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How our daily travel harms the planet


This BBC article looks at ways of doing things differently if countries are going to reduce transport related green house gases. How can we reduce the journeys we make or do we just all swap to EVs and carry on as usual? 10 years ago in the UK 70% of children walked to school - now less that 50% do. Is that where we need to start? Electric bikes give us the freedom to travel further and electric buses carry more for way less emissions. Do we need to sit and wait for others to do something or should we all be having our own divorce from the family car.

Read the full article by Jocelyn Timperley below.

Image BEIS Conversion factors 2019/Javier Hirschfeld


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