So we heard a rumour about an island on the river Thames down Kingston way. The islanders took over the abandoned wedding and conference centre business that used to run from Raven’s Ait. Their vision for this Thames jewel is to turn it into an eco conference centre, a place where community groups and organisations [...]
April 7, 2009
We took the 450 mile round trip north by road for the I bike MRC festival. Technical challanges and 40kg of heavy plan B equipment ruled out the train as a travel option, so we filled a car with people and bike equipment and headed north to see what the manchester bike scene had [...]
March 23, 2009
Blessed again with a sunny day at Energy Cafe in Essex, this time for the Spring Banquet. A land of endless food, interesting cooking devices and music where for the first time we added some solar panels into our system. Each time a cloud past or a child dressed as a jelly bean stepped in [...]
February 23, 2009
A beautiful day at energy cafe allowed us to run our bike generation workshop in the early spring sun. Thanks soo much to Ella and Amy for being such great hosts for this free event where the basics of bike power were learnt by some motivated individuals, some of which have gone on to spread [...]
February 11, 2009
You may remember that while ago we’ve powered a Ceilidh dance at the Hackney City Farm. That seems like history now. We’re proud to tell the world that this time the pedal powered Ceilidh wasn’t instrumented by us but by one of our students, Sonny. Sonny works with South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) and [...]
January 26, 2009
Ahhh. It’s that time of the year when our good friends at Otesha are racking up the masses to jump on bikes and deliver interesting theatrical action to all corners of England. But it’s not just any kind of theater, it’s theater aimed to inspire multitude of young people to take action in crating a [...]
January 12, 2009
While ago we taught “bike it” officers at Sustrans how to build their own bike powered generators, so they could take them to schools and get kids keen on bikes and renewable energy. The image inserted below is a clear evidence that are work is indeed not a complete waste of time.
December 16, 2008
We were invited to the Thessaloniki Film Festival as part of the green trail. A trail of environmental art that aimed to inspire people to take part in dialogues about what the festival could and should do to become more environmentally friendly next year, during its 50th anniversary. For Mag Rev, Greece was a great [...]
April 9, 2009