Siege of Sarajevo Through a Bicycle Lens
Context: I spent a (too short) three days in the enchanting and devastating city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2014. This is what I learned: Background: To visit Sarajevo […]
Category Archives: Empowerment Through Mobility
Kurdish Activism By Bicycle
Open city streets and apartment buildings on-the-rise make up much of contemporary Diyarbakir. And the city’s outskirts are lined with dirt patches that marking future construction project. Five years from now, the […]
Rwanda’s ‘Rising From Ashes’
“You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.” — Rwandan Proverb Such is the opening quote for the bicycle film, Rising From […]
Afghan Women Cycle (TedX & Film)
Ways in which the bicycle can be a useful ice breaker and a vehicle for social justice. That’s what this incredible woman, Shannon Galpin, talks about in her TedX talk […]
NGO Highlight: World Bicycle Relief
Check out this video made by World Bicycle Relief, my favorite organization that’s transforming individuals and communities through the power of bicycles.
Scrapertown Bicycles
The duo of California is a Place recently made a really schnazzy bicycles keeping kids out of trouble in Oakland, California "In order to become a member of the Original […]
Pedal Forward’s Bamboo Bikes
“We’re not claiming to have invented the wheel, so to speak. We’re simply attaching two of them to a bamboo frame and making a quality bike that won’t break your […]
Seattle’s Books on Bikes
I came across this story during a solo, self-supported bicycle tour around the country in mid-summer 2013 (it’s how I moved to San Francisco). I also made a short video about that trip. With […]
A Bamboo Bicycle Craze
I keep coming across stories about bamboo bicycles. When I first heard about them in January 2012), I didn’t really understand how bicycles made out of bamboo could make much sense. […]
FILM HIGHLIGHT: With My Own Two Wheels
Watch and download the documentary here. “Look for solutions, not problems” –Dan Eldon This is the opening quote in the 42-minute documentary, With My Own Two Wheels. The filmmakers traveled to […]
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