Walking

Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

Enlightened Sex: Movement For Freeing Orgasm

Suzie Heumann | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Suzie Heumann

Researchers from the University of the West of Scotland conducted a study on the correlation between the way women walk and whether or not they are vaginally orgasmic.

Taking on No Impact Week from Abroad: Will Living in Peru Make It Harder?

Levi Novey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

After looking at the No Impact Week guide, I felt ashamed that living abroad had become a sort of false crutch upon which I could hang my environmental credibility.

Benefits of Barefoot: Special Offer for Huffington Post Readers

Hillary Newman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green


Hillary Newman

I've always been a runner- or at least I was until I 'ran' into knee trouble a few years ago. Now, you could call me an elipicalist. While VH1's I Lo...

Hate to Exercise? Don't Sweat It.

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Darryle Pollack

The solution seems obvious: be less physically active and you'll eat less. You don't even need a Harvard degree to figure it out.

Village Green: Distracted Driving Is Also an Enviromental Issue

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green


F. Kaid Benfield

Texting-while-driving is not just a safety issue, it's an environmental issue too. If our streets aren't safe and perceived as such, it'll be that much harder to convince people to walk or bicycle.

Six Steps On the Easy Road to Unlimited Happiness

Todd Bottorff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living


Todd Bottorff

The biggest impact on our happiness begins with the difference between thinking about it and doing something (which is a step that most people never take).

Spiritual Toolbox: Meditation - Walking in the World

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living


Anne Dilenschneider

Go for a walk. When you take a step with your left foot, breathe the word "Glory." When you take a step with your right foot, breathe the word "Amen."

Walking Manhattan -- Rules for the Road

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Stephen C. Rose

If you follow these rules, your chances of getting there are about as good as if you risked some other mode of ambulation.

Cumberland Island National Seashore to be Damaged by Motor Vehicle Tours

Levi Novey | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

While it might be accurate that there would not be an ecologically significant impact on Cumberland Island because of motor tours, there will most definitely be a significant impact on the experience.

Lamar Alexander Walks the Walk for the Mountains and Communities of Appalachia

Sandra Diaz | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green


Sandra Diaz

There has been an exciting and unprecedented flurry of activity this week to stop mountaintop removal coal mining, with the White House, the EPA, an...

Why Aren't The Swiss Fat?

Tara Stiles | Posted 02.10.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

They seem to have an easier life -- we desperately need an escape from ours. My Swiss friends surprisingly couldn't report any of the names of the Jolie-Pitt kids and weren't interested in Jen.

The 10 Worst Walkers

Amanda ReCupido | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living


Amanda ReCupido

If you live in New York City or any other urban metropolis, you've surely come across these great offenders: the bad walkers.

Learning To Walk: Why You Might Need A Refresher Course

nytimes.com | SARA ECKEL | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living


Few of us think we need a course in walking any more than we'd need a course in breathing, but Mr. FitzGordon insists that most Americans don't have a...

Japanese Sneakers Generate Power On The Go

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green


There is nothing worse than running out of juice on your cellphone or iPod when you are out walking the streets. NTT appears to have solved this probl...

Walk To The Pub: New Green Beer Campaign

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green


What better way to reach Aussies with a message about climate change than through one of their favourite things:- Beer? Coopers Brewery have been runn...

Walking From Milwaukee To Chicago

Vote With Your Feet/New City | John Greenfield | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago


It's a Thursday evening in late June and I'm clutching a pint in the Exchequer Pub on Wabash, not drunk but completely trashed after walking a hundred...

Google Maps Now Offers Walking Directions

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


Got directions but want to walk the distance instead of driving? Well, we're glad to see that Google Maps has now added a new walking option for di...

Least Walkable Cities

Treehugger | Kenny Luna | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green


When Walk Score recently released their ranking of the ten most walkable U.S. cities there was no doubt that folks in places like San Francisco, Bos...

Even Texans Ditching Cars Over Gas Prices

The Wall Street Journal | Ben Casselman | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green


Want a sure-fire sign that high gas prices are changing behavior? They're walking in Dallas. Or at least, they're talking about it. A city commission...