How to clean car carpet

Do you often give your car a deep cleaning? Or do you still remember the last time you had your carpet exclusively cleaned? Many automobile owners, unfortunately, neglect the carpet for far too long, allowing stains, mud, and sticky substances to accumulate and curdle. Your car’s carpets are the single most mistreated component in the…

How To Drive Less: Small Steps To a Complete Carectomy

No one expects you to change overnight. For many of us, going completely car-free is a lifestyle change on the scale of switching from big city living to farming in the boondocks; from bone-crunching carnivore to raw vegan; from sinner to saint. It’s major, and best to begin your transformation by taking baby steps. Here’s a roster…

Pedal Powered Snow Plow

Be green while clearing the fluffy white! That’s the idea behind Kevin Blake’s pedal-powered snowplow. Rather than burning gas and spewing fumes, Blake’s design relies on your quads. Must be a good way to stay warm on cold and snowy winter mornings. Unlike some of the hair-brained (but really fun) bicycle-lawnmowers, this contraption actually does the…

Australian Cyclists Save Millions in Health Care

A recent report entitled Cycling: Getting Australia Moving indicates that by improving their health, cyclists saved about $227.2 million Australian per year. Dr Rob Moodie, Professor of Global Health at the University of Melbourne’sNossal Institute and author of the report, said “this report demonstrates the considerable benefit offered to individuals and governments by cycling. Addressing the barriers…