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52. 2009 Exports Imports Vegetables 45,159 € 103 m 38,036 € 66.5 m Tonnes Value Poultry/ Poultry meat 38 , 642 € 62m 53,383 € 16 9 m Tonnes Pigmeat 82,476 € 142 m 38,723 € 10 2m Tonnes Frozen Vegetables 1 , 236 € 1.6m 44 , 552 € 43. 4 m Tonnes
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55. And let’s not forget the ancillary benefits Thank you Some people I’d like to thank – Katrin, Miles, Justin and Tanya. [email_address]
Notas do Editor
Measured in terms of the percentage fall in exclusive car travel to school the 2009/2010 figures show a 27% turnaround in participating schools; i.e. a 27%% drop in car travel to school, replaced by increased walking, cycling and public transport. The breakdown of the 27% figure is awaited. The previous report (2008/2009) shows a 22% drop in the car mode (57 to 44%). The Departmental target was 12%. http://www.greenschoolsireland.org/Javascript/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager_net/files/Travel/Research/gst_report_aug_09_for_pdf.pdf
Hang on! Stand back for a second... This is how half of our pupils want to travel... Only 2% of adults and I doubt close to half would say they want to cycle... Us adults have been conditioned by our environment, experiences, perceptions and perceived expectations. But half our pupils want to cycle. And barely 3% actually do so.
http://www.greenschoolsireland.org/Javascript/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager_net/files/materials/gs_travel_survey.pdf Lewis mumford
Cuts across departments – at least six Ministers Frances Fitzgerald Alan Kelly Leo Varadkar James Reilly James Ring Michael Noonan At least six Ministers Societal obesity
Black line is car; blue line is walking; red line is bus; Green line is cycling At primary school level it in the period 1986 – 2002 it was a largely story of children been driven instead of walking. At secondary school cycling colapsed (15 per cent to 3 per cent); walking slipped significantly, and again car rose sharply.
Images car companies and their advertisers don’t want us to see? Are they fair comment?
"The impacts of combustion emissions on air quality and climate – From coal to biofuels and beyond“ – title of Gaffney and Marley article
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/1130/1224284430098.html In Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Galway there is the scope – and the need – to get the public transport figure above 30%
Dublin Bus: 128.3m journeys in 2009 - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0830/1224277854676.html DART/commuter rail: 90,000 a day (or 33m a year) [2009] Luas: 74,000 a day (or 27m a year) [2010]
Misallocation of resources 252km one way Cork/Dublin the toll between Calais and Paris is set at 6.6 cents per km (the distance between these two French destinations is 292 km and the 2011 charge is €19.30; http://about-france.com/travel.htm#tolls)
WHO (2007) “Economic assessment of transport infrastructure and policies: Methodological guidance on the economic appraisal of health effects related to walking and cycling”, Copenhagen: Denmark.
For the methodology used see: “Criteria for Mitigation of Climate Impact from Food Production and Distribution”, 5 Oct 2010, available on http://www.klimatmarkningen.se
Perverse trade
Empowering community and voluntary transport organisation, in an approach that would mirror developments across northern England and Scotland, where examples in Inverness.
A shift to active commuting delivers energy and emissions reductions together with ancillary benefits Focusing on projects that lend themselves to opening ceremonies and fanfare ‘hard hat and ribbon’ (new rail lines, electric vehicle trips etc) would see us miss the wood for the trees – and our 2020 targets
