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Magda Szubanski attacks cyclists on beach Road for being on the road, wearing lycra to cafe’s and suggests to open car doors in front of cyclists, ignorance only fuels anger towards cyclists.

What a shame that a person of such high media prominance goes off about cyclists getting off Beach Road when we should be encouraging people to cycle to stay fit and healthy. With our radio shock jocks spreading anti bike sediment, providing additional material for the public to consume against cyclists goes against the work from Bicycle Victoria and The Amy Gillett Foundation to promote bicycle awareness and safety.

This is very surprising behavior from Magda given she was on the receiving end of inappropriate comments about comparing her ability to lose weight to a concentration camp from a Melbourne Radio announcer called Kyle Sandilands.

I good friend of mine was intentionally run over by a motorist and barely escaped death with rehabilitation to walk again taking more than 4 months. With Melboune’s traffic congestion reaching an all time high, people should be encouraged to use the bike whether for recreational or transportation purposes.

When need to look at cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen that have fantastic bicycle infrastructure and road user awareness that respects cyclists.

Fortunately Magda Szubanski has apologised for her attacks on cyclists using beach Road.

A WWF report suggests that the UK reduce their meat consumption to meet emissions targets . The report titled Livestock Consumption and Climate change commissioned by the WWF and produced by the Food Ethics Council (FEC) acknowledges the efforts currently being undertaken by the livestock industry but goes further in making suggestions.

The World Wild Life fund have found that reducing certain types of livestock will not only be more sustainable but will help meet emission targets. Part of the report is making foods that produce higher emissions to be more expensive.

Some of the measures include:
1.Encouraging people eat quality meat over quantity.
2.Restricting the advertising of livestock products that leave a large environmental footprint or emit higher levcels of CO2.
3.Working with the hospitality industry to educate and change the menu
4.Introduce a tax based emissions

The report ‘Livestock Consumption and Climate Change: A Framework for Dialogue’, was commissioned from the FEC as part of WWF’s One Planet Food programme.

While there are many groups that benefit directly and indirectly from the meat industry, this latest report is a positive step forward for the UK to reduce meat consumption to meet emissions targets.

What a great initiative, with people become more reliant on the car to move about most major cities, having a car free day encompassing major streets in the heart of the city is a great way to get people exploring other forms of transport.
Walking, cycling, trams, buses and trains are great alternatives to get around, the worst case scenario is a person having to walk a few kilometers to get to their chosen destination.

Compare the size of our rubbish bins to out parents & grand parents. Now we have a huge dedicated bin for recycling and another for general waste.
Why do we need so much more space for rubbish, well buying more stuff, especially packaged food will quickly put your garbage bin under pressure.
Sixty years ago we made everything, all our meals were cook at home or we prepared our lunches for work/office.
A modern supermarket may stock 20 000 to 30 000 different items.

Prior to the fifties, Supermarkets didn’t exist, we went to a number of speciality shops for our food supplies: the Grocer for packaged, dry or canned foods, Green Grocer for fruit & vegetables, Baker, Butcher, Milk Bar/confectionery shop.

Yet we managed fine making our own cookies and other treats, jams and break fast cereal was porridge, toast, fruit or the good old bacon & eggs (Ok if you;re doing manual labour), lunch was sandwiches, fruit and dinner made from scratch.
We had our milk home delivered with a trip to the local Milk Bar satisfying our basic requirements of flour, sugar, bread etc.

Somewhere along the way our basic range of products exploded, have a look at the pasta source aisle, how many products are there?
Making a great pasta source is pretty simple, why pay for a processed product with preservatives, chemicals & artificial flavors when there are simplier alternatives?

The main point is all these products have packaging and can be made at home but “I don’t have the time”.
Well maybe ask yourself what you are doing with the other 8 hours you are not working or sleeping.
Yes modern life is crazy yet we can make some decisions about how we manage all our activities.