http://eco-chick.com/2007/07/03/car-free-living/ Because Mother Earth Is A Woman Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://eco-chick.com/2007/07/03/car-free-living/#comment-291546 bob Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:56:10 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=835#comment-291546 For tons of great resources to get you hooked into the carfree movement check out http://carfreeusa.blogspot.com For tons of great resources to get you hooked into the carfree movement check out http://carfreeusa.blogspot.com

]]> http://eco-chick.com/2007/07/03/car-free-living/#comment-217494 Jen V. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:10:16 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=835#comment-217494 I have been car-free for 4 years now. It wasn't really a conscious decision, I was living overseas and a family member wrapped my green machine around a telephone pole. But, when I returned home, I didn't feel so pushed to buy a new one. At first I was living on the coast in CT, not the easiest place to exist without a car, but not impossible. Then I moved to NYC and now I live in DC. The last two have been easy. Most of my friends in DC are car-free as well. We all function as normal humans - still consume, still get out of town once in awhile to breath fresh country air, still able to get around anywhere we need to go. There are a few people we know with cars and in DC, as in some other metropolitan centers in the U.S., there are zipcars or flexicars. These are by-the-hour car rentals. Both of these limited car access possibilities are very convenient for the big-laundry-day pick up or fetch-someone-from-the-airport run. Being carless means more walking, biking, and patronizing local businesses, reduces your stress level...as well as lowering your personal carbon output by a significant amount. I wish more people would catch on! I have been car-free for 4 years now. It wasn’t really a conscious decision, I was living overseas and a family member wrapped my green machine around a telephone pole. But, when I returned home, I didn’t feel so pushed to buy a new one. At first I was living on the coast in CT, not the easiest place to exist without a car, but not impossible. Then I moved to NYC and now I live in DC. The last two have been easy.
Most of my friends in DC are car-free as well. We all function as normal humans - still consume, still get out of town once in awhile to breath fresh country air, still able to get around anywhere we need to go.
There are a few people we know with cars and in DC, as in some other metropolitan centers in the U.S., there are zipcars or flexicars. These are by-the-hour car rentals. Both of these limited car access possibilities are very convenient for the big-laundry-day pick up or fetch-someone-from-the-airport run.
Being carless means more walking, biking, and patronizing local businesses, reduces your stress level…as well as lowering your personal carbon output by a significant amount. I wish more people would catch on!

]]> http://eco-chick.com/2007/07/03/car-free-living/#comment-214465 Chad Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:58:30 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=835#comment-214465 My wife and I just made our lives car-free in Philly. We couldn't be happier! We get more exercise, spend more time together and have made our lives more efficient. It would be great to see car-free developments sprouting up in the US to lesson the ugly ratio you mentioned. My wife and I just made our lives car-free in Philly. We couldn’t be happier! We get more exercise, spend more time together and have made our lives more efficient. It would be great to see car-free developments sprouting up in the US to lesson the ugly ratio you mentioned.

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