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Days 360-365: MLwC hits the Year End Mark

 So, I thought in honor of the project that has changed the way I think about driving–this grew-up-in-Southern-California-you’ll -take-my-car-from-my-cold-dead-hands girl–I thought … more »

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THANK YOU FOR STRANGLING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION — 1 comment

benafia wrote 2 months 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 Mark — 2 comments

seacat wrote 4 months ago:  So, I thought in honor of the project that has changed the way I think about driving–this gr … more »

Tags: alternate transportation, Alternative Energy, Bike, bike envy, breaking up with my car, built-in obsolescence, Bus, Cadillac Desert, calm clear mind

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

seacat wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been racing around so much lately that I haven’t been able to post much, but I … more »

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

Days 294-297: MLwC, looking past the current president and the Seattle ride metro campaign — 1 comment

seacat wrote 7 months ago: There’s an article in the NYTimes today about how the global climate summit in Bali that … more »

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

Days 258-259: MLwC and Roads, Revisited, Rejected, Reviled — 2 comments

seacat wrote 8 months ago: Thanks to Carless in Seattle for surfacing the above vid, a commercial which actually made the hair … more »

Tags: alternate transportation, Bus, Connections, Culture, ditch your car, freeways suck, global climate change, home office, Hybrid-electric bus

Day 255-256: MLwC and Prop 1 in Seattle

seacat wrote 8 months ago: My neighbors Susan and Tom stopped me in the driveway yesterday asking if I’d read Jay Inslee … more »

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

Day 213 and 214: MLwC and the discreet charm of an older car — 3 comments

seacat wrote 10 months ago: When I first started to drive, the general expectation was that I would 1) have an older, hand-me-do … more »

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

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

seacat wrote 11 months ago: It’s the mid-point mark in my year long project to change how I think about getting around! So … more »

Tags: alternate transportation, Bike, breaking up with my car, Culture, ditch your car, freeways suck, global climate change, Green, Green Lifestyle

Day 176-178: MLwC and Seattle Traffic Blues

seacat wrote 11 months ago: To some degree, I’m completely clueless about the massive traffic jam that is Seattle right no … more »

Tags: alternate transportation, breaking up with my car, Bus, Community, Environmental Cause, freeways suck, Green Lifestyle, Seattle, sustainable transportation

Day 160: MLwC and when making things easy makes things worse — 3 comments

seacat wrote 11 months 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 films — 4 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: I love a good movie–when it’s raining in Seattle, there’s nothing better than a g … 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...) — 4 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: My partner and I were riding back from the west seattle farmer’s market today and I got to thi … 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 celibacy — 1 comment

seacat wrote 1 year 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 1 year ago: How quickly we forget…or at least I do. I forgot the worst thing about business travel: the e … 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 traveler — 3 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: Supa dupa comment from B2 yesterday, if you get a chance. A snippet: “The 2 years I didn’t … more »

Tags: Alternative Energy, Bike, bike envy, calm clear mind, carbon based, ditch your car, Environment, Farmer's Market, Friends

Day 106: WLwC and how not-driving has changed my brain — 2 comments

seacat wrote 1 year ago: Had dinner with some pals on Saturday and the subject turned to this blog and cultural notions aro … more »

Tags: Alternative Energy, Bike, breaking up with my car, Bus, Community, Culture, ditch your car, Environment, Environmental Cause