Bicycle: SPACE REQUIREMENTS

I'm a bicycle commuter. I would rather ride a bike than take a bus or drive a car.

Evolution

Here is a re-post of a blog I recently discovered: "Why evolution is true".  Only Turkey is lower in belief of evolution.
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/acceptance-of-evolution-vs-religiosity-in-the-u-s/

This was from the water wired blog

Floods happen first in the desert

If the sea level increased by 2 meters, there would be serious problems in Long Beach and other coastal communities. The desert would have a similar problem. ALL of the Eastern Coachella Valley would flood. This is according to a new web resource posted here: 

This is probably based on elevation modeling alone, but is still relevant. What happens in Bangladesh is troubling, but think of what happens at home.  The Laguna Salada would be filled by the Sea of Cortez. Everything south of Indio would be in serious trouble. All of the agricultural production in this zone and in Yuma would be in trouble. What are the implications for food supply?

I remember this shocking revelation during Katrina in New Orleans. The disadvantaged communities of New Orleans were inconveniently located in the flood zone. The disadvantaged communities of Eastern Coachella and Imperial would be impacted first.

Reusable Bags and Dirty Underwear

A reporter came to the lab the other day...

http://www.kesq.com/news/Reusable-bags-A-danger-to-your-family/-/233092/17186906/-/r38uom/-/index.html

Grey water

Grey water movements and courses in the Southern California area:

The group Greywateraction has an upcoming November conference.  I will be attending this.
http://greywateraction.org/workshop/2012/11/15/california-greywater-conference

Some news of San Diego movements towards greywater use:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/san-marcos/environment-group-seeks-to-harvest-low-hanging-fruit-for-water/article_9f8f82b4-1d8d-5ae7-be7e-066fad595623.html

The Sky Mountain Institute is an active S. Cal group promoting grey water use:
http://www.skymountain.org/pdf/Graywater_Harvesting_2012_Flyer.pdf

There is also this one at the Solar Living Institute:
http://www.solarliving.org/courses/sustainable-living/601/wa-101-install-a-greywater-system/

An outcome of our workshop!

I'm happy to see that the AQMD has chosen to fund a couple of projects from the attendees to our workshops on the AQMD AB 1318 funds.   Not all of them attended our proposal preparation workshops, but a few of them did and the total funded to some of our workshop attendees is over 3 million!

http://www.aqmd.gov/news1/2012/coachellavalleyPR.htm

Water Fountain USEPA

I just noticed this on the EPA website. It is the initiative to bring back the water fountain   Bottled water is not a substitute.
http://water.epa.gov/action/waterfountain.cfm