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cutting your car use cutting your car use
Anna Semlyen

Cutting down on the time you spend in cars will save you money, benefit your health and improve everyone's quality of life. Cutting Your Car Use is a practical guide for people who want to reduce their car dependency by making simple changes to their travel habits, or by sharing or giving up their car. Asks questions such as how much does your car cost you a year? Could you manage without your car most days? Could you share lifts or car ownership? What are the alternatives to car ownership? How many companies benefit from green commuting? Britain's only traffic reduction guide gives easy to follow ideas, contacts and encouragement and is a bargain at £3.95! 126pp

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50 ways to greener travel 50 ways to greener travel
Sian Berry

As founder of the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s, Sian has been instrumental in influencing London's congestion charge and its punitive rates for unnecessarily large cars. The tide is turning and sales of 4x4s are falling while bike purchases have risen (to 4.5 million in the UK in 2004). But Sian is not asking you to give up cars and never to go on holiday abroad again, but will show you instead how to reduce your carbon footprint in small but effective ways. Similarly, we are now saying no to carrier bags and asking questions about the antecedents of the cheap clothes we buy. Sian will look at the choices we can make, not just in consumables, but also in our food purchases, gifts to friends and family, in restaurants, and beauty services. Change the world without changing your life. 128pp

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the green travel guide the green travel guide
Paul jenner & Christine Smith

We're always being told to travel 'responsibly', but how exactly do you do that? OK we all know you shouldn't slog it up the motorway in a gas-guzzler, but is it better to cross the Channel by train or by ferry? Is it better to take a low-consumption car with four people in it, or to catch the train? When it comes to holidays, is it better to holiday somewhere well visited? The Green Travel Guide answers your questions whether you're travelling in the UK or beyond, for work or on holiday. It's full of practical help and suggestions and covers: Greener ways of getting around day-to-day; How to save on business travel; Eco-friendly ways to travel abroad; Carbon offsetting schemes; Great destinations for guilt-free green holidays. You'll even find a 'green travel calculator' to see how eco-friendly your holiday really is. 224pp


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car sick: solutions for our car-addicted culture car sick: solutions for our car-addicted culture
Lynn Sloman

Today's society is car-centered rather than people-centered and in this book, Sloman shows how we need to change our attitudes and the way we think about travel, not through 'big bang' civil engineering projects, but by getting people to think about their choices rather than reaching for their car keys. The book illustrates this de-motorisation in practice and the positive effects it is having in Copenhagen, Switzerland and even the centre of London. If you want to change your attitude to travel and transport, this really is the book to buy. 160pp

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the walking bus guide the walking bus guide
T. Allatt & S. Marshall

Beat the queues, get healthier, walk
Wouldn't you rather get to work earlier, know your kids are safe, healthier, and having fun with their friends? This guide provides you with the tools and knowledge to organise and maintain Walking Buses, giving you a safe healthy alternative to the car.

You will discover how easy it is to:
*Save Money
*Develop a healthier lifestyle
*Build friendships
*Give yourself more time with the kids
*Get to work on time
*Help the environment
*Understand your local council and funding opportunities

written by parents for parents. 112pp

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the man in seat 61: a guide to taking the train through europe the man in seat 61: a guide to taking the train through europe
Mark Smith

Mark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy, he is in fact the man behind the massively popular website, which offers invaluable advice on worldwide train travel. This book is the essential guide for anyone who wishes to travel to Europe and beyond by train.

Packed with insider knowledge and top tips, it offers advice on everything from the quickest routes and the cheapest fares to the best weekends away; traveling with children and changing trains; timetables and maps; essential items to travel with; and everything in between. More and more people are choosing to avoid air travel and seek alternatives, and this is the only book they need to plan those journeys. 496pp

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green road atlas britain green road atlas britain

'Philip's Green Road Atlas Britain' is designed for the motorist who is striving to be environmentally friendly. A special 8-page 'Green' section includes the following: an overview of road transport in 2007, investigating the environmental and public health impact of road use, carbon and other dangerous emissions, air pollution, government commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, plus a table on key emissions; information on electric cars, hybrids, LPG and other alternative fuels, plus the ETA car buyer's guide and 2007 winners; how to modify your driving style and prepare your car, as well as planning your journeys, to be a 'green' motorist; and, how to calculate your carbon footprint, information on integrated travel and carbon offsets, plus details how to join ETA.Two case studies of individuals who 'drive green' are featured. The main body of the atlas includes 176 pages of road maps covering Britain at 3 miles to 1 inch (Scottish Highlands and Hebrides at 4.75 miles to 1 inch).
The maps clearly mark service areas, roundabouts and multi-level junctions, and in rural areas distinguish between roads over and under 4 metres wide - a boon for drivers of wide vehicles. Across the Channel, a full-page map shows Calais and Boulogne, and a double-page map shows the full extent of the northern French coast, including all ferry ports. The atlas also includes route-planning maps, M25 and M60 maps, distance table, 12 large-scale city approach maps with named arterial roads, and 55 extra-detailed town and city plans, airport plans and port plans. 272pp

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flight-free europe: great breaks by rail, road and sea flight-free europe: great breaks by rail, road and sea
Time Out Guides

As concerns grow about global warming and more people look for holidays closer to home, Time Out has put together a selection of inspirational trips to Europe (and sometimes beyond!) that won't cost you or the planet a single air mile. Europe's railway system is getting faster and sleeker, and now that Eurostar trains depart from St Pancras, with great connections to the north of the UK, continental destinations are more accessible than ever before. You can get to Paris in two hours 15 minutes, Brussels in under two hours and Strasbourg and Cologne in under five.
By 2010, Europe will have 4,000 miles of high-speed lines - and some very boutique-y sleeper cars, making plane-free holidays a realistic and stress-free alternative to air travel. But "Flight-Free Europe" isn't just a railway guide.It also includes trips by boat - including the new cruise-style ferries - bicycle and motorbike, even car (now hire companies are offering greener options), covering a variety of destinations from classic cities to undiscovered countryside. For each, we give a selection of the best places to sleep, eat and experience, and some great ideas for side trips.
There are also activity breaks and a section of longer journeys to undertake for their own sake, bringing back the idea of the Grand Tour and rescuing the romance of travel.This book snapshots journey time: Under two hours - city breaks in Brussels and Dublin; cycling in Pas de Calais; wilderness hiking in the Orkneys. An easy day - city breaks in Marseilles, Cologne and Lyons; wine-tasting along the Rhone; best of Brittany. Overnighters - city breaks in Toulouse, Turin and Barcelona; touring the Canal du Midi on a peniche; exploring Spain's Picos de Europa.
Grand tours - Scottish Isles and Iceland; Orient Express; Baltic ferry-hopping; yachting in Croatia; Trans-Siberian Express; Stavanger, European City of Culture 2008, and the Norwegian fjords. 280pp

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build your own electric car build your own electric car
Bob Brant

A step-by-step, illustrated guide to building a low-cost electric vehicle (EV) from scratch or kit. Following an introduction to the history and future of EVs, it offers a building-block description of each component: motor, drive train, controllers, power supplies, chargers and chassis. 310pp

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the electric car: development and future of battery, hybrid and fuel-cell cars the electric car: development and future of battery, hybrid and fuel-cell cars
Michael Westbrook

This book covers the development of electric cars, from their early days to hybrid models in production. It discusses the technological issues faced by automotive engineers working on them and explores the key business factors vital for the successful transfer of electric cars into the mass market. 224pp

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