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Europe jumps on the train

Europe jumps on the train

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Europe jumps on the train

https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-09-01/europe-jumps-on-the-train.html

More and more people are using this form of travel to get around the continent, using high-speed routes and a network of night trains that continues to expand. We traveled from Madrid to Prague and witnessed how the future of European transportation is clean and fast

Europe jumps on the train
Female Entrepreneur Set to Revolutionize Transportation for All of Africa, After Transforming her Native Ghana - Good News Network

Female Entrepreneur Set to Revolutionize Transportation for All of Africa, After Transforming her Native Ghana - Good News Network

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https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/update-ghanaian-woman-entrepreneur-set-to-revolutionize-transportation-for-africa-not-just-native-home/

New Brussels-Venice sleeper train launching next year

New Brussels-Venice sleeper train launching next year

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The Man in Seat 61 (@seatsixtyone@mas.to)

https://mas.to/@seatsixtyone/112993897254976750

Attached: 2 images BREAKING: @EuropeanSlpr to launch a Brussels-Venice train twice a week in February & March next year via the scenic Brenner Pass, with couchettes, sleepers & (yay!) dining-car. Fares tba, booking opens next month. Recommended Eurostar connection leaves London St Pancras at 11:04.

The Man in Seat 61 (@seatsixtyone@mas.to)
Battery powered flights from Washington DC to LA. No longer a pipe dream?

Battery powered flights from Washington DC to LA. No longer a pipe dream?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwDeiyg5LU

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need To Prioritize Dignity

If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need To Prioritize Dignity

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If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need To Prioritize Dignity

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/7/28/if-we-want-a-shift-to-walking-we-need-to-prioritize-dignity

Why does walking feel so intuitive when we’re in a city built before cars, yet as soon as we return home, walking feels like an unpleasant chore that immediately drives us into a car?

If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need To Prioritize Dignity
There’s too much tourism

There’s too much tourism

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Just a moment...

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/20/tourism-crowds-barcelona-amsterdam-airbnb

Canadian "Hack Club" sends 50 students on sustainable travel adventure aboard VIA Rail

Canadian "Hack Club" sends 50 students on sustainable travel adventure aboard VIA Rail

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50 YOUNG HACK CLUB CODERS CHAMPION A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ON VIA RAIL’S THE CANADIAN | VIA Rail

https://media.viarail.ca/en/press-releases/2024/50-young-hack-club-coders-champion-sustainable-future-rails-canadian

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An actual fairly solarpunk hotel: low-carbon concrete, reclaimed fencing wood, mushroom "leather" tapestries.

An actual fairly solarpunk hotel: low-carbon concrete, reclaimed fencing wood, mushroom "leather" tapestries.

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The First Carbon-Positive Hotel in the U.S. Is Extremely Trippy Inside

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/denver/populus-hotel-opens-denver

The architecture is meant to resemble Colorado's famous Aspen trees.

The First Carbon-Positive Hotel in the U.S. Is Extremely Trippy Inside
They turn clunkers into 100% solar-powered homes on wheels: No need of 🔌

They turn clunkers into 100% solar-powered homes on wheels: No need of 🔌

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They turn clunkers into 100% solar-powered homes on wheels: No need of 🔌

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d5MF3f9AjI

Brett and Kira Belan have spent the past decade transforming old vehicles into solar-powered campers. Their journey with Solarrolla began in 2015, with their...

Tall Ships Are a Slow Travel Adventure—Here’s Where to Find Them in the U.S.

Tall Ships Are a Slow Travel Adventure—Here’s Where to Find Them in the U.S.

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Tall Ships Are a Slow Travel Adventure—Here’s Where to Find Them in the U.S.

https://www.afar.com/magazine/what-its-like-sailing-on-a-tall-ship-in-the-us

A historic experience? Yes, and lots of fun.

Tall Ships Are a Slow Travel Adventure—Here’s Where to Find Them in the U.S.