http://www.chooseday.org/blog what are you doing on Chooseday? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:53:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en . We have had enormous fun campaigning for Chooseday in Bristol. Although hard numbers are difficult to be sure of, it is very likely that the behaviour of thousands of people in Bristol has been influenced in some way by the Chooseday campaign. We sense that we have now probably ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=51 The village of Westbury on Trym is the first community in the city to take up the challenge of Chooseday. Local members of Sustainable Westbury on Trym (Suswot) are working to launch Chooseday there this November. Many local schools, shops, the library and churches have agreed to advertise the campaign and ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=44 Could this currently overgrown, neglected bridge become a key sustainable transport facility between Easton and Redland, connecting neighbourhoods that the M32 has long divided? Josh Hart, long friend of Chooseday, has come up with an idea. Radical thinker that he is, he is proposing using the existing local rail tracks as ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=34 You may have seen the great ‘Tuesday without Cars’ banner in Kings Square announcing the fact that Bristol Primary Care Trust are now very firmly on board with Chooseday. The Chief Executive, Deborah Evans, is well known as a keen cyclist. She says, ‘I am particularly happy to support Chooseday, because ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=32 Bristol-based commercial law firm, Beachcroft recently relocated their Bristol office and they have celebrated that by embracing Chooseday. Senior partner Michael Bothamley said, Chooseday forms an important part of our green campaign and we are actively encouraging employees to get involved now we have moved to Portwall Place. The initiative ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=30 It is amazing how the price of petrol has changed the conversation with people about Chooseday. There has been a general realisation that something is deeply wrong and that things have got to change. There will be much struggle along the way, but breaking our oil-addiction is now seriously on ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=28 . Thanks to Simon Carpenter and those who organise the Big Breakfast for scheduling it this year on June 17th, a Chooseday. Hundreds of people gathered on College Green with live music and free breakfast, all celebrating the joys of a healthy walking or cycling lifestyle. Meeting with such people gives ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=26 Today is the day that our petrol has to contain 2.5% biofuels. It is also the day when at least 33 countries are facing the prospect of serious social unrest because of rising food prices. The biofuels - food equation looks like this. One tank's worth (25 gallons) of ethanol ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=25 It is an extraordinary story. St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School are taking the environmental challenge seriously and when they heard about Chooseday they were straight in. Simon Stevens, the assistant head, came up with the idea of launching it there on April 1st so Chooseday April Foolsday was born. ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=24 As promised in this blog, Chooseday is proud to launch our new Travel and Tell campaign. Bristol needs to get real about transport possibilities. It is too easy to rubbish public transport when much of it is experienced as good. It is too easy to forget about walking and cycling ... http://www.chooseday.org/blog/?p=23