Transition Penwith

You are invited to contribute to a stakeholder event to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by the Sub National Review's proposed regional changes. The event will identify recommendations to better embed sustainability in transport/access in the new regional processes and landscape.

WHEN: Wednesday, 3rd December 2008

WHERE: The Guildhall, Exeter

TIME: 10.00am - 3.30pm (lunch included)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Public, business and voluntary sector representatives who have an interest in access and transport issues and the new regional agenda.

The way we get around can make up a bigger chunk of our personal carbon emissions than energy use in the home - especially if we take a few air flights. See this section for advice on greener car use, public transport, and low-impact holidays, and alternative fuels (such as those made from plants or from renewable sources).

A Hamburg-based company has developed a sailing propulsion system that can be retrofitted to almost all large commercial ships, enabling them to reharness the enormous energy potential of the wind! With minimal operating costs, the wind-power ed system could make shipping more profitable, safer and more independent of declining oil reserves.

Go eco-friendly with Ronn Motors' Scorpion supercar. It's the green car that should leave your mates green with envy - the Scorpion from Ronn Motors.

When: Monday 10 August 2008

Time: 10am - Midday

Where: Stuarts House

Turning to the role of physical inactivity, only just over a third of men and around a quarter of women achieve the Department of Health’s target of 30 minutes of physical activity 5 times a week. Levels of walking and cycling have fallen drastically in recent decades, while the number of cars has doubled in 30 years. Children are also increasingly sedentary both in and out of school. A fifth of boys and girls undertake less than 30 minutes activity a day. (pg 4)

Cycling England is the national body which co-ordinates the development of cycling across England. The  aim to create the conditions which will result in more people cycling, more safely, more often. Cycling England was launched by the Minister for Local Transport in March 2005, replacing the previous National Cycling Strategy Board.

Towns and cities need to be radically redesigned to help to tackle the obesity epidemic, scientists were told —yesterday. Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force, a London-based think-tank, called for a revolution in urban planning to encourage people to use cars less and public transport more.

Government plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport were branded a white elephant yesterday by the former chief scientific adviser Professor Sir David King. King suggested that government plans to expand British airport capacity were both short-sighted and economically unsound.

At a time of increasing motoring costs, using public transport is a sound economical and environmental choice and to make it a more attractive option, public transport operators in Cornwall have reduced the price of their Ride Cornwall Rover tickets.