WIN A COACH TICKET AND TRAVEL THE ECO WAY TO GLASTONBURY 2011

Glastonbury festival tickets went on sale at the weekend and to mark the occasion Brighton Peace and Environment Centre are giving away a free coach ticket worth £40 from Brighton to Glastonbury festival 2011. For your chance to win go to http://www.bpec.org/glastonbury

With all that mud we can’t rely on the fields staying green, so make your festival experience a little greener by taking the eco-friendly coach to Glastonbury festival. Brighton Peace and Environment Centre will once again be running coaches direct from Brighton to the Festival. We’re teaming up with The Big Lemon who run their coaches on 100% locally sourced, recycled vegetable oil. It’s the greenest way to get to the festival by coach and it takes away the stress of driving, arriving and parking, so the festival can start in Brighton!

For more information please look at our website (www.bpec.org/glastonbury), phone 01273 766611 or email bpec.coaches@gmail.com

JourneyOn- new website for city travel

Brighton and Hove Council has developed ‘Journey On’, an excellent website devoted to travelling around the City.
www.journeyon.co.uk helps you make an informed choice about how to get from A to B.

More than just a route finder, Journey On calculates and displays the distance, duration, calories burnt, cost and carbon emissions of the various ways of getting from A to B from walking or cycling through public transport to car travel.

Want a weekly bus service into Stanmer Park..?

A daily bus to Stanmer Park?

Nourish, Fork and Dig It and The Big Lemon Bus Company want to know if people would use a new bus service into Stanmer Park Brighton during the week.

The idea is to encourage more people to use public transport. It will also enable those who live in the village and those who study, volunteer and visit the park to get in and out on a regular basis.

At present there is only a sunday service so to make your views known, visit SurveyMonkey

Cheap coach tickets to Glastonbury

BPEC’s popular coach service, direct from Brighton to Glastonbury Festival, is offering a wide range of departure times and a friendly, safe, reliable, speedy and eco-friendly alternative to going by car.
EARLY BIRD PRICES CONTINUE!!! You can still pre-pay for your coach tickets at 2009 prices!!! And BPEC members get special discount

Naked bike ride in Brighton

Brighton’s fifth Naked Bike Ride – one of 50 similar events in cities all over the world.

The World Naked Bike Ride is a celebration of cycling, of body power and streets for people. It is a protest against the domination of our towns and cities by cars and the destructive effects of car & oil dependency as they threaten our health, our communities, our local environment and global ecology.

Bike maintenance courses in Brighton

Can you change a brake cable? Dismantle and re-grease your cycle? Know the difference between a hub or headset? Well now you can learn how to look after your bike with 3 great courses at Bike For Life throughout June. You will even learn how to sit properly to avoid injuries. The courses run every Saturday from 5th to 19th june

New Green Oil for bikes

An environmentally friendly lube works a treat on bike chains and other mechanics yet it safe to use and safe to discard. Green Oil works – on bike chains, part and other mechanics – while keeping the planet clean and healthy.

Who Killed The Electric Car?

This feature film showing on 26th April 7.30pm at The Friends Centre Brighton charts the rise and fall of the electric car in America which led to the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles. Dispelling the myths and putting the record straight, this film provides an expose on how car manufacturers, the US government, and the oil industry effectively killed what was a growing green movement attempting to help reduce global warming and conserve non-renewable energy sources.

Buying a hybrid? what you need to know

Hybrid cars are gaining a wider following, largely due to their economic benefits as they significantly reduce the need for petrol and oil while greatly reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) switch between power sources. At low speeds, hybrids run on a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) a bit like a battery, and at higher speeds, for more oomph and propulsion, they switch to a fuel supply.

Transport ideas for a greener world

Eagle-eyed traffic wardens; rising petrol costs; perpetual traffic jams. If these aren’t reasons enough to use more public transport and bicycles for short journeys, keep in mind the environmental benefits!