Let's Drive to the Park! And Ride Bicycles!

Let's Drive to the Park! And Ride Bicycles!

Bicycles! Family fun! Saturday morning! In a park! Yeahhh!

Drove there in a huge 4x landcruiser. Awww.

Cycling is a curious thing in our life. We all think it is a good sport and a sustainable mean of transport. But few of us actually do it. It has always been a case of: office is too far for cycling; street is too noisy and dangerous or just plain laziness. Yes, cycling is good for your health as a exercise. But if the road you are riding on is heavily polluted by vehicle emission , a cyclist is no different than a human vacuum machine, sucking in all the dust and SO2. 

This is a old paradox in sustainable lifestyle - it is a fine concept as a one-off thing or a leisure activity, but a difficult practice as a daily routine. Not all of us can manage a sustainable lifestyle while all other aspects of life are constantly occupying your mind. I'd like to grow some vegetables in my backyard, but I can't spend two hours everyday tend to them. 

Shifting to a sustainable lifestyle can be a slow and gradient process, and patience and support from others are much needed in order to make it work. Conflicts exist, and they will happen. So what I think needs to happen is to have a sustainable mindset, and let it affect you bit by bit.

Don't feel guilty when drive to the park, and enjoying riding bikes with your family all you want. Two years from now, you might get a job that is closer to your workplace. In that case, your bicycle skills will come in handy, won't it?

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