Care free and car free Sussex

Summertime is here again, bringing plenty of opportunities to get out of town and enjoy the beautiful Sussex countryside. There are nearby places of interest such as The Chattri Memorial and Earthship Brighton. By leaving your car at home you can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and minimise your impact on the environment.

Car free walks allows you to search for a walk accessible by public transport and of a type, length and locality to suit you. You can even download a free, user-friendly guide.

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

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

The Blue Eye of Siberia

Known as the “Galapagos of Russia,” Lake Baikal is located in southern Siberia near the Russian-Mongolian border. The oldest and deepest lake in the world, Baikal
contains 20% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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.

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!