Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
I first came across this story while scouring the internet for community-focused, bike-related, arts-based projects. This project caught my eye as it was initiated by a group of senior UCLA academics and I like the innovative use of technology to get more people engaged with bicycle commuting. Projects like this are inspiring not only in …
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Recently, I had the opportunity to hear Matt Root, an avid bike rider and dad of two toddlers present a session called ‘Going Dutch, cargo bikes for kids’ – and it was really great! His presenation focused on what life on a biek and in the city is like from the point of view of …
One of the things I love about doing this blog is I get to share what makes me happy. Many things make me happy, for example: Riding bikes. Exploring the places we live and work. Making new friends and building community. Sharing smiles and positive vibes. Rocking tunes. Combining all these elements into one event …
Continue reading “Drum & Ba(da)ss on the bike: Public DJ (and mobile crowd) on two-wheels”
Dear Quivering Bee, I am a community bike rider and researcher living in Brisbane Australia. I live with a gorgeous kelpie named Zoe and a bike named Kissime and we have spent many happy years riding bikes together. I have a blog and we regularly post about dogs and bikes, see for example: A Dog’s …
Being a posthumanist, embodied researcher means that I think and do things a little differently from mainstream ‘traditional’ researchers. But I am not the only posthumanist researcher. It is very exciting to see increasing more scholars thinking, doing and writing posthumanism project. My work comes under Posthumanism and more specifically New Materialisms. New Materialisms has …
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I was cruising the internerd (internet) looking for some bike-related teaching and learning resources, which I do from time to time … and see what and how teachers and subjects might use bicycles in learning environments – whether primary, secondary or at uni. Keep in mind, this is using bikes IN the classroom (like to …
Continue reading “Educational Case Study. Lewis and Clark Reloaded: The 3,041-Mile Bike Trail.”
An inspiring good news story from Myanmar where bicycles really are creating more positive social and environmental change! Recently, I came across an article written by Phoe Wah in The Myanmar Times detailing a local tech entrepreneur’s social enterprise which uses global bike-sharing surplus to get more rural Myanmar kids to school. Fantastic! For more: …
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Books are good. Bikes are great. Books with bikes are better. Books with bikes that help people are the best. Books with bikes that help people have difficult conversations are the best. Oli and the pink bike is a short story book for children about alcohol feotal syndrome. What is the story about? This UK …
Innovative technology is increasingly being applied to bike riding to address some very pressing issues, such as increasing bike participation and rider safety. Previously I’ve posted on the pioneering work of Griffith researchers working on the world’s first ‘thought-control’ bicycle for spinal injury rehab (see more here). This story details Dr. Dinesh Palipana who is …
Not many people know about Ride Nation. Ride Nation is a national Australian school-based bike education program designed to get more students on bikes. Ride Nation is pitched to schools as being ‘a fun and interactive learning experience that teaches young people to develop their riding skills and confidence – supporting kids in their independence …
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