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Bike Nation

dtpennington — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:23:16 +0000

This past weekend I did a lot of un-sustainable things. I drove over 2,000 miles through the desert to stay in a place where water wasn’t plentiful (but I swam in it...

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Two days with the Chevy Volt #voltKlout

dtpennington — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:10 +0000

Last week I was able to redeem one of my perks on Klout.com to test drive the Chevrolet Volt (#voltklout) for a few days. I get it, why wouldn’t they want a...

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Five Sustainable Kickstarter Projects I totally dig.

dtpennington — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:21:10 +0000

As simple as it gets – five projects by people who are working to spread green and sustainable ideas throughout their communities. Some are funded, some still need your...

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May 11 CTA – Another 500,000 bikes

dtpennington — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:25 +0000

For the past few days I have been driving. Thanks to the #voltKlout perk I received where I get to test drive the Chevy Volt for a few days (review on that coming later) I...

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Introducing – The Mercado

dtpennington — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:05:21 +0000

Even during my hiatus from editing Not Quite Hippie, I still received quite a few press releases about things in the world of green and environmental progress. Big businesses...

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Showcase: Denver Urban Homesteading

Spencer Essey — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:28:01 +0000

Today’s post comes from Spencer Essey, a food activist blogger and publisher of Food State. As the frost of winter begins to thaw and our minds turn to the outdoors and...

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You say “Hippie Talk” like it’s a bad thing

dtpennington — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:30:44 +0000

Chevrolet has this commercial running right now to sell their new eco-friendly Malibu. “That’s hippie talk” the senile father says. Is this what we can...

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The Fungus Among Us

dtpennington — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:21:48 +0000

This weeks lesson: sterilize your seed starting trays before you start seeds in them. No, seriously. Fungus is nature’s way of letting us know there is a world of life...

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Denver’s silly shocking snowstorm of 2012

dtpennington — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:34:03 +0000

There’s that really old saying: if you don’t like the weather in Colorado, wait 5 minutes. Or, as the case has been, wait an entire month. The second March began...

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Downshifting – An Epilogue

dtpennington — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:24:44 +0000

A long while back I wrote a small series on this blog on the theme of downshifting. At the time, it was something I was interested in, and judging by the visitors I get, it...

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