Cold vs. Green

February 10, 2011 · Posted in Environment · Comments Off 

We don’t have to tell you this, but in case you’ve been stuck inside: IT’S BEEN REALLY COLD OUT THERE for the past few days.

Uncharacteristically cold even.

Are you as burly as Rich Rotunno? Photo by Jeremy Papasso.

So I’m curious (no, not nosy, curious) about whether the harsh bite of the frigid air has superseded your dedication to being green.

Are you still biking to work?

Did you take a longer than normal shower this morning after your run?

Other thoughts?

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Winter Bike to Work Day: Great Success

January 19, 2011 · Posted in Bikes, Environment, food · Comments Off 

Did you read that title in your best Borat impersonation? Because that’s how I wrote it. If not, here’s the man himself.

So Winter Bike to Work Day was in fact, a great success. You see, people like to bike. They also like free food.

Michael White, 15, bikes to school each day with his dad, Mark. But the free food offered throughout Boulder on the city’s third annual Winter Bike to Work Day today added an extra incentive to commute on two wheels.

“Why can’t you guys do this every day?” Michael, a New Vista High School student, said as he ate a tamale from a food stall outside the Pedal to Properties real estate firm on Boulder’s Pearl Street. “Then I can stop having cold cereal in the morning.”

Check out “the rest of the story,” (that was supposed to be your attempt at Paul Harvey) at Hundreds participate in Boulder’s third Winter Bike to Work Day.