Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
As a teacher, I have many different experiences in the classroom, some challenging, some unusual, but most are very rewarding. I am currently working on my favourite program at Griffith University, 5903LHS Language and Communication for Sciences. This course is only for international students but combines all the Science disciplines into one class to improve language, …
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Meet Nathan Berry, a Memphis-based photographer who has a panache for bicycles. Project Bike Love. Bicycles have featured predominately in Nathan’s work for some years, but my favourite series of his is the 2011Project Bike Love. This particular series of 28 photos reflects my interest to record and celebrate community members and their bicycles. My …
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Ride2School 2017 Today is Australia’s National day for Ride2School 2017. This is a national active school transportation initiative (celebrated elsewhere overseas as well), whereby schools register that their parents, student and teachers will use active school transportation on the day. Active transportation can be by bike, walk, scooter, skateboard or other unmotorised means. The …
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This post is an interview I had with Xavier and Will, two young friends who live in a Victorian country town about 1.5 hours out of Melbourne. I have been staying with family and happened to spot these two industrious lads out in a yard with shovels ablaze and bikes strewn close by, so I …
While travelling the Northern New South Wales coast this week, I had a chance to catch up with some indigenous mates. We got chatting about bike riding. Lots of the local kids on the missions use bikes to get around, meet up with friends, go fishing or hang out at the local skate parks. BMX is …
I like listening to podcasts. I listen to podcasts on a range of topics – including trying some lesser known bike podcasts – just to see what is out there and what other bike nuts are up to. But as with any podcasting topic, biking podcasts can be hit and miss. It is a fine line …
This is Bob. I met Bob when he was out for his regular afternoon Bayside ride. I was returning from my afternoon ride, and when I first saw him, Bob and his friends were coming towards me in the opposite direction. He caught my eye, mostly because his riding group was a little ‘unusual’ – …
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Yesterday I went to Gap Greek (Brisbane) for Defcon’s Nov Social MTB Ride. I got there with husband before the 8 am kickoff and ended up having a great chat to a handful of other riders who had made it there on time. The main cohort joined us a little later and we took off …
Today I attended a session provided by the Griffith Graduate School entitled ‘How to Plan Your PhD’ workshop with Hugh Kearns from iThinkWell. The workshop was directed towards PhDers who are in the early-mid stanes of their HDR candidates and covered a range of topics. After having a bit of a flat week and not achieving as …
By Mauricio Gonzalez – Guest Blogger Planning cities for people – an international perspective by Enrique Penalosa Big crowded cities, especially those in developing countries, have to deal with mobility. This issue is a determinant when it comes to measuring living standards. That said, Enrique Penalosa, the former Mayor of Bogota City in Colombia, argues …