Paris Bike Sharing Program Is A Great System That Generated 25 Million New Bicycle Trips In Its First Year

Paris, France debuted the world’s largest self-serve bicycle transit system in July 2007, called Vélib, that in one year’s time has generated over 25 million new bicycle trips of which 10 percent replaced car trips. That’s some pretty good results for a program that just celebrated its first birthday on July 15, 1008. Street Films [...]

Be Like Your Grandmother and Be Frugal

Remember how your grandmother or great-grandmother used to make sure she got every bit of use out of something, like every last bit of toothpaste out of the tube and how she found alternate uses for things such a frying pan with a broken handle that got turned into a water bowl for the dog? [...]

Picnic Green Challenge 08

Do you have an idea for a greenhouse gas reducing product or service? If you do, you could win money to make your idea a reality! The PICNIC Green Challenge will award €500,000 in capital to execute the winning plan. The prize money is being provided by the Dutch Postcode Lottery. Five finalists will be [...]