Green Daily

OK, so maybe you're not quite ready to leave civilization behind and live off the grid in your new Zero House (after all, neighbors come in handy from time to time). But you can still drastically reduce your impact on the environment by making one simple adjustment to your lifestyle: stop driving.

Especially for people with kids, the idea of riding a bike as your primary mode of transport is so impractical it's absurd. However, thanks to the trioBike, going car-free as a family might be a little bit easier.

The concept of a carrier section isn't exactly revolutionary, as you can buy that kind of attachment for a normal bike. But what it is cool that this carrier can be used independently from the bike -- like a stroller. That way one parent could drop the kids off at school on the way to work, then leave the carrier for another parent to walk the kids home. You could also use the carrier for your groceries, or to cart around whatever else you'd normally put in the backseat or trunk of a car.

Of course, you'd still have to pedal the trioBike, which for some people (like me) is an inconvenience -- but hey, who couldn't use a little exercise?