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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.14

You are sure to be impressed by The Great Green Wall, a colossal environmental initiative that twenty African nations have embarked upon to address detrimental impacts of desertification in the Sahara. 

The next time you send a package, consider using lifeBOX, a cardboard container filled with seeds from which at least ten difference species of tree will grow.

Remember Methuselah from SS&Tvol13, the oldest tree in the world?  Learn more about bristlecone pines and what is likely to happen to them as global temperatures rise.

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.13

Happy New Year!  Our resolutions?  More trees and more miles!

Still have your Christmas tree and looking for a good way to dispose of it?  Check out the link below for some tree-incarnation ideas!  After that, meet the oldest trees and oldest cyclist in the world.

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING IDEAS

THE OLDEST CYCLIST IN THE WORLD

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.12

How do you build a treehouse without a tree?  You weld one!  Check out the steampunk masterpiece at the Dogfish Head brewery.  While you've most likely heard of Amsterdam's legendary bicycle-friendliness, spend some time getting to know Groningen, the self-proclaimed cycling city of the world, where 50% of all transportation is by bike.  Then, learn about the bicycle trains in Los Angeles, groups in which cyclists bikepool to and from work everyday.  Just click the pictures.

See you again in 2014!  Happy New Year!

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.11

Snowed in this winter?  Lost your electricity?  Spend some time turning your bicycle into a generator!  Not only will the power help keep you warm, so will making it.  Then again, if you had a snow bike, nothing could stop you from making an escape.  Ride on!  Before you go, take a look at the origin of the Christmas Tree.  And if you would like to offset your purchase of one, consider joining The communiTREE.

Happy Holidays everyone!

BICYCLE GENERATOR.

SNOW BIKE!

THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.10

See wondrous constructions woven from nature itself, marvel at a bicycle that purifies the air as you ride it, and be captivated by the story of photos that were swept away during a tornado, found 100 miles away, and miraculously returned to the families who lost them.

Land Art Artist - The Willowman.

Air Purifying Bicycle.

Photos Returned to Tornado Victims.

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.9

A tree is just a tree, or is it?  To many, trees are the masterpieces of nature.  Maybe these photos will have you thinking the same.  Can you imagine riding a bicycle down a winding mountain road, in the rain, backwards?  Watch Eskil do it!  Polish off this week's Sunday Show & Tell with a human-powered flying bicycle.  Epic!

TREE ART.

DOWNHILL BACKWARDS!

HUMAN-POWERED FLYING BICYCLE.

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.8

Learn how scientists are saving the oldest and largest living organism on earth, a colony of aspen trees called PANDO.  Then, take an insane downhill run through the nearly vertical streets of La Paz, Bolivia.  When you reach the bottom, park your ride in a bike tree!

And stay tuned!  This is going to be an exciting week.

PANDO, the oldest and largest known organism on earth.

Insane downhill run through La Paz, Bolivia.

Parking in a bike tree.

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.7

This time around, we're delving into the stranger side of bikes and trees.  What's the weirdest bike you have ever seen?  Does it beat these?  Did you know trees communicate through fungi in order to help each other survive?  Have you ever ridden a bicycle-powered tree house elevator?  Share your thoughts and comments!

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.6

Think you live on your bike?  Check this guy out!  Then, spend a moment with some of the world's greatest artists, tree lovers all.  Inspirational quotes and paintings abound.  With that in mind, see the losses and gains in the world's forests from 2000 to 2012.  Bikes and trees!

THE MAN WHO LIVED ON HIS BIKE

THE ARTIST & THE TREE

GLOBAL FOREST CHANGE (2000-2012)

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SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
vol.5

First up, enjoy a video showing a different way to ride a Citi Bike on (and off) the streets of NYC, as Tyrone Williams jams out some urban BMX moves. Then, check out a community in New Guinea the builds truly epic tree houses.  We finish up Sunday Show & Tell this week with a plant that has some pretty advanced defense mechanisms.  The sandbox tree can shoot spikes 100 feet at 150mph.  Ouch!