Say hello to the….Slow Bicycle Movement.
Category: Interesting Initiatives
Slow in the Ivory Tower
A compulsory course for all first-year university students on our relationship with time + technology?
Walk the talk
Two families go car-free in Calgary, Canada for a week. What happened next? Check out the movie trailer to find out.
Run, Jump, Skip
In this age of child obesity and inactivity, we need to promote ‘physical literacy’ more than ever. But let’s do so in the right spirit.
Slow Money?
High-frequency trading makes financial markets dangerously and unproductively fast. Here’s one way to slow things down.
Clocking Nature?
Intriguing idea. Can clocks that track the passage of the sun and the moon make us feel more relaxed about time itself?
Slow Science
Is science too fast? Maybe. Scientists need time to think, digest, make mistakes. Time for a Slow Science Manifesto:
Slow Buzz Builds
Say hello to the Slow Bees Movement (translation button supplied)…
Smell the Coffee
Slow Café in Germany = free coffee, clocks showing random times + customers charged by how long they linger. Goal: inspire people to slow down + smell the roses. Or the coffee, maybe.
Slow Travel
Check out this new magazine on the joys of Slow Travel in the North East of England. All they need now is better weather…