Saturday Tweets: Cast Iron, Astroturf and Testing Your Microclimates

November 15, 2014

...everly Hills is big water user; East L.A. is the lowest http://t.co/0q27iCjnC5 — Francesca (@fdlrcaterina) November 6, 2014 How to understand your microclimates: http://t.co/5XMlcogrvE — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 14, 2014 9 Things Drivers Need to Stop Saying in the Bikes vs. Cars Debate | WIRED http://t.co/vy5Guo9H1B — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 13, 2014 Don’t leave cooked rice out overnight http://t.co/yr4lDGDLA9 via @barfblog —...

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Happy World Car Free Day

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2007

Thoughtstylings

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...re in your car. But I suppose it’s not safe for them to walk or ride their bikes to school because of all the SUV drivers like you playing chicken with pedestrians to see who can beat each other across the intersection. I could keep ranting, mentioning the things we all know, the childhood asthma rates of our polluted city, the melting polar ice caps and dying polar bears, the 39,000 traffic fatalities on American roads, and all those folks dying...

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Animated Compost by Elon Schoenholz

Mr. Homegrown

December 26, 2012

Composting, Gardening

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...Root simple pal Elon Schoenholz is obsessed with compost, growing vegetables and bikes. He’s also one damn good photographer. Check out his work at schoenholz.blogspot.com....

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Saturday Tweets: Cutting Through the Kudzu

Mr. Homegrown

August 29, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...uppBdt — Urban Agriculture (@UrbanAgRRicult) August 26, 2015 Librarians on Bikes Deliver Books and WiFi to Kids in #BookDeserts Let's do this in #SantaMonica #bike #CA pic.twitter.com/fKssjWdKFC — Elena Christpoulos (@Elenach) August 25, 2015 Cutting through the myths of kudzu http://t.co/UNralznBvr via @SmithsonianMag — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2015 L.A. City Officials Buzzing Over Urban Beekeeping Proposal http://t.co/ZnUwxviSBp...

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Saturday Linkages: Cheapskates and Controversy!

Mr. Homegrown

May 11, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...ay Signal Bigger Problem, Researcher Says http://huff.to/18Tnzw8 Will Google Glass End Distracted Driving?: http://blog.esurance.com/will-google-glass-end-distracted-driving/#.UYSRC4KyvdI.twitter … Bikes Bicycle hackers of 1948: http://boingboing.net/2013/05/08/bicycle-hackers-of-1948.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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