Going Car Free

Continuing my reading from yesterday , i found that each year.. 1,700 Australians die in car accidents 4,000 Australians are disabled by car...

I read that in 2007, the RACQ estimated the total cost of owning a car to be 100-300 bucks a week ($5,200-$15,600 per year) when everything ...

On my blogroll is Copenhagen Cycle Chic and it is there that i found this great clip of a "Green Wave". (Music is Danish) All the...

As if global warming wasn't enough reason to ween ourselves of oil, Alan Durning presents the following graph showing oil price rises a...

You may remember from my earlier story , the footy season has wrapped up (until the world cup). Obviously, this means no friday night footy ...

OK, so it looks a bit odd - a bicycle parking sign, and then a bunch of cars. But there is a bike area where i took the photo from - trust...

So the other day i posted my estimation of the amount of time wasted by driving. Well today i read that the average Australian spends 1hr 2...

So today was rugby league grand final. With Brisbane Broncos in the U/20 Grand Final i wore my broncos t-shirt today (and to church this ev...

The other day i mentioned the health benfits of walking. In the same book, i just read that a half-hour commutute (by bike) burns eight calo...

It seems obvious that walking is good for our health - but how exactly? Well today i came across a list of proven health benefits... - enhan...