A.K. Streeter
April Streeter writes and bikes from Portland, Oregon. Her career has included five years as correspondent for Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic nations for Windpower Monthly magazine, two years as managing editor for Sustainable Industries magazine, and many years as correspondent of Tomorrow magazine. Follow her posts on the biking life at girlsonbikes.org.
Latest Stories from A.K. Streeter - Page 5
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Will Hooping Green Your Exercise Routine?
Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?
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Sixty-Two Miles of Electric Highway Planned
Every bit of technical knowhow needed to make heavy truck transport electric (and reduce carbon emissions from transportation) is already available.
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Campbell's Says It's Heading BPA-Free
Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion
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Zero Emissions Fuel-Cell Mercedes Is 'Invisible' (Video)
Mercedes thinks its new fuel-cell car is 'invisible' to the environment, and spent a lot of money on a commercial to demonstrate it.
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Deep-Frozen Woman 'Denied' Eco-Burial
A dead woman frozen since 2009 specified she wanted an 'eco-burial' yet the Swedish state has yet to comply, threatening to give her a regular burial instead.
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What's Electric Vehicle Hypermiling? OSCAR Knows
The first Fluence Z.E. electric vehicles are rolling into Denmark and Israel, and an onboard computer is helping users cope with range anxiety, by electric vehicle hypermiling.
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The Lorax 'Speaks for the Trees', and for Mazda Cars, Too (Video)
The Lorax, was an environmentalist who spoke for the treets. Now he's also a spokesperson for Honda.
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Pocket $300 To Share Your Car
Portland changed its laws to allow people to share cars. Now the new service is giving car owners 300 bucks to share the sharing expeerience.
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DIY Fashion Design Competition Seeks Submissions
Think your fashion design is ready for the big time? DIY With IOU is a sustainable design competition which will give one talent the opportunity to design his or her own line.
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32,000 Year-Old Flower Has Rebloomed
Fruit tissue found in a fossilized squirrel burrow is brought back to life with growth hormones and new plants bloom after a 30,000 year hiatus
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$330,000 Artificial Hamburger Slated for October
Dutch researchers create 'synthetic' meat strips from a thumbnail's worth of stem cells. By October they hope it will be a hamburger.
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Why Big Oil May Be Afraid of Bicycles
The transportation bill, not yet dead, is a deathknell for for cyclists' rights and for new safety initiatives for at-risk road users such as school kids and senior citizens
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In China, Cars Lose A Little Luster
Car sales boomed in China in the last decade. Now that growth is slowing, government is worrying about pollution, and bikes may come back in vogue.
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Female Cyclists Say They'd Give Up Sex Before Biking
A Bicycling Magazine survey of women cyclists showed them choosing to give up sex for a month rather than give up biking. So much for 'sexy' cycle chic.
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Congestion Charge Is Traffic-Cutting Magic in Milan
Stockholm and London are famous for congestion charging to keep cars out of central districts. Now Milan's heading that direction, with impressive results
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All-Electric Minicabs - You Can Hail One in London
In London, there's now an all-electric car you can hail like a cab. No more range anxiety, congestion charge, or parking panic.
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Why Bats Need a 'Happy Hour' and Swedes Try to Comply
Wind power is not just a Danish success story - Swedish wind is growing leaps and bounds. But the bats may suffer, so the Swedes are trying to impose 'bat happy hour'
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Tiny House Too Small? Sweden Says Yes
Student housing is at a premium in Sweden, encouraging builders to be efficient. But the Swedish Housing Authority says not too efficient.
