Cyclist argues against fine

After getting a ticket for NOT riding in a bike lane, Casey Neistat takes a comical approach by showing why it's not always safe to ride in the bike lane.

Biomimicry course - South Africa

Claire Janisch who heads up South Africa's Biomimicry hub will show participants organisms that can provide us with innovative and progressive solutions to the design, engineering and other challenges that we now face: energy, food production, climate control, benign chemistry, transportation, packaging, and more. The vision is to create new ways of living through products, processes, organisations and policies that are well-adapted to life on Earth over the long haul.

Kick start an electric

Electric scooters are the cool, quiet and virtually emission-free option for the eco-minded urbanite. And at around one cent a kilometre for electricity, you’ll never need to stop at a petrol station again.

MINI's electric scooter concept

Here's a sneak peak into the future of low emissions transport with the stylish MINI Scooter-E electric Concept – to be completed late 2011.

The Jan/Feb 2011 issue of G included a guide to electric scooters you can buy in Australia right now; view the article on G-Online here.