Ways to Help Haiti

A disaster recently hit my motherland of Haiti. I've had loved ones lost and others spared from the devastation. You can have a huge impact on the future of Haiti, helping it rebuild in a sustainable way. I've posted some ways you can make a difference below.

10 Ways to help Haiti

DIY Solar Panel

Best Green Blogs + Me

Check out some of the Best Green Blogs around. I'm in the running for 2010.

Miss Me?

Sorry for going MIA last month. I've been diving into the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) world and absorbing every bit of information I possibly can about the USGBC (United States Green Building Counsel) in preparation for my LEED GA exam prep. If anyone would like to share my 'yolk', feel free to log onto the USGBC LEED Prep site and start studying. You can find more resources, such as online course at Everblue.com & Greenbuild365.

I'm working on joining my local USGBC Chapter in NYC. You can also join the mailing list for Emerging Green Builders, "a coalition of students and young professionals in the New York City area intent on promoting the integration of future leaders into the green building movement."

As I prepare for this exam and delve into some green projects that are underway, I will try to keep you posted on my experiences. Feel free to share your experiences on green projects or events you are participating in around the world!

I have some great bits to come : )

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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