Tag Archives: bicycling

Cyclists Campaign to Improve Brussels Rental Bike Scheme

Photo: letsgo Two years ago TreeHugger commented, not too positively, on the bicycle rental scheme in Brussels. Calling the post ” Free Bikes Flop in Brussels “, lack of bicycles, lack of docking stations and lack of commitment were all issues. Now a new group has sprung up: ” Where’s my Villo? ” and things are changing dramatically. It’s called citizen, or should that be cyclist,

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Cyclists Campaign to Improve Brussels Rental Bike Scheme

Cycling with Style Promotes New Bicycle Schemes in London

Images from the Guardian Good for You, Green For London by Rachel Lillie London’s Transport Museum held a competition : asking designers and artists to create posters to push cycling and all its benefits. We know what they are: cleaner environment, healthier people, and fewer cars. But take a look at the many and delightful ways that these winning designs have illustrated the joys of cycling… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Packaging That Turns into Trees and Flowers

Image from zeroemissionbook Suddenly everyone is doing it: turning “paper” packaging into something plant-able and grow-able. Be it book covers, boxes, or wrapping paper, now you can have both: a nice wrapping and a good end to it. First off, summer reading: novelist James Kaelan’s first novel, We’re Getting On , has a cover made of birch seed paper — so when you’ve finished reading it you can pass it on to a friend OR you can plant it. Calling it a zero emission book, the pages are made out of recycled paper and his book promotion… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Packaging That Turns into Trees and Flowers