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Eleanor Foundation successfully ships bicycles destined for Africa
April 9th, 2013 by Richard Lord
On 22 March 2013, bicycles destined for Africa were packed by The Eleanor Foundation volunteers into a twenty foot shipping container. The Eleanor Foundation received donations of over 460 bicycles from Guernsey residents over four weekends in February and March 2013 at Unit 3 of the Braye Road Industrial Estate in Vale. The donations included [...]
Guernsey’s direct mail Delivered.GG biking, recycling & offsetting carbon
January 4th, 2013 by Richard Lord
Delivered.GG is a direct mail service company set up by Craig Martel in mid-2012. To make deliveries, Delivered.GG currently uses five branded, bright orange Pashley bicycles, which were purchased through Ian Brown’s Cycle Shop. The sturdy hand built British bicycles can carry up to 16 Kgs in the front box, and have a rear frame [...]
Longue Hougue recycling facility extends life of Mont Cuet landfill
October 7th, 2012 by Richard Lord
The Longue Hougue Recycling facility off Bulwer Avenue, St Sampson accepts a wide assortment of household items for reuse and recycling. This facility diverts discarded materials from Mont Cuet – the one remaining rapidly filling landfill in Guernsey. The sign at the entrance to the Longue Hougue recycling facility informs the visitor what can be [...]
Ian Brown’s 2012 30in30 challenge raises over £60,000 for Les Bourgs
June 16th, 2012 by Ian Brown
The fifth Ian Brown’s Cycle Shop 30in30 Challenge has raised £60,902.25 for Les Bourgs Hospice. The fifty three participants pledged to ride their bicycles for one hour each day for thirty days beginning on 5 May 2012 and ending on the annual Rocque to Rock bicycle ride on 3 June 2012. The riders all wore [...]
Diamond Jubilee Rock to Rocque Bicycle Ride in aid of Les Bourgs Hospice on 3 June 2012
May 18th, 2012 by Ian Brown
If you click on the image above you will download as a PDF file the Diamond Jubilee Rock to Rocque Bike Ride sponsorship form to raise funds for Les Bourgs Hospice. The form is two pages with the form below on the second page. The Rock to Rocque bicycle ride takes place on 3 June [...]
Top ten bicycle maintenance tips
May 11th, 2012 by Bike Week
Helen Pidd, author of ‘Bicycle – The Complete Guide to Everyday Cycling‘ offers the following ten bicycle maintenance tips. 1. Keep it clean. If there is one thing you can do to prolong the life of your bike, it is keeping it clean. Tedious, but true. No fancy cleaning kit required – a bucket of [...]
Bike Week from 16 to 24 June 2012 encourages everyday bicycling
May 11th, 2012 by Events
Bike Week from 16 to 24 June 2012 is Britain’s biggest mass participation cycling event. Last year almost half a million people participated in events across Great Britain. Bike week demonstrates the social, health and environmental benefits of cycling, and shows how bicycling can easily be part of everyday life by encouraging ‘everyday cycling for [...]
Popularity of Cycle to Work scheme
May 11th, 2012 by Cycle to Work Alliance
The UK Government supported Cycle to Work Scheme has seen a 9% increase in take-up during the first quarter of 2012 compared to 2011. Members of the Cycle to Work Alliance (Cyclescheme, Cycle Solutions, Evans Cycles and Halfords), have seen a growth in the number of UK employees signing up to the scheme, reversing recent [...]
How to make daily journeys fun
May 3rd, 2012 by Island Press
As part of the new Island Press E‐ssentials program featuring short electronic‐only publications on timely environmental issues, transit and food writer Darrin Nordahl asks the question: What if getting to work, going to the grocery store, and riding the bus around town could be fun? With Making Transit Fun!, he gives a taste of what [...]
Regular walking and cycling fosters good health says NICE
April 30th, 2012 by National Institute for Health and Clincial Excellence
Walking and cycling should be encouraged throughout the community and should become the norm for short journeys, says the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in draft guidance published on 24 April 2012 for consultation. Regular physical activity is key to achieving and maintaining good health. It can help to reduce the [...]
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