Ron Arad’s bike is up for the auction block: These wheels will add some spring to your ride.
Unlike the car, which comes in many shapes, colors, and sizes, the bicycle has not been subject to as many design transformations and over the years has pretty much retained its classic shape. Here and there there are a few exceptions (such as the recycled plastic bike we saw a few months ago), and designers try to upgrade the design of the bike or the urban bike rack. Some bike users may even try to make their bikes ugly in order to deter others from stealing them. But not Israeli designer, Ron Arad. His Soft-Ride Bike (pictured above) breaks one of the cardinal rules of bicycle design, which is that bikes wheels should have… well…. tires.
Green Prophet’s eco-hero Bill McKibben tells activists to become more confrontational. Is that a safe thing for us in the Middle East? And would you do it? Take the poll. 
I speak to the recently arrested environmental author Bill McKibben, who insists that campaigners need to be more confrontational about their demands (and start wearing ties)
Shop till you “drop” at the Jerusalem bus station. 
