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Along comes something that’s better than Zip Car, Flexicar, and all the other car share services that have cropped up. The Bike Dispenser comes to us from an innovative company in Amsterdam. Now cities and towns can install these bike dispensers in convenient locations where you could rent one for a reasonable fee, ride it around to your destination(s) and conveniently return it to another bike dispenser location.  If they were placed in residential and urban/work areas, these could become the commute method of choice - great exercise and zero emissions. You also don’t have to worry about your bike being stolen. [via Coolhunter]

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In his post today, Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, describes his typical day living a zero impact lifestyle in New York City with his wife, Michelle, their 2 year old daughter, and their dog, Frankie.  That means no trash, no carbon emissions, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no plastics, no air conditioning.  In spite of (or we like to think, because of) all the things they won’t/don’t do, their life is full and rich with experience. See A Day in Our Life.

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