Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

How a group of artists created a sustainable life on the waterways of New York–and what we can learn from their shortcomings.

This is the third in a three-part post on bike culture. Read all about community bike shops or anarchy, bike jousting and two-wheeled social protest… or scroll down for the fun stuff.
I was going to write a post on the art of the underground bike scene, but these photos tell the story better themselves. So, [...]

Bike culture has changed: what was once a rich man’s sport is now the pastime of artists and anarchists. How bicycles can (and will) change our lives.

This post is the first of a three-part series on bike culture. Come back Friday to read about anarchy, bike jousting, and two-wheeled social protest.

Remember when you got your first bike? Was it a Christmas present, or maybe a birthday gift? Remember how much fun you used to have on that bike, how fast you [...]

When I first told my friend Landry I was going to Detroit, she advised me to visit the Heidelberg Project. Thinking it was some sort of museum piece, I put it on the Maybe List—and later forgot about it completely as Detroit’s stark reality washed over my little head.
Nonetheless, later that day we drove right [...]

Yesterday I told you all about Farmer John’s struggle to save his family’s farm and preserve his unique identity (The Real Dirt on American Counterculture: How Farmer John made ideals come true).
From a family farm, the place has grown a lot. These days, Angelic Organics does a lot of education, from on-farm training to urban [...]

Farmer John’s desires are simple: he just wants to live his life according to his beliefs. But his pursuit of happiness wasn’t always easy.