GoCycle Electric Bike Turns Heads in London
Lloyd got all excited about the GoCycle electric bike a couple of months ago, suggesting that it might just be the electric assist bike we’ve all been waiting for. But can it live up to expectations? The Times newspaper had already reviewed the GoCycle favorably, and now The Guardian weighs in with its own verdict. Click below the fold for the scoop on a machine that may change the image of electric bikes for good. Continue Reading »

Let’s face it: the North American bathroom isn’t the most glamorous of rooms. Ranging from staid and boring to downright dangerous, with slippery showers and water hogging toilet tanks and tubs set in a poorly ventilated, water-tight box, many modern bathrooms just haven’t been designed as thoughtfully the rest of our homes. Continue Reading »

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If you’re like me, then you know that feeling of confusion and disappointment you sometimes feel after going shopping for a new green product. You’ve done your research to find the right item and you’ve checked online versions of a store to see that they have it, but when you get there that specific lightbulb, organic cotton t-shirt, or MSC-certified halibut on sale is nowhere to be found. In its place are ten other options that might or might not offer the same benefits you were looking for. Continue Reading »

Though Sara wrote about making potato chips a few weeks ago, I’m going to give you another way of making chips, and one with a slight variation: vegetable chips! Veggie chips are great because you get more than just potatoes: any solid vegetable can be made into a chip! I made it with beets, zucchini, turnip, and carrot, and sweet potato (and a regular potato, just to be sneaky!) but you could use anything: parsnips, pepper, and anything else that can be sliced on a mandolin. I stared longingly at my cauliflower (my absolute favourite vegetable), but somehow I thought it might not work as well. There are a lot of summer vegetables that work very well with this recipe, but it would also be great in the doldrums of winter when all you have to eat is parsnip: hey, why not fry it? Continue Reading »