Nature Speaks: A Healthier Commute

"Let's ride against climate change!" - Antonio Garnero

According to the UNO, Climate Change can be very much limited by incorporating the following measures in our day to day living:

Save energy at home,

Walk, bike or take public transport,

Eat more vegetables,

Consider your travel,

Throw away less food,

Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle,

Change your home's source of energy,

Switch to an electric vehicle and

Choose eco-friendly products.

How green is cycling, walking and e-biking?

Of late, the transportation sector has become a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced when fossil fuels are burnt for movement of cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes.

One of the effective ways of reducing the carbon footprint is switching from a car or bus to walking and cycling. As per findings,

Cycling has a carbon footprint of about 21g of CO2 per kilometre. That’s less than walking or getting the bus and less than one tenth the emissions of driving a vehicle. About three-quarters of cycling’s greenhouse gas emissions occur when producing the extra food required to “fuel” cycling and the rest comes from the processes in making the bicycle and electric bikes have an even lower carbon footprint than conventional bikes because fewer calories are burned per kilometre, despite the emissions from battery manufacturing and electricity use!

Such a change will not happen overnight without significant infrastructure investment and changes to peoples travel routines. This can be achieved by

- Developing large-scale networks of bike infrastructure,
- Implementing bike-share, with an emphasis on connections to transit,
- Revising laws to protect cyclists and pedestrians,
- Investing in walking and transit and
- Coordinating regional land use planning with transportation investments.

Cycling, no doubt, is really fun but many ride a bike because it’s cheap, convenient, healthy and enjoyable but often they forget that it’s green which today should be No1 point to be remembered!

A tryst with nature #climatecycling