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In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond has a good news story. In honour of International Women’s Day, AyrSpace Gallery in the community of Ayr (Cathi’s home turf) used social media tools to put out the call for female artists for an exhibition. They had a great response from artists, and tons of support from people in the local community, to pull the whole thing off. If you’re in the area, drop in and check it out! She also wrote about it for Rabble.

Meanwhile, Nora Young wonders if cycling is reaching the tipping point as a fast, fit, and fun way to get around traffic-clogged urban centres. She points to the uptick in bike stores in town, as well as the news that Los Angeles, of all car-loving places, is launching a plan for 1680 miles of bike paths (via Gizmag). Here in Toronto, the news is that in spite of Don Cherry’s headline grabbing speech at Rob Ford’s mayoral investiture, there seems to be support for protected bike lanes (via Globe and Mail). Would you be more likely to ride a bike on city streets if the bike lanes were protected from traffic? Cathi also shares some shocking tales of a youthful trip up the Don Valley Parkway! Yikes!

Cathi also mentions SoundCloud, the very stylish site for sharing audio files. Nora mentions hearing radically slowed down pop songs that are just gorgeous.

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