Welcome to Episode 13 of the Wheels and Beyond Podcast! Today we have Andrea Loewen joining us as our guest! She’s a co-owner of a family medicine practice, here in London, Canada and the family doctor recruiter for London and Middlesex County. Their family is also the first national Live Net Zero winner and have worked tirelessly over the last TWENTY YEARS to reduce their environmental impact as well as their dependency and reliance on cars. She and her husband have gone from commuting over 2-hours EACH PER DAY to downsizing to having it so that their family of FOUR now have one car between all of them. They now primarily rely on a combination of an electric cargo bike, another “regular-looking” ebike, acoustic bikes, transit passes, and cabs. So, buckle up for one of the shorter episodes that I’ve recorded so far because we were on a time crunch with a meeting fast approaching! But that just means that this conversation is absolutely JAM PACKED with awesome tidbits like: - How after moving from Northern Manitoba, to Calgary, Andrea really started cycling out of necessity to save money in order to buy a home. And then how each and every home after that brought her closer to her dream of driving as little as possible! - How she brings her helmet into stores so that people know she biked there, - How it’s important to dress accordingly when riding bicycles for utilitarian use, - And much more! –––––––– SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/bendurham SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Wheels and Beyond on: » Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2XgnlWWDihE1WFvEEC1868 » Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheels-and-beyond/id1761207261