Basalt Regional Library in Colorado is combining the best of both a traditional public library and the ever more popular seed library.

At first this smart lock seemed like gimmicky over-engineering. Then I got thinking about the possibilities.

Getting people out of cars and rebuilding our main streets is not going to be easy, and cannot be oversimplified.

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

Made from TigerBamboo and hand sculpted flax fiber composite joints, the bikes weigh around 1.75 kg, and, according to the designers, “have a ride quality similar to high end steel, but with better vibration absorption”. And they look funky!

Why hide your bike away when you can put it on display?

In spite of snow and freezing winds, the bicycle season officially opens and we check out the trends and innovations for 2013.

Submit your witty, artful, or entertaining short film for the 2014 VELOBerlin Film Award.

The public has cast their votes, and if the winner is any indication, there are some angry bikers tired of fighting the battle for clean transportation.

As its reputation grows, the VeloBerlin film awards attract more talent

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show

It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.

The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.

Green-fingered volunteers in the Danish city of Aarhus have given abandoned bicycles a new lease of life – by turning them into tiny urban gardens.

Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota.

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota. Though general wisdom says trees are good, this city proves that with poor planning, wrong species in the wrong places, and bad

Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.But Medellin has come a tremendous distance in less than a decad

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.

A Model for the World This video by our friends at Streetfilms is not only great because it shows us a powerful example of bike infrastructure improving a city, but also because it shows how you can change the perception of riding a bike among citizens

World-renowned for their work in Medellin, especially for the Orchid House at the Botanical Garden, Colombian firm Plan B Architects is busy and keeps coming up with great projects.

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.

Medellín has a great sustainable transportation vision for the future, and so far they seem to be executing it extremely well.

This startup offers tailored volunteering experiences where participants can continue working remotely while abroad, in addition to volunteering their skills in local communities.

It brings together all of my favorite things – food, friends, travel, and biking, of course.

"Make no small plans." It's time to stop building bits and start building big.

But not so fast, says the Mayor.

Whether the Great Recession is over or permanent, Americans seem to want more from a vacation than staying home. Biking is a beautiful way to vacation.

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.

Bike lanes carry the shock troops in the never-ending war on the car.

It's got something for everybody in a compact and clever e-bike that can carry a big load.

Bigger wheels mean more stability and regular-bike feel, but it comes at a price.

Why not? Everybody else uses them for everything but biking.

Ten years after Vancouver's Burrard Street Bridge bike lanes opened, it is no longer controversial.

Buell motorcycles are fast, beautiful and expensive. How does Erik Buell's e-bike compare?

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.

If e-bikes are going to replace cars, they should be taken seriously and maintained properly by people who know what they are doing.

A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money.

A deeper look at Toronto's Bloor Street bike lanes finds more shoppers spending more money.

Keeping your bike in tip-top shape means regular maintenance, preventative measures, and the occasional on-the-road quick fix.

At least until you ride it to a public meeting, where your bike is part of a vast, bike-wing conspiracy.

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.

It changes everything – how you think about bikes and how you think about cars.