new spin on an old groove

I recently came across this website:
Haley Tricycles

An ingenious reinterpretation of yester year's Ice Cream Trikes...
these are a great investment for any starting business that needs regular transportation and hauling of goods.
Their prices are not much more than a a top of the line street bike and cost TONS less than maintaining a petrol-powered counterpart (scooter, car, SUV)
...and they do custom work. (ranging from display box formats to umbrella holders)

Always good stuff coming outta Philly,
give 'em a looksee

oh yeah, and VOTE

foot = power

using human energy to power and provide.
are the possibilities endless?



another interesting use of human energy :
www.gizmag.com
&
news.bbc.co.uk

it's an ad, i know

doesn't mean it's not fresh . . .

The Story of Stuff

I found this awhile ago - please watch if you have the time.

a step by step tutorial on how we consume and the results of such...

this is the first of a series of 7 videos posted on YouTube

(culmination of all videos totals a little over 20 minutes)

a nice and gentle slap in the face

(includes some nice bits on adjusting one's ways to live better)

...check out No. 5 especially

{you can also watch the full length here}

... and a grand plan it is!

T. Boone Pickens and his Plan

denim instead of pink stuff

heard about this awhile ago - but never followed up on it

...so i looked

nice, no more gloves; masks

heres how:

and on notcot:

: intelligent production :

domestic aesthetic

I recently met the founder of this company and preceded directly to my 'puter to see what Domestic Aesthetic-ness was all about.

Product that holds ecological and societal interests paramount while maintaining affordable and attainable price points? In today's marketplace? Our society's future just gained another point of credibility.

. . . a source of inspiration to any aspiring catalyst. ~thanks~