We’ve been interviewed again to tell the story of CWA Corella and «Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Community» Erasmus project. Enjoy!:
Archives for 2020
Enjoying our two «yayacletas» with four elders
By Seimi Flores Today, February 1, a group of eight volunteers enjoyed a great bike ride to «La Estanca» in Corella. We went to the nursing home to pick up four elders with our two «nanacycles» or, in Spanish, «yayacletas». Their names were Pilar Mauro, Pilar Berdonces, Josefina Pérez and Juanjo Láinez , incredible people! […]
Why girls don’t cycle to school in Ireland?
In Ireland, fewer than one in 250 girls cycle to school each day. Why are young women avoiding the bike as a means of transport? Research undertaken by Green-Schools, including focus groups with secondary school students, revealed that notwithstanding the usual concerns facing every cyclist (lack of cycle lanes, safety concerns) young women were also […]
Turning bottles into colourful lamps
By Seimi Flores Today, January 27, we, Erasmus ambassadors, participated in a workshop on creative lamps with bottles, which was incredible! We designed different sketches and discussed the ideas proposed to make them in order to sell them in the «environmental week». We spent a fun afternoon doing the project and listening to music to […]
Irish partners’ account of Copenhagen’s LTT
By Rebecca Flanagan and Allison Phillips As part of the EU Erasmus+ Project: Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Community, An Taisce’s Green-Schools Travel Officers Rebecca Flanagan and Allison Phillips, along with six students from St. Tiernan’s Community School, Balally have recently returned from an exchange in Copenhagen after successfully completing the 3rd LTT (learning, teaching and training) in […]
Pilots training workshop from the students’ perspective
By Sofía Delgado, Seimi Flores and Alicia Díez Last Friday, a theorical workshop for CWA pilots was held in the Youth Center in Corella. Thirty people attended the workshop, most of them new and enthusiastic wanna-be pilots. On Saturday and Sunday morning we did the actual pilots training with our nanacycle or yayacleta, the name […]
Our second trishaw arrives in Corella
It’s been a long wait but finally… our second trishaw is home. Luckily, it arrived in Corella when we needed it most –we had 25 new pilots on Friday and they all were looking forward to trying the trishaws on Saturday and Sunday. Overall, 15 new pilots have practiced with both trishaws this weekend. Perfect […]
Fifth CWA pilots training in Corella
Thirty people participated in the fifth training for CWA pilots., ten Erasmus students included. Ainhoa Arellano, director of Corella’s nursing home, explained the benefits of CWA for residents.
Three Kings parade with Nanacycle
Our beloved Yayacleta (Nanacycle) lead the Three Kings parade in Corella on January 5th. It was a huge honor to be part of such a colourful, passionate and fun event. Thank you, Corella!
