Haul A$$!

Now, I'm telling your bike, not you, to haul ass, since you're the mule in this scenario. As you can see, my makeshift bike taxi has been doing overtime (see figure 2 above). Ok, ok! It's not "my" bike, per se; but it's obvious someone has been putting in some serious work.

Luckily for us, today's bike trailers, hitches, cargo bags, saddles, extensions, stone wheels, etc...(deep breathe) have evolved into less cumbersome designs. BEHOLD THE EVOLUTION BELOW!

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The mighty mouse of bike trailers from Carry Freedom



Hire this guy to do your cheap city moving.

Go Deustch with the Royal Shopper Plus


BicycleR Evolution has a plethora of tried and tested solutions for toting around groceries and kayaks : )


IKEA trips are a breeze with the Super Hero Trailer!

Meet B.O.B.

Toilet Tea Time ; /

It's tea-time! I'm not sure how many Americans love bidet's but in India it's all the craze according to electrical engineer Sandip who designed the biodegradable toilet tea cup! (brace yourself, I think I can recover from this one).

On long cramped commutes, it's hard to cary a decent bidet/douche with you. Most passengers resort to carrying water bottles or tea-cups with them to cleanse their special areas. It is this great frustation with the disparaging act of using a teacup to cleanse oneself that bore Sandip's brainchild, the biodegradable teacup (not FDA approved for drinking or reuse : ). Passengers can now purchase these 1.3 liter containers at the train station and toss them without a care in the world, because they'll be nothing but a memory after an hour of decomposition.


Leave it to the Danes to issue a 500k euro prize for this advent in humanity.

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Guilty Green Pleasures - Ladies?

Guilty pleasures can be green too! Julie Apple, former designer at Le Sportsac, has brought better, greener totes, handbags and pouches (Don't ask how I know this lingo : ) I'm going to cut myself short right here before doing further damage to my masculinity.

What I was trying to say was that Julie Apple has incorporated a waterless dye (airdye) into her designs to reduce the water consumed in the production of these bags. Check out the Julie Apple bags and enjoy the guilt-free shopping!

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My wedding *BLING* is gonna kick GRASS!

Yes, I've been out of commission for a while, BUT it was for good reason. I've been been pulling a double-shift on fiance duties: making sure invites, food and even bling are as green as possible ; ) My fiance and I have been supporting independent local artists through Etsy for invitations, couture, etc... I chose a unique titanium and bamboo wedding band from ZoeandDoyle's shop. This is truly one of a kind and made from my favorite grass - NO, not that! Bamboo of course.

***Check out more designs that kick grass***

The Ultimate Camping Car

This 2-story camper comes to you circa Y2K. I'm not sure how green it is but I am enthralled by its design (clean lines and...umm...clean lines). This two-story camper has a Japanese-style room on the upper level that rivals the size of most New York City apartments. This cube camper also features a stove, bathroom, sundeck and lots of storage. I'd swap this baby with my "NYC 1 bedroom" any day. If you want a change of scene, fill'er up!

Where can I get my hands on one of these?
You'll have to trek to Japan for that answer. In the meantime you can visit the Two-Story Camper online and peruse the images below.

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The Lazy Environmentalist

Finally! A show that reinforces my drive for going green while saving green. Nuff Said. Check out Sundance Channel's recession guide to environmentalism.

The Lazy Environmentalist

Planet Green | Couch Potatos, Do your part!

Today I'm being the worst couch potato ever, but for good reason. I'm catching up on the hours of DVR'd green shows from Dicovery's Planet Green and Science Channel. [Find the channel for your area].
The Discovery Network has been working hard to bring you the latest in green living, from food to fashion and green school busses that run on french fries and worm poop (yumm!). I'm personally catching up on my favorite shows:

Invention Nation

Three gadget geeks drive a green school bus across the country in search of grassroots green inventors. Along their journey they share the processes behind sustainable inventions that stand to change the way we live.

Greenovate

Greenovate takes you into the homes of families undergoing massive personality changes.

World's Greenest Homes

Emanuel Belliveau takes you around the globe to see the greenest, and sometimes eccentric, homes this planet has to offer.

The green series of shows from Discovery can teach you how to run your car on vegetable oil and do a green home renovation all while saving money (sometimes). That's it for me. You may return to your regularly scheduled program : ) .