Design your life to include more money, health and happiness with less stuff, space and energy.
A new project called the “Less = More NYC” Green Map is a great guide for finding your way around America’s largest city using minimal resources. The map, available in print or online, shows a variety of locations–ranging from tool-shares.
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Last year we reported about the Citi Bike public bike program in New York City. We were excited for its unveiling in July…last July that is. Unfortunately, some technical issues (keeping track of the initial 6K bikes across their 300.
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The Downtown Project is an ambitious project going up in Las Vegas’ old downtown area. Helmed by Tony Hsieh and the Zappos corporation–for whom the area will serve as their new corporate campus–the area is being designed to embody the.
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In many parts of the US and world, spring is springing. Time to take out the lighter jacket and head outdoors. Particularly when living in a smaller abode, it’s important to use your city as a living room, exploiting public space.
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The average American moves 11.7 times in a lifetime. One out of six Americans move once a year. This high mobility may have turned the institution of neighborly relationships from marriage to long-term dating or even brief fling. This situation was verified.
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If you’re like most people, you probably work in a large office building alongside colleagues who, much of the time, are away from their seats in meetings, at lunch or traveling for business. Driven by a global recession, an emerging sharing.
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There’s an economic revolution afoot. The old model of produce, market, consume, trash is proving itself both unsustainable and out of touch with technological advances that allow people to easily access and share existing resources. The new economy–often called the.
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Back in the day, washing clothes was a community-building experience. Folks would go down to the creek, hang out and connect, all while getting massively strong forearms. While this idealized version of the olden-times laundromat might not correspond with the.
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A recent article in Forbes called “Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy” gives a great overview of the nascent sharing economy. It tells stories of people like Frederic Larson, who brings in $3K/month renting his home to.
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DriveNow is a car-sharing program launched by BMW and European car rental company Sixt that allows you to locate and rent the nearest car within a given city’s limits via its website or mobile app. What sets DriveNow apart from.
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