Saturday Tweets: Gluten, Complete Streets and Badass Free Libraries

19 badass Little Free Libraries spotted by our readers http://t.co/bHCXENrNeE via @grist — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 24, 2015 Gluten-free: health fad or life-saving diet? http://t.co/be0jHclvSM — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 26, 2015 "Whisky is for drinking–water is for fighting over" –Brock Dolman #urbansoil15 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 26, 2015 "If you design Complete Streets with an 8-year-old girl in mind, you've...

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Saturday Tweets: Food, Simple Living and Bikes

https://twitter.com/civileater/status/530835488534306817 The Best Thing About a Bike-Friendly City Isn’t the Bikes — It’s the City http://t.co/WGVeHxDQmR via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2014 The Health Benefits of Simple Living (Erik chimes in at the end) http://t.co/m7juWtdPJJ via @usnews — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 5, 2014 Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates — Ancient Wisdoms (@An...

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Saturday Tweets: Mountain Lions, Chunky Gravel and Living in a Dumpster

Meet the Murderous, Inbred Mountain Lion Family of the Santa Monica Mountains http://t.co/rlGbL4xnFE via @CurbedLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 6, 2015 The Road To Hell Is Paved With Chunky Gravel And Indifferently Chosen Plants | Garden Rant http://t.co/CaIQYSrlRz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 7, 2015 Survey: 100 Million Americans Bike Each Year, But Few Make It a Habit http://t.co/ggv3GfqScM via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimp...

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Saturday Tweets: A Very Old Pretzel

250-Year-Old Pretzel Unearthed by German Archaeologists http://t.co/k0Ur104ur7 via @NBCNews — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2015 California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now? http://t.co/tbH8KM7m30 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2015 The Cult of Sharing http://t.co/Qkfl571TxF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 14, 2015 Radiant and conducive heating methods: http://t.co/GfSpCyYDHh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 1...

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Saturday Tweets: K-Cups, Kittens and Smartphone Microscopes

Americans Love K-Cups, but Their Creator Regrets Inventing Them http://t.co/lKJlSkioYz via @TakePart — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2015 Factory Farming: Was the World Created for Me? http://t.co/5vgfY983QV via @HuffPostRelig — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 19, 2015 Big Ag kills backyard chicken ordinance in Augusta: http://t.co/zdbsUdbFCi via @DailyProgress — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 18, 2015 Depaving Cities, Undamming Rivers—Her...

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