Where’s Your Helmet? Why I Stopped Wearing Mine The bike helmet debate. Ugh. Is there anything more energy sapping in the world of bicycle advocacy? (Probably - EVERYTHING in the world of bicycle advocacy feels like pushing water uphill with a rake). I've been riding for transport for about 10 years now and have probably
Top Tips to be a Wirral Climate Rockstar in 2022 Rethink Thinks, Edward Lamb This article was first published at Birkenhead News on January 3rd 2021. This is the first article in an occasional series on environmental and green issues by Edward Lamb, a member of the Wirral Climate Action
This Train Will Terminate at the Next Stop Rethink Thinks, Edward Lamb I’m on a train from Liverpool to Newcastle. My face covering is making me feel a bit nauseous. I can’t breathe quite as well as I’d like. Does anyone else get that? (Edit: I pushed through and
Article by Tanya Leary Ever since the Government voted against extending free school meals last week I have been churned up with a horrible mix of guilt and gratitude, rage and frustration and the constant question of 'What can we do…? How can we help?' Ever since I started working with children and young people
This article was originally published in the October 2020 edition of Heswall Magazine. With driving such an easy option for many, and busy routines meaning lots of parents need to get straight to work, we have created the perfect storm of noisy, polluted, unsafe routes to school for our children. My own morning routine might
Yesterday we did something amazing as a family for the first time. We went on a bike ride. ALL TOGETHER. ALL ON BIKES. ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!! AND…FURTHER MORE…WE WENT ON THE ACTUAL REAL LIFE ROADS. WOWZER! I am made up- this is a big deal for us and, even bigger when I consider
Just as lockdown began, Rethink Now began work on an exciting bid for eCargo bikes. Working closely with Wirral Environmental Network, Wirral Council, Peel L&P and others we submitted a proposal focusing on reducing the number of short distance deliveries undertaken by motorised vehicles. Deliveries which have been so important over recent weeks to get
Ed Lamb, Director of Rethink Now CIC a Wirral based community interest company, is one of 71 leaders across England selected for a competitive learning programme and grant of up to £10,000. The Community Business Trade Up Programme is run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The programme supports
All it took was the end of life as we know it. For years (decades!) campaigners, planners, experts and even the odd MP have shouted from the sidelines about the power of the bicycle. Name me a problem and the bicycle will fix it. Air pollution? Bikes! Noise pollution? Bikes! Physical health? Bikes! Safer streets?
Sometimes situations arise which force us to look a life through a different lens. Like an unwelcome invitation to assess where we are; as individuals, families, communities, businesses and countries. When Ed set up Rethink Now late in 2018 it was on the back of his frustration around the daily commute and how unsafe it
