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Getting there faster costs more

I’m pretty green when I am commuting: I bike a lot and I use public transit. But in this automobile driven country, I do own a car, and I use it. This morning I watched a video of travelling along a cycling highway between two cities in the Netherlands that are connected by a cycling … Continue reading

Be a smart stripper

Okay, I’ve been doing this for a while but I thought it was worth putting in here anyway. The smart strip is a current sensing power bar. They typically have three types of plug ins: always on, control, and controlled. The always on is for stuff that you don’t want to turn off – something … Continue reading

Sustainability inspired by a September snow storm in Alberta

So two days ago I was at the Penticton Dragon Boat Festival lounging around in 28°C (82°F). Driving home through Banff National Park and Calgary we saw this: Although, every climate change aficionado will tell you that it is very difficult (i.e. impossible) to attribute a single weather event to climate change, extreme or non … Continue reading

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