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Vancouver: Low-Car Diet Gets a Boost

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Anne Rose.

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“In fact, it was the cost-breakdown of car ownership on the AutoObesity website that eventually convinced me to give up my car altogether and start biking and taking transit. The average car costs between $8,000 and $10,000 per year to own – and anything that saves me that much money is worth looking into.”

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Auto-Obesity? Rethinking Car Addiction and Community Health

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Bernice Paul.

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I recently stumbled across a clever sustainability tactic called the Auto-Obesity program – through the popular Aviva Community Fund. What a brilliant spin on asking us to rethink our addiction to single-occupancy vehicles, environmental pollution and personal health! Just have a look at this checklist put together by the program’s founders, BEST (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation), [...]

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Can British Columbia Be a Canadian Hub for the Electric Car?

Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Bernice Paul.

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The emerging green economy has been touted as our lifeline out of this global recession. More and more we hear about green-collar jobs meant to stimulate a new kind of economy – one that values environmental and social sustainability as primary building blocks for growth.
Of course, for car manufacturers (the Detroit Three included), pursuing alternative [...]