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Boosted Boards developing electric motor powered skateboard
September 18th, 2012 by Richard Lord
Boosted Boards is developing an electric skateboard, dubbed the ‘world’s lightest electric vehicle’, with wireless control and regenerative braking. The Boosted Board weighs about 12 pounds. The developers claim their electric skateboard can carry a passenger up a hill with a 15% gradient. The Boosted Board’s electric motors can carry a passenger 6 miles and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Naturalist Tim Earl recounts his wildlife adventures at La Villette Hotel on 12 October 2011
October 10th, 2011 by Events
The RSPB Guernsey Group presents a slide show by naturalist and tour leader Tim Earl beginning at 8 pm on 12 October 2011 at La Villette Hotel in St Martin, Guernsey.
European Court’s Preliminary opinion supports legality of EU law that curbs aviation pollution
October 6th, 2011 by WWF
A transatlantic coalition of environmental groups applauded today’s European Court of Justice’s Advocate General’s preliminary opinion, which supports Europe’s right to tackle carbon emissions from airlines that use its airports. The coalition said the preliminary opinion was very encouraging. The Court is expected to hand down its final opinion in early 2012. In a thorough [...]
Aviation’s greenhouse gases to be included in EU Emissions Trading Scheme on 1 January 2012
June 9th, 2011 by Office of the European Commissioner for Climate Action
The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was established in 2003 by Directive 2003/87/EC and started operation on 1 January 2005. Initially the EU ETS included only land based industrial installations. In 2008, it was decided that from 1 January 2012 aviation activities of aircraft operators that operate flights arriving at and departing from European [...]
Walk to Work Week is 9 to 13 May
May 6th, 2011 by Living Streets Guernsey
Living Streets Guernsey LBG is encouraging workers to make walking part of their daily routine. National Walk to Work Week from 9 to 13 May is the ideal time for commuters to give walking a go. Walking is an easy form of exercise that requires no special equipment and can be fitted into your daily [...]
International Liftshare Week is 4 to 8 October 2010
October 6th, 2010 by Events
The liftshare.com website encourages you to find a car-sharing partner. You will save hundreds of £s per year You will reduce your stress You will help reduce congestion on the roads You will help make more car spaces available when you reach your destination You will make your journeys more fun and you will cut [...]
Travel Actively for your health and wellbeing
September 28th, 2010 by Cat Chappell
The Travelactively website states that more than half of men and nearly three quarters of women are not active enough for their health and wellbeing. The website publishes reports on their work. In September 2010 they released their Monitoring Report Year Two. The report covers improving health through everyday travel, a 12-week walking plan increases [...]
White Paper – European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide
April 27th, 2010 by Richard Lord
To download paper click link: WHITE PAPER – European transport policy for 2010 – time to decide
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