Last Friday, February 12th, we gathered in the evening in the PE Department with two objectives: to interview Ole Kassow (Alejandra and Doa were the wannabe journalists) and to devise a presentation about the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were born at the United Nations General Assembly […]
Interviewing Ole Kassow
Doa and Alejandra, two Erasmus students, interviewed Ole Kassow, Cycling Without Age founder. They asked questions about Ole’s life, the pandemic, the way CWA is evolving… Just enjoy!!!
Our project, extended 4 months
We’ve had an online meeting today to provide updates, share our achievements and future activities and so forth. As we can not meet personally, online meetings will do! We are in the middle of a terrible pandemic that doesn’t allow us to travel abroad –almost anywhere, actually. Wishing that things at the end of this […]
Cycle Parking Grant
By Laura Astori Green-Schools Travel provides schools the opportunity to apply for a grant that will cover the supply and the installation of cycle parking at their school. An online application form is accessible for all schools that would like to apply for a cycle parking grant and its divided into 4 sections that identify […]
Cycle Bus Network
By Jane Hackett Cycle Buses, developed with the support of Green-Schools, encourage group cycling on the way to schools, while promoting exercise and supporting sustainable mobility. It is a parent/guardian/community-led initiative whereby several parents and volunteers lead groups of cycling primary school students to one or more schools. The idea behind is to ensure a […]
#andshecycles Ambassador Programme
By Jane Hackett The #andshecycle Ambassador Programme was developed by Green-Schools with the purpose of addressing the teenage cycling gender gap. The justification behind it came from different research and surveys which revealed a very low engagement in cycling by young girls- only one in every 250 teenage girls cycle to school every day- and […]
Cyclist.ie welcomes Active Travel Jobs Announcement
By Damien O’Tuama Cyclist.ie warmly welcomes the announcement today from the Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan T.D. and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton T.D. that up to 248 new jobs in local authorities will be created to expand walking and cycling facilities all over the country. Speaking about the plan to employ up to 218 […]
A vision for Cycling in Rural Ireland
By Damien O’Tuama The Rural Cycling Collective is an expanding array of small groups and individuals within the wider Cyclist.ie Advocacy Network with a focus on making rural communities (towns, villages and rural roads) cycle friendly for all ages and abilities. We have made a video to explain our vision: https://vimeo.com/458684072 Read our Vision for Cycling in […]
Visiting a workshop for second-hand bikes
By Layla Samhi Yesterday, February 2nd, we went to our high school to carry loads of second-hand bikes in Biciclistas’ van. The bike room was a complete mess with bikes all around, used and punctured tires, pedals… Besides, there were in-line skates and big rolls of colourful paper. We took all the bikes out, tidied […]
Restarting CWA after the pandemic
We had an online conference on Saturday, January 30th, to discuss and debate about how to restart CWA after, or even during, the pandemic. The psychologist Vibeke Koushede gave us a lot of tips and information about our elders in pandemic times, how they are coping with lockdowns, social distance, and lack of hugs and […]
