20th-22nd May 2011 Oxford, UK We’ll be back at Wood Festival this year with a very special programme of Pedal Session performances, cycle cinema screenings and open workshops. We’ll keep you updated as we finalise films and bands for the weekend, but check out the Wood website for more details and get your tickets. In [...]
Monday 14 March 2011 3.30pm – 6.30pm Under Archway Tower, Highgate Hill, N19 Archway Tower will soon be alive…with the sound of the Low Carbon Jukebox! Do you have a favourite song you’d like to share? Are you a musician looking to expand your audience? Give us your music and brush up on your cycling [...]
At the end of last year, we were contacted by OvaGreen at Arup to build them one of our bicycle generator for their 10th Anniversary Celebration in London. OvaGreen is a corporate initiative that supports efforts to reduce the environmental impact of individual Arup employees. Members meet on a regular basis to discuss practical ways [...]
Good day to you all! Bringing you great news of an exciting venture, The Bamboo Bike Project, that is part of the Millennium Cities Initiatives. The project is about to kick off production of 750 bamboo bikes for a test run in Kumasi, Ghana. The idea behind this project is to crate a 1st large [...]
GOOD, one of our favourite online magazines, has recently published The Energy Issue, touching on cap and trade, designer renewables and elevators it’s definitely worth a read. From the GOOD website… Contemplate the nearest light switch. Flip it and you instantly become part of a chain that leads from the now glowing lightbulb to thousands [...]
We’ve recieved a tip-off today about a new theatre production at The National Theatre by Moira Buffini, Matt Charman, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne. Greenland is a thrilling new piece of theatre exploring the big questions around climate change. What on earth is happening to our planet? The National Theatre asked four of the country’s [...]
Just before Christmas, we travelled over to Bristol with Matt Little to run a very special workshop with members from Spoke ‘n’ Chain, APE Project, Cube Cinema and Bristol County Council. The aim was to build a series of bicycle generator system that could be used independently but also linked together to create an larger [...]
Sunday 23rd January 2011 Hackney City Farm 1a Goldsmith Row London E2 8QA 10:00 till 17:00 £40.00 MR facilitates this workshop for those interested in learning the ins and outs of pedal power generators. Our workshops have a good balance of theory and hands-on experience. Participants can discover how to use their own bike as [...]
We’re chuffed to be in the latest Boneshaker Magazine! The beautifully put together mag is a celebration of cycling and the people who do it. Full of articles, personal stories and anecdotes about people and projects doing great things with bicycles around the globe. Appealing to both bike-heads and those who may not yet have [...]
Cube Cinema, Bristol 7.30 doors £5 The power grids have been knocked out all over the city. It is cold, it is dark, it is silent. A gigantic machine beats the heart of the massive city of Metropolis, all parts thrusting, pounding and turning. And on the Cube stage, eight bicycles operate in the realm [...]
Looks like we’ll have a roof over our heads by next year! The storage container has finally been lumbered (with a little help) into position at Hackney City Farm and we’re ready to start transforming it into our new hub for 2011. We’ll be cutting out windows, laying flooring, putting in the electrics, and installing [...]
On the 3rd December, Mag Rev will be taking part in Atmoshere, a private opening of a new gallery exploring climate science at The Science Museum. The gallery will, and I quote,… • Explore atmosphere’s immersive ‘gallery world’ with its own land, oceans, ice – and look up to discover its changing atmosphere. • Take control with [...]
After about a million hurdles, we’re back on track with our Mag Rev home. Building our own office is proving to be a challenging task but we wish to open this blog entry with a BIG, and we mean BIG, thanks to the Hackney City Farm and the Castle for all their patients. We’re also [...]
Sunday 12th December The Bristol Bike Project www.thebristolbikeproject.org Hamilton House 80 Stokes Croft Bristol, BS1 3QY 10:00 till 16:00 £45.00 MR facilitates this workshop for those interested in learning the ins and outs of pedal power generators. Our workshops have a good balance of theory and hands-on experience. Participants can discover how to use their [...]
MONSTER HALLOWEEN PARTY 30th October 2010, 10 till dawn 303 Camberwell New Rd, SE5 FREE ENTRY Halloween festival for all of London’s monsters with a mix of horrific delights and, just like the good old days, all for FREE! That’s true monster spirit… Live acts comprising of London’s unique and fresh musical collectives: L S [...]
