The Morning Break with Dorian Brown 21-01-22: Sustainable transport in schools

Dorian is joined by Ray Craig aka 'Bike it Ray' for a fantastic discussion surrounding the importance of encouraging schools to promote more sustainable travel.

Ray has years of experience working with schools on a many and varied range of strategies and initiatives to break down the barriers/dispel myths of safe, green, and sustainable travel to and from school.

We talk about why individuals should go green with their travel, highlighting a range of health, environmental and wellbeing advantages as well as describing how schools can get the wheels turning on helping facilitate  and enable more staff and students to go green.

This is a vital issue in the wake of COP26 and the DfE draft strategy for sustainability and climate change and from governors to students, everybody would benefit from foundations being laid to support schools and trusts in net carbon neutrality.

Ray is so passionate, knowledgeable and friendly - be more Ray!

 

Links from the show

Get in touch with Ray on Twitter @BikeitRay

Pedal Planet with Ray http://www.pedalplanet.co.uk/

Bike it Ray’s bike skills playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fRA-WbPmiyI8g88ZC3F61Ybtuldf3Jp  

Bikeability https://www.bikeability.org.uk/

Sustrans school resources https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2021/scotland/cop26-schools-resource  

Southampton Bike Life report 2019 https://www.sustrans.org.uk/media/5953/bikelife19_southamptoncr_web.pdf 

https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/

Impending Highway Code changes: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-highway-code-to-improve-road-safety-for-cyclists-pedestrians-and-horse-riders/summary-of-the-consultation-proposals-on-a-review-of-the-highway-code 

Modeshift STARS https://www.modeshiftstars.org/education/

My Journey https://myjourneysouthampton.com/

Biophilic https://blog.interface.com/3-top-educational-spaces/