Newspaper articles and other nonsense

Its hard to believe, but it seems that all you have to do is ride your bike to work and you wind up in the newspaper.

This certainly is a little silly, and the picture is fantastic, but I think this is direct evidence that people are interested in things that are smarter, cleaner and safer. It seems like the media and marketing agencies are scrambling to find evidence of the new intelligent urban environmentalism that are going on in cities around the country. They're scrambling, and they are not finding it. We can of course provide the up-and-coming stories, but there's really nothing else going on. UNLV is talking about sustainability, but other than some solar panels on a building, those are just empty words. And it's funny because there is so much to be gained by a move to sustainable design and education. Rather than relying upon hotel management, we could be pioneering new routes in education and environment.

And the first step is to get moving on the UNLV student bike organization. Once there is a group, perhaps there can be more articles, and it seems like UNLV pays way more attention to articles in the newspaper than anything else.