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Found on Etsy: nifty beverage holders and other bike accessories

Four clever Etsy finds for your next bike ride.

• by Lauren Rasch
Four clever Etsy finds for your next bike ride.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, etsy, bike, bicycle, leather, accessories, mustache, wine, PBR

The First Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic: Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17

• by Lisa Custer
Attend the First Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic to be held Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17, 2010 celebrating health, wellness, and fitness for the entire family.
• Tags: Events, Green Community, Green Community Events, Events, Bike, events, market, Green Community, eco friendly, cycling, brooksville, Green Community Events, Brooksville Cycling Classic

Brooksville to hold 'Get Healthy Cycling Classic' for families and cycling enthusiasts

• by Lisa Custer
Throughout the weekend of October 16 &17, there will be cycling events for kids and families along the Good Neighbor Trail as well as events for die-hard cycling enthusiasts. Get Healthy will have a pavilion with samples from Chef Audrey's Cafe, Buffalo BBQ taste testing, acupuncture, massage, nutrition and endurance tips, prizes and more.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community Events, Tampa, Bike, family, green, event, Green Living, cycling, brooksville, Green Community Events

Ride carbon-free and get biking directions on Google Maps

• by Debra Dadd Redalia
It lists color-coded routes depending on if it's directing you to a bike path, a street with bike lanes, etc.
• Tags: Tech, Green Living, Tech, bicycle, google, Bike, Green Living, exercise, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, google maps, cycling, Uncategorized

Mentally survive a running injury with sex, beer, and donuts

• by Beth Shaw
How to make it through an injury when you really-really-really want to be running because you are training for a marathon that is out of state and all of your friends are going to it:
• Tags: Sports, Sex and Love, Health & Wellness, Playground, Sports, youtube, Sex, Creative-Loafing, Bike, TV, beer, ankle injury, water, Sex and Love, Health & Wellness, marathon, laugh, running, swim, Playground, rest, injury, tendinitis, running group, R.I.C.E., positive, donut, cross train, aqua jog, lift weights, eat healthy, burn calories, sad, dangling carrot, horn, ace bandage, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: CL office gets green makeover, Living sustainably in Tampa Bay, best organic smoothie, and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might've missed last week in the Green Community!
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, bicycle, St. Petersburg, oil, Best of the Bay, Clearwater, recycling, Tampa-Bay, Local Music, Bike, PSTA, Gulfport, Environment, sustainable architecture, sustainable design, Feel the Heat: Climate Change, water, gift, recycle, eco, green, organic, August, cuisine, sustainable, Katie Machol, sustainability, ocean, Green Living, Yankees, Green living, drought, conservation, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Going Green, energy star, creative loafing green community, reuse, landfill, tampa bay area, Linda Taylor, water conservation, eco friendly, wallet, litter, trash, USGBC, prius, Lisa Assetta, green office, cl green community, trees, rubber, Green building, natural gas, fuel economy, carpool, florida native plants, plastic, greenpeace, office assistance plus, waste, st petersburg college, fossil fuels, fossil fuel emissions, alternative energy, foreign oil, green architecture, curiosity, toilet paper roll, air pollution, fossil fuel, green office specialist, reduce, speakers, beach, LEED certification, foreign fossil fuels, united states green building council, repurpose, greywater, jason green, environmental activicism, hybrid vehicle, crude oil, petroleum, wildlife, rollin oats, spirulina, bee pollen, St Petersburg/Gibbs, W. G. Mills, Flad, USGBC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Energy Coordinator, Diana Wright, acquifer, energy waste, green cleaning products, heat island effect, low voc, charm callahan, FSC, regional materials, recycled building materials, Best of the Bay of the Day, Rollin' Oats Market & Cafe, Creative Loafing Green, gas mileage, gas mileage tips, gasoline, inefficient automobiles, inefficient cars, cash for clunkers, oil spills, air filter, speeding and effeciency, mpg, miles per gallon, hart line, toyota prius, honda insight, new cars, mazda tribute, ford escape, mercury mariner, office for sustainability, walking, REAL building, LEED, darren brinkley, solar water heater, geothermal technology, voc, toilet tissue, creative loafing contributor, creative loafing office, save money, save time, save the environment, green office philosophy, 4 Rs, mens, unisex, treehugger, planet green, blue august, cleanup, marine life, cousteau, florida blood services, book swaps, green fun, fun festival, battery recycling, momentum, consciousness, calendars, clothes, water rates, Florida Friendly lawn, Scott Milinder, pinellas county utilities, Uncategorized

Tips to improve gas mileage (and save some green)

• by Jason Green
Do you have a lead foot or drive an inefficient automobile? Here are a few simple tips to improve gas mileage and save a bunch of green!
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, bicycle, oil, Bike, PSTA, green, Green Living, Green Community, prius, fuel economy, carpool, st petersburg college, fossil fuel emissions, foreign oil, fossil fuel, foreign fossil fuels, jason green, hybrid vehicle, crude oil, Creative Loafing Green, gas mileage, gas mileage tips, gasoline, inefficient automobiles, inefficient cars, cash for clunkers, oil spills, air filter, speeding and effeciency, mpg, miles per gallon, hart line, toyota prius, honda insight, new cars, mazda tribute, ford escape, mercury mariner, office for sustainability, walking, Uncategorized

12 ways to start living greener and smarter

• by Joshua Michael Poll
Live more consciously aligned with the natural world by following some of these easy tips. All of these recommendations cost us little to no money at all.
• Tags: Activism, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Green Community, Activism, Bike, diet, recycle, organic, sustainable, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Green Community, growing food, native plants, compost, worms, footprint, water comnservation, sprouting, carpool, buy local, re-use, florida native plants, Uncategorized

May is National Bike Month, so park the car and hop on a bike

• by Carrie Webb
Not only is biking great exercise, it's a great way to go green as well. May happens to be National Bike Month and the week of May 11-15 is Bike to Work Week, the 15th being Bike to Work Day.
• Tags: Lifestyle, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Green Community, Lifestyle, Tampa, Bike, Dunedin, Environment, Hillsborough County, Florida, pinellas county, Hillsborough, publix, green, Craigslist, health benefit, Green Living, pasco county, tarpon springs, Health & Wellness, Green Community, energy, transportation, suncoast, pinellas trail; suncoast trail; suncoast bike club; st, pinellas trail; suncoast trail; suncoast bike club; st, Uncategorized

Critical Mass!!

• by lily richeson
It's the last Friday of the month and you know what that means. Grab your bike and saddle up for Tampa's Critical Mass.
• Tags: Activism, Lifestyle, Activism, Lifestyle, bicycle, Tampa, critical mass, lowry park zoo, Bike, The rippingtons, Ruth Eckered Hall, Jeff Kashiwa, Uncategorized