My generation won’t be able to fly other than for emergencies

Facebook post by Greta Thunberg - 

Greta Thunberg.

“After the COP24 I have been invited to speak in places like Panama, New York, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi, Vancouver, British Virgin Islands… But sadly our remaining carbon budget will not allow any such travels.

My generation won’t be able to fly other than for emergencies in a foreseeable future, if we are to be the least bit serious about the 1.5 degree warming limit. Why? Because adult generations in countries like mine have used up our resources.

I will try to make it to as many places as possible without flying. And also participate via video link. Also tag your climate actions with me, so we can show the world what actions are going on for climate change.

And of course stop flying and go vegan alone is not the solution.

We have to aim for a zero carbon lifestyle as soon as possible. Political decisions are necessary. But as they do not exist yet we have to do what we can ourselves to make the political movement come alive.“

Read the story from the Centre for Climate Safety - “My generation won’t be able to fly other than for emergencies”.

Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws, foam cups and containers by June 2019

Vancouver has voted to ban the distribution of plastic straws as well as foam take-out containers and cups as part of its zero-waste strategy.

Drinking straws protrude from a glass in an illustration
 picture in Loughborough, Britain April 19, 2018.

The ban will be introduced on June 1, 2019. 

The move is part of the city's Zero Waste 2040 strategy, which was approved by councillors in a vote on Wednesday.

Read the CBC story - “Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws, foam cups and containers by June 2019.”

Veemo Veleomobile: the innovative electric vehicle by Velometro

Moving around busy cities is always a challenge. Doing so in a clean and environmentally friendly manner is even more challenging. Yet, this is what VeloMetro, an innovative company from Vancouver, British Columbia, is trying to do with its unique vehicle: the Veemo.

The Veemo Velomobile.

VeloMetro was founded by Kody Baker, John Stonier, Jonathan Faille, and Sean Boyd. The four met at an electric vehicle (EV) company back in 2010 and later created an EV engineering consultancy called Perkuna. Perkuna worked both to convert regular vehicles into electric vehicles and to develop innovative EV charging stations.

Deciding to focus fully on VeloMetro forced the founders to temporarily hibernate Perkuna, although many of the concepts they worked on there have found their way into the Veemo vehicle itself, including an innovative battery swapping technology. Today we speak with CEO and founder Kody Baker.

Read the Impackter story by Alessandro Du Besse - “Veemo Veleomobile: the innovative electric vehicle by Velometro.”