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Bicycle Hire Service in Hangzhou, China – World’s Biggest

To rent a bike, people simple swipe their ID card and pay 200 Yuan as a deposit.

With over 50,000 bikes available to rent, Hangzhou in China is aiming to reduce pollution, cut congestion, and keep its people healthy – all while making a profit!  By Jeremy Torr If you thought Paris had a lot of city rental bikes at 20,000, think again. The city of  Hangzhou in China beats that hands [...]

September 15th, 2011 | Posted in Energy/Renewables,Green Cities/Communities,Green Travel/Transport | Read More »

Making Singapore a Sustainable City: Concept Plan 2011

URA Singapore

Singapore brings out a Concept Plan every 10 years to map out the long term directions for the city’s land use and transportation plans over the next 40 to 50 years. The next Concept Plan is scheduled for 2011. With this in mind, one of the focus groups that Singapore’s urban planner, the “ Urban Redevelopment Authority” (URA) [...]

May 7th, 2010 | Posted in Green Cities,Green Cities/Communities | Read More »

How Schools can go green

As a parent of two children in two different schools, one with an ongoing greening programme, and another which is keen on becoming environmentally friendly, I have compiled a list of ideas that would be of help to all kinds of schools, and to all those who should rightfully be involved in the subject, namely, [...]

April 25th, 2009 | Posted in Green Buildings,Green Cities/Communities | Read More »

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