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Friday, August 6th, 2010CHEAP HOLIDAYS ABROAD!!!!! BOOK NOW, BEFORE THE FLOODS SUBSIDE*
Amazing opportunities! Washed away with excitement?
BBC reporter Orla Geurin recently pondered whether the Taliban will take advantage of the terrible ‘natural’ disaster in northern Pakistan (1600? body count on day 1, 4million affected, 1.5 million kids at risk of drowning, disease, hunger)
But WHY not join with the [...]
Volcano inspired poem by Newton Emerson . . .
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010. . . . . THE EARTH EXHALES
Thanks to Angela Raffle for sending this one to me. Made me laugh out load!
COME, FRIENDLY ash drifting over Krakow. We are not fit for travel now. We need a chance to forget how. Linger, cloud!
Come, ash and blow to smithereens. The plans of all those Daves and [...]
Jeff Rubins on economic growth, localisation and energy?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Does economic growth depend on cheap energy, specifically oil? Can we decouple growth from increased energy use?
Can we shift to a lower energy, more energy efficient economy? Will we simply move from flying to taking high speed rail and electric cars? What will society look like and what will happen to the global economy?
Economist and [...]
What will all the engineers and scientists do when civilisation collapses?
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008I am going to be wildly optimistic as there is little point in anything else and I’ve been getting very depressed about our chances of averting civilisation crushing climate change lately! I still can’t persuade too many of my friends to cycle to Cornwall or train to Scotland, rather than taking a plane to the [...]
Bikebudi rides to the rescue!
Thursday, October 16th, 2008So you pledge to be free from flying and decide to go the whole hog and give up the car too. . . Worried about how safe it is to cycle? Cecilia Bromley-Martin tells us more about a new way to feel confident about cycling:
It’s true, you’re unlikely to be able to substitute a plane [...]
Penguin protest
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Rachel Bright’s little poem from a worried penguin in her head
Food, farming and flying
Friday, April 18th, 2008As the impacts of oil price on food lead to hunger for millions, there is no better time to change down a gear and find better ways to spend our precious time relaxing and eating locally.
The ever rising price of oil not only directly impacts the price of food through artificial fertilizers, pesticides and [...]
Love and cycling to Australia
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Paul O’Connor sent in this post on the film he has Directed about the couple that successfully pedaled from Oxford to Sydney, Australia.
Audiences for online videos are exploding. By accepting ethical sponsors such as No Flights ltd, we can give a platform for progressive companies to promote their services to genuinely interested viewers. Bike2Oz is [...]
Is Videoconferencing the Antidote to Business Air Miles?
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Michael Daw is somewhat of an expert on virtual meetings and in this post gives his take on the potential for technology to replace our ‘need’ if not our desire to fly:
When you took the pledge not to fly, did you take the Gold or the Silver? For those of you who don’t know, this [...]
Love, marriage and a horseless carriage
Monday, January 21st, 2008David Vaughan sent me this great shot of him taking a new bride and groom on the first leg of a low CO2 honeymoon.
And his reason for taking a pledge. . . .
“I work on the railways in this country, so I get a good deal in Europe. Also, I love cycling. So if I [...]