biking

Urban AdvenTours is a locally owned and operated green company in Boston. They provide bike tours and rentals for locals and visitors to Boston. Their tours are perfect for the active traveler, concerned about his/her eco-impact. The "Urban AdvenTours Crew," as they affectionately call themselves, are a grou of committed bike advocates who are working to make Boston a greener, more bike friendly city! They even have a bus that runs on Bio Desiel!

Driven by an increase in gas prices, as well as, growing awareness of the impact all those cars have on the environment more and more people are dragging out their bikes for more than just a quick jaunt around the park.

The question for ecopreneurs is a good one. Which way to market the biking products?

If the price of gas has you looking at alternative methods, why not consider the greenest machine around? With the right bicycle and some planning, you can start commuting to work and save money! Here are some tips from the IBF on how to get the most out of your ride to work.

These bicycles also provide clean drinking water. Wonderful modification of the bicycle!

An activist couple discusses Food Not Bombs, a bike recyclery and local food.

Randy Cohen, the man who sorts out readers' ethical dilemmas in his NY Times Magazine feature column The Ethicist , weighs in on the automobile's impact on urban life.

America's obesity epidemic and global warming might not seem to have much in common. But public health experts suggest people can attack them both by cutting calories and carbon dioxide at the same time.

How? Get out of your car and walk or bike half an hour a day instead of driving. And while you're at it, eat less red meat. That's how Americans can simultaneously save the planet and their health, say doctors and climate scientists.

As the days contract and sunshine turns to rain, do we trade in our bazillion-mile-to-the-gallon peddling machine and our great summer biking legs for a piddly twenty-five miles to the gallon? Not a chance.