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Bike Sharing: Saves Lives, Cuts Carbon Emissions

7:09 am in barcelona, bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Bicing bikes against a blue wall photo Photo thompiks via flickr and Creative Commons license. It's no longer big news when a European city gets a new bike share program, unless they do it bigger, better, or with a technical innovation that hasn't been seen before. It is newsworthy, however, that data is starting to trickle in - in this case, from Barcelona - indicating how beneficial bike sharing is to city residents. Just like regular city biking, bike sharing makes urban residents fitter and drops our greenhouse gas emissions, says a study published in the British Medical Journal. And here's a key poi...Read the full story on TreeHugger

The Plant Journal: A New Magazine Exploring Creative People’s Relationships With Plants (Interview)

8:00 am in arts, barcelona, Culture & Celebrity, gardening, photography, spain by TreeHugger

The Plant Journal Magazine Cover Photo Images: Courtesy of The Plant Journal. A story on New Yorker's stubbornness to grow in the least traditional spaces, a special report on how to take care of a Staghorn Fern, and a tale of a trip to a mysterious nursery in Buenos Aires are some of the articles that you'll find at The Plant Journal: a new magazine coming from Barcelona that hopes to explore the bonds of creative people with plants. One of its founding editors, Cristina Merino, spoke with TreeHugger about the endeavor an...Read the full story on TreeHugger

The 2011 Spanish Revolution; How Protesters Organise Themselves to Be Green (Photos)

3:30 pm in activism, alternative energy, appropriate technology, barcelona, Business & Politics, community supported agriculture, events, Food & Health, local food, madrid, News, recycled, Science & Technology, solar, solar energy, spain, Take Action, urban life by TreeHugger

yeswecamp environmental committee photo Photo Credit: Sergio Carratalá The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful demonstrations in recent Spain, known as the 2011 Spanish Revolution. The indignation is against the current political situation ; the young (and not so young) Spaniards together with residents from Spain demand ¡Democracia Real Ya! (a real ...Read the full story on TreeHugger