Quick Idea: Sign up for ZipCar & use it as your 2nd or 3rd car.
Benefits include: Gas & insurance is included, you only pay for what you use (minimum of one hour in 30 minute increments), you get to choose the exact car & location you want to rent from, the entire reservation & pickup [...]

We all know the health benefits of drinking more water. But if it were so easy, we wouldn’t be talking about it.  Here are some ideas to make it easier:
1.  Set a daily goal & keep track of your progress.  I recommend starting with 1 Liter & working your way up to 3 Liters.
2.  [...]

Quick Idea: Sometime a simple change is also a big change.
Check out Danni Brancaccio’s blog about her quest to go all summer on one tank of gas, simply by changing her habits.  Granted, she sometimes borrows her mom’s car (per CNN).
Resources
Simple Human 101 ways to use less gas
Freakonomics on The New York Times Hurray For [...]

It’s totally rad…

So far I love the Strida. It is a beautiful example of industrial design. I marvel at the little details. For example, when you fold the bike it seems as if one of the bars could scratch the other, but then you notice the small piece of transparent rubber that protects the bike [...]

Quick Idea: Tossing your table scraps from CNN.

I’m trying it in Cambridge… It’s pretty cool & I feel good about doing it.  The only downside is the swarm of fruit flies uder the kitchen sink.  ick.

Quick Idea: Most Wine Should Be Sold in Boxes from Daring Fireball.
“Switching to wine in a box for the 97 percent of wines that are made to be consumed within a year would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about two million tons, or the equivalent of retiring 400,000 cars.”
Even though it’s simpler and helps the [...]

Use a sweatband, save a tree
In a recent post, Jeff talked about gadgets that have simplified his life. It got me thinking… Some of the best ideas for simplicity are – just that – simple. And surely they don’t have to cost lots of money. The wristband coffee sleeve is a [...]

Our Chief Architect, Jason Horman, just had a brand spankin’ new Strida folding bike delivered to the office. It’s pretty sweet!
But the question is…
Will a commuter bicycle simplify Jason’s life? We’ll see.
Jason will give it a try for the next few weeks & report back. If you’ve been on the fence about taking [...]

Paper or Plastic?

There’s been lot of scuttlebutt lately regarding plastic grocery bags:
First San Francisco outlawed them,
then Whole Foods stopped offering nationwide,
and amazingly the entire country of China outlawed free plastic bags!
My response: Paper NOR Plastic. I have been carrying reusable grocery bags for 2+ years, but have recently noticed them popping up everywhere [...]

Driving sucks, ride your bike

“Going green” is often equated with a simpler lifestyle. And, when I landed a new job that was close enough (& casual enough) for me to ride my bike to work, I was psyched! Well, it has turned out to be quite a process, turning this city girl into [...]