June 24th, 2010
Team Green Britain is the organisation that has been put together to bring awareness and education to everyone in Britain to inspire further moves towards doing everything possible to reduce Britain’s carbon footprint.
All of this week from Saturday 19th June to Sunday 27th June is Team Green Britain Bike Week. Team Green Britain Bike Week has been brought to the nation to provide awareness of how cycling can be a part of everyone’s lives and will benefit everyone physically for health benefits and environmentally by cutting down on the carbon footprint. Cycling is a healthy, practical and convenient lifestyle choice which can help to look after Britain and eveone individually.
Team Green Britain’s ongoing support has alreadybenefitted many across the nation by providing and funding 13 workshops and publishing cycling guides. You can visit www.bikeweek.org.uk
Team Green Britain have not only produced Bike Week and Green Britain Day but are constantly working towards combining a team that will work together to reduce the carbon footprint, use less energy, live healthier lives, save money and have fun doing it. Everyone has the opportunity to join the team and make a difference.
Join Team Green Britain now by clicking HERE!
Tags: bike week, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, cycling, healthy living, Team Green Britain, Team Green Britain Bike Week | Posted in Carbon Footprint, Events, Transport, carbon emissions
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May 31st, 2010
An enjoyable day out sightseeing with environmental and health benefits not to mention it was all free, what more could you ask for?
West Dorset district council (WDDC) are encouraging local people and visitors alike to explore the breath-taking scenery that is on offer by taking to your bicycle and hitting the trialways. The WDDC have created several FREE informative cycle guides availble to all. Some of the guides follow the National cycle networks (NCN) with one in particular covering the spectacular 30 mile ride between Lyme Regis and Dorchester.
Rural West Dorset has so much to offer with exciting exploration and the sightseeing possibilities are endless. But why do it trapped in a car behind glass windows using up fuel and adding to the carbon emmissions? Looking after the countryside is a key part of enjoying it and prolonging its beauty for others, and so the new initiative to promote cycling with these new cycle guides is well on its way to helping look after the environment and peoples health.
These cycle routes and guides are perfect for families, tourists and those wanting to get outdoors and get healthy. The guides are being promoted as a greener and healthier way to visit west Dorset and so there is no better way to experience the Jurassice Coast, picturesqe riverbanks, market towns and quaint villages that are all featured in the guides.
A list of Dorset’s information centres is availble on the Visit Dorset website and PDF files of the cycle guides are available to download by clicking HERE. Five shorter circular routes called the West Dorset Pedal are also availble to download.
So get on your bikes and ride!
Tags: carbon emissions, cycling, environment, Jurassic Coast, national cycle networks, west dorset district council | Posted in Local Councils, Self sufficiency, Transport
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November 13th, 2009
For the non-cyclist, but ‘green aware’ why not look at your lifestyle and see if you could do at least one errand/work/leisure/trip by bike? It’s a fantastic way to keep fit whilst reducing your carbon footprint.
Did you know that cycling 20 miles a week for a beginner can reduce the risk of heart attack by 50%?! There is no denying that this statistic is worth some serious consideration – cycling to work could not only be useful, environmentally friendly, but life saving!
And if you’re really keen to make a difference, you can always get involved with your nearest Critical Mass movement.
Tags: Bike, Critical Mass, cycling, environment, health, lifestyle | Posted in Climate Change, Life Change, Transport, environment
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July 26th, 2009
There is public outrage in Poole, Dorset as cyclists feel they are being victimised.
Many residents cycle along the promenade at Sandbanks, not only because they care about the environment, want to stay fit and healthy, but purely for pleasure and now Bournemouth Council have seen fit to introduce the draconian, patronising and anti-environmental measure of using speed cameras!
In this day and age would it not be far more responsible for our councils to encourage this form of environmentally friendly commuting and find some sort of compromise rather that alienating the cyclists?
Tags: anti-environmental, Bournemouth, cycling, Cyclists, Sandbanks | Posted in Local Councils, Transport
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June 23rd, 2009
Apparently if all the commuters in England with a journey less than five miles went by bike rather than car or bus, the collective saving would be 44,000 tonnes of CO2! That’s the equivalent of emissions produced by heating nearly 17,000 houses and that’s just in the first week!!
Pedal power is big on the environmental agenda for reducing our carbon emissions, but it is also great for your health and your bank balance. Everybody stands to gain from increased participation in cycling, including local communities and society at large. That’s the motivation behind the Critical Mass movement which is sweeping the world and taking the UK by storm.
Critical Mass is an idea and an event, not an organization. Often described as an ‘unorganised coincidence’ it happens when a lot of cyclists happen to be in the same place at the same time and decide to cycle the same way together for a while. The Critical Mass campaign is designed as a celebration of the alternatives to cars, pollution, accidents and the loss of public spaces and freedoms.
Mass bike rides are taking place regularly up and down the country and around the world and most importantly they are all peaceful, safe and fun. There is even the occasional naked bike ride similar to the one held in Toronto on Sunday.
Critical Mass is not just for bikes – skateboards, roller blades, wheelchairs, pogo sticks – in fact any form of non-motorised, non-polluting transport are all very welcome!
Just in case you need any further incentive to get involved
Cycling for thirty minutes most days, combined with a reduced calorie intake, can achieve a weight loss equivalent to the reduction achieved by three weekly aerobics classes.
Cycling provides cardiovascular exercise without putting excess strain on the musculoskeletal system.
Regular exercise such as cycling is an important safeguard against health problems such as heart disease and cancer.
Unsurprisingly, improvement in cycling rates would have an impact on our purse-strings as well as as on our waistlines. In a study commissioned by Cycling England, it was calculated that a 20 per cent increase in cycling by 2015 would save £107 million in reducing premature deaths, £52 million in lowered NHS costs and £87 million by shrinking absences from work.
Promoting a fun, healthy, sustainable alternative to petrol-dependant transport.
Tags: alternative transport, CO2 Emissions, Critical Mass, cycling, health | Posted in Climate Change, Events, Protest Marches, Transport
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