Tammy Strobel: Simply Car Free
Tammy Strobel is one of those straight from the heart writers who are not afraid to be exposed and vulnerable in front of their readers. You get this from her blog. In her book she exerts a more assertive tone as she runs through her and her partners experience in giving up their cars.
Sensibly, she took her time to do it slowly and ‘Simply Car Free’ is full of really good practical tips learnt by the author for changing to a car free existence. Okay, the reality for a lot of people is that either their lifestyle or their immediate environment does not easily allow for this transition. She recognizes this and addresses going ‘car-lite’ for a less extreme option.
Tammy’s tips include talking about shopping with the bike, what to wear and winter biking. She also touches on the benefits of simplifying and minimizing with a good few reference links to follow through on.
The good thing to note is all the by-product benefits of prioritizing the bike before the car. There is the financial savings and the health aspect, not to mention the feeling of actively taking control of an area of your life instead of passively buying into a car’s perceived necessity to one and all. And for goodness sake, what about the fact that cycling is just a bowl of enormously refreshing, cheap, simple fun?
This is a wonderful push for those thinking of making the change…however slowly.
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Saving Energy
I love this little energy saving device. It’s simplicity is what appeals.
You save energy. You save money. Simple.
What’s not to love?
With this wireless monitor you can read the consumption of individual items in your house and make the required adjustments.
It has a cumulative function that enables you to see your usage daily, weekly, monthly or yearly and make the required adjustments.
It also reads the level of CO2 your household is producing, it’s ambient temperature and humidity.
You can set consumption usage to a certain amount and an alarm will sound when you are exceeding this amount.
Money saving.
Simple.
Effective.
I’m a nerd for it.
A Simple Nest Idea
I adore things that make life sweet and simple with not too much fanfare and over-hype. This simple little item on your desk does just that. It serves as a place to store USB’s or keys, but it also has a little hidden pull out drawer or cradle where you can store a tablet, e reader or your I phone for easy comfortable use.
As you can see in the picture above you can store it semi flat on a non-slip rubber frame that keeps it in place, or it can be positioned in the slider drawer at a sharper angle.
It has a choice of delicious colours to blend in and not distract from your work or workspace.
Simple.
Useful.
Clever.
Cycle. Space.
This nifty bicycle storage is a cool solution for saving space whilst allowing you to have your bike handy for regular rides and basking in rude health!
There’s a lot to love. With the bike attached it looks like a fantastic, quirky piece of wall art in the right place. It affords you space. It is made up of 100% recycled plastic. If used outside you can easily lock it. And how can you not be subtly influenced to go for plenty of exhilarating, healthy bike rides with this hanging stylishly above your head?
Like I said, lots to love.
