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THANK YOU FOR STRANGLING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION1 comment

benafia wrote 1 year ago: I remember hearing of how mass transportation was strangled way back when, so the more lucrative car … more →

Tags: and furthermore..., conformity, Economy, Funny, future price of life, Humor, hyper-inflation, implied questions, Inflation

Days 360-365: MLwC hits the Year End Mark3 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago:  So, I thought in honor of the project that has changed the way I think about driving–this gre … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Environmental Cause, local environment, Bike, Pollution, Population growth, environmental activism, Community

Day 353-359: MLwC and Just Days Away From My One Year End Date!

seacat wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been racing around so much lately that I haven’t been able to post much, but I … more →

Tags: Pollution, calm clear mind, alternate transportation, Connections, freeways suck, car usage, driving addiction, year long project

Days 294-297: MLwC, looking past the current president and the Seattle ride metro campaign1 comment

seacat wrote 2 years ago: There’s an article in the NYTimes today about how the global climate summit in Bali that … more →

Tags: Environment, Bus, alternate transportation, Personal Action, global climate change, Green Bike pilot, bike commuters, King County, George Bush

Days 258-259: MLwC and Roads, Revisited, Rejected, Reviled2 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: Thanks to Carless in Seattle for surfacing the above vid, a commercial which actually made the hair … more →

Tags: Culture, Local Politics, home office, Seattle, Bus, Hybrid-electric bus, ditch your car, why I'd rather ride a bike, alternate transportation

Day 255-256: MLwC and Prop 1 in Seattle

seacat wrote 2 years ago: My neighbors Susan and Tom stopped me in the driveway yesterday asking if I’d read Jay Inslee … more →

Tags: Psychology & The Mind, Bike, Seattle, Bus, Politics, calm clear mind, alternate transportation, Personal Action, Systems thinking

Day 213 and 214: MLwC and the discreet charm of an older car4 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: When I first started to drive, the general expectation was that I would 1) have an older, hand-me-do … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Bus, alternate transportation, built-in obsolescence, recycle, re-use, New Car, old car

Day 180-182: MLwC, the Half-Way Point Data Extravahhh-ganza!1 comment

seacat wrote 2 years ago: It’s the mid-point mark in my year long project to change how I think about getting around! So … more →

Tags: Culture, local environment, Bike, Pollution, Seattle, walking, Green, Politics, Hybrid-electric bus

Day 176-178: MLwC and Seattle Traffic Blues

seacat wrote 2 years ago: To some degree, I’m completely clueless about the massive traffic jam that is Seattle right no … more →

Tags: Environmental Cause, Community, Seattle, Bus, breaking up with my car, Green Lifestyle, why I'd rather ride a bike, alternate transportation, sustainable transportation

Day 160: MLwC and when making things easy makes things worse3 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: In the USA, making things easier and then selling tons of those easy things is the basis of our enti … more →

Tags: Environmental Cause, overpopulation, ditch your car, Green Lifestyle, alternate transportation, consumerism, mass production, summer time and the livin is easy, Systems thinking

Day 150 & 151: MLwC and green films4 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: I love a good movie–when it’s raining in Seattle, there’s nothing better than a go … more →

Tags: built-in obsolescence, Cadillac Desert, Community, Connections, corruption, freeways suck, green hollywood, local environment, Local Politics

Day 143 & 144: MLwC and the way we were (less efficient was perhaps better...)5 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: My partner and I were riding back from the west seattle farmer’s market today, transporting pr … more →

Tags: alternate transportation, Culture, ditch your car, Environment, Farmer's Market, global climate change, Green Lifestyle, Pollution, price of gas

Day 113: MLwC and shopping celibacy1 comment

seacat wrote 2 years ago: The NRDC recently published an article entitled My 30 Days of Consumer Celibacy which is a fun read … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Environmental Cause, local environment, Pollution, Business Travel, Social Networks, Peak Oil, carbon based

Day 108: MLwC and oh yeah! I remember!1 comment

seacat wrote 2 years ago: How quickly we forget…or at least I do. I forgot the worst thing about business travel: the en … more →

Tags: Culture, local environment, Bike, Pollution, Business Travel, Bus, bike envy, calm clear mind, why I'd rather ride a bike

Day 107: MLwC, comment from B2, and the loneliness of the long distance business traveler3 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: Supa dupa comment from B2 yesterday, if you get a chance. A snippet: “The 2 years I didn’t own … more →

Tags: Environment, Psychology, Bike, Pollution, Alternative Energy, Green, Farmer's Market, ditch your car, Friends

Day 106: WLwC and how not-driving has changed my brain2 comments

seacat wrote 2 years ago: Had dinner with some pals on Saturday and the subject turned to this blog and cultural notions aroun … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, Environmental Cause, local environment, Psychology, Bike, Pollution, Community, walking


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