Sentences with phrase «human powered transportation»

Today we need a new kind of poetry to celebrate the fact that human powered transportation and liveable streets are a common ground for the next generation of Portland's leaders.

The return to human powered transportation is a marker of today's generation gap.

There are also velomobile clubs, including one in Brantford, part of the Human Powered Transportation Association.

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The United Nations defines modern slavery, or human trafficking, thus: «the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.

The year's incredible heat serves as a stark reminder of how much the Earth's temperature has risen due to the steady buildup of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities like power generation, transportation and forest clearing.

Getting to Atlanta Streets Alive is easy by MARTA train or bus, by bike or any human - powered mode of transportation.

You'll join Sarah Crump, our fabulous EcoChallenge intern, who's taking on a no - trash challenge (and any trash she does generate during the EcoChallenge she's pledged to carry around with her, as a visual of what can't be recycled, composted or otherwise diverted from the landfill), and Sky Trombly who is undertaking a human - powered transportation challenge.

There used to be human - powered handcar transportation lines in Japan and Taiwan, up until the 1970s.

I think that going car - free for two weeks will help me be more mindful of my automobile use and help me figure out how to make daily human - powered transportation more practical for me and my kids.»

The visionary Paul MacCready, who designed both human - and solar - powered aircraft, as well as the prototype that became the General Motors electric car, is sanguine about plug - in hybrids «with enough electricity built in to provide all your transportation for maybe a 60 - to 100 - mile range.

This occurs because transportation in North America produces a substantial amount of black carbon (soot) and ozone (a main ingredient in smog), both of which warm climate, while power generation leads to a large amount of sulfate particles, which cool climate even as they also lead to acid rain and damage human health.

And, as a result of human ingenuity and the free market (which got us where we are today), new technologies will come along that will eventually replace fossil fuels for many of the lower added - value end uses, such as electrical power generation or transportation.

Bicycles become an attractive mode of transportation, which would promote city development that focuses on human power instead of decayed dinosaurs.

Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R - Ky., who will preside over the hearing, sent out letters Aug. 6 inviting testimony from leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency; the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, and Transportation; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Commerce Department; NASA; the U.S. Agency for International Development; the Export - Import Bank; and the White House Office of Science and Technology.

Active transportation is all about getting people where they need to go safely in a human - powered way — usually on foot or by bike.

We're big advocates for all things human - powered, but we really really like to see this particular efficiency put to use for transportation.

All fun action aside, the stability and speed shown on this thing suggest it could be a serious contender for viable human - powered transportation both in cities and off - road.

I will use only human - powered transportation (my legs and my bike) from Oct. 1 - 15.»