WayOut
West
TheWayOut
West festival
inGothenburg
(7-9August) ison
aconstant quest to reduce its
environmental impact. LED
lighting,biogas, recyclingand
vegetariancateringmean revellers
can lose themselves in themusic
andprotect theplanet at the
same time.
wayoutwest.se
Cash for commutes
Bike towork thissummer and,
if you live inFrance, youcould
be in themoney.An incentive
scheme (runningasasix-month
experiment) paysemployees25
centsper kilometrebiked towork.
The initiative followssimilar
schemes in theNetherlands,
Germany,Belgium,Denmark
and theUK.
gouvernement.fr
august2014
22
FLYTO
copenhagen
fourtimesdaily;
gothenburg
threetimesdaily;
newyorkjfk
daily.
brusselsairlines.com
eco
words
emmahowarth
If you find yourself last-minutegift-
shoppingas youpass through
Copenhagenairport thismonth,we
recommend youmakeabeeline (pun
intended) for oneof the twobranches
of FineFood (located inTerminals2
and3) to checkout the very first
batchof CPHBybi (CityBee) honey.
Ina joint initiativebetween the
airport andCopenhagen’sCityBee
Association, 10beehives (home to
some420,000 industriousworkers)
havebeen set upona south-eastern
corner of theairport overlooking the
Øresund.Thehoney from thesehives
will be soldat FineFoodalongside
varieties from theassociation’sother
beegardens (theyhave20across
Copenhagen) andahost of other
gourmet honey-basedproducts.
“This is a 100%purenatural
product createdbyand in the city,”
saysCityBeeAssociationdirector
OliverMaxwell. It’sgreat news for
11th-hour shoppersbut evenbetter
news for bee conservation, the
environment and the local community.
Profits from sales (a200g jar retails
at€7.40)will help theCityBee
Association to continue its social and
environmental workacross the city.
Theorganisation–winner of the
2013DanishSocial EnterpriseAward
– is as committed toprotecting the
city’sbeepopulationas it is tocreating
newopportunities for peopleon the
edgesof theemploymentmarket
(asylum-seekers, formerlyhomeless
people, the long-termunemployed) by
runninghoney-production schemes in
run-downestates.
Great tasting, locallyproducedwith
solidenvironmental credentials this
honeymakes agreat present and is
yet another encouragingexampleof
Copenhagen’sheartfelt green
credentials.
bybi.dk, cph.dk
NY Summer Streets
Biro2,9and 16August in
your diaryandmake themost of
NewYork’sannual celebrationof
thestreets.SummerStreetssees
sevenmilesofNYC thoroughfares
(fromBrooklynBridge toCentral
Park,withaccesspointsacross the
city) closed to traffic for three
consecutiveSaturdays (7am-1pm)
sopeoplecanplay,walk,bike
andbreathe ina refreshingly
car-freezone.
nyc.gov
Arealbuzz
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