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School Safeguard How to Build a Bike Train
In 1969, according to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, 48 percent of kids ages 5 to 14 regularly walked or biked to school. In 2009,
it was just 13 percent. One major reason for the change is that parents don’t feel safe letting
kids bicycle around town on their own. Bike trains—in which an adult chaperone rides a predetermined route, adding children along the way—can make it easier and safer for kids to get to school. To start a DIY bike train, fi nd a group of interested parents through school and neighborhood message boards and newsletters; assess the area to create routes; distribute fl yers and get feedback; determine bike train dates and times; host a community meeting; and post selected routes online.
Source: Yes magazine
Superior Soil Organic Farming Sustains Earth’s Richness
Famed as the happiest country on Earth, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is now aiming to become 100 percent organic, phasing out artifi cial chemicals in farming in the next 10 years. Agence France-Presse reports that Bhutan currently sends rare mushrooms
to Japan, vegetables to up-market hotels in Thailand, its highly prized apples to India and red rice to the United States. Jurmi Dorji, of southern Bhutan’s 103-member Daga Shingdrey Pshogpa farmers’ association, says their members are in favor of the policy. “More than a decade ago, people realized that the chemicals were not good for farming,” he says. “I cannot say everyone has stopped using chemicals, but almost 90 percent have.” An international metastudy, published in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science that analyzed 74 studies on soils in fi elds under organic or conventional farming practices, has found that over time, the carbon content in the organic fi elds signifi cantly increased. For farmers everywhere, that means organic agriculture results in a richer, more productive soil, with plenty of humus, which is conducive to higher yields. Peter Melchett, policy director at Britain’s Organic Soil Association,
says a primary benefi t of a country becoming 100 percent organic is an assurance of quality to consumers that creates both an international reputation and associated market advantage.
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