also believe in community and sustainability! How could I accomplish all parts of my equation at once? I mean, isn’t community and sustainability accomplished by living in one location with a group of people, following models of communal or group living, farming, and running co-ops? And isn’t [...]