Get on yer bike on 11th January!

Message from Stop Climate Chaos Scotland about Edinburgh event:

Photo borrowed from
Spokes (http://www.spokes.org.uk/)

We need your help with our campaign stunt

When:           Wednesday 11^th January 2012, 1pm

Where:          St Andrews House, Regent Road, Edinburgh

We need your help for just one hour to urge Scottish Ministers to increase funding for cycling and walking instead of funding expensive road-building programmes that will increase Scotland’s carbon footprint.

Scotland has shown global leadership by setting the most ambitious emissions reduction targets in the world. But our Climate Change Act can only set a good example if we actually achieve what we’ve committed to do – and that’s under threat, as the Scottish Government has failed to fund its own plans to reduce emissions.

The area that is of most serious concern is funding for sustainable transport.

So we need as many people on bikes as possible to gather outside St Andrews House (which is the main office of the Scottish Government), at 1pm on Wednesday 11^th January.

A strong crowd will send a clear message that people in Scotland want an urgent change in the way public funds are being spent on transport. We’ll also be inviting the media to get national press coverage on the issue too.

Whether you’re young or old, use your bike for commuting, shopping, fitness or pleasure, we’d love to see you there. A broad cross-section of people will send a stronger message.

For more information and to let us know you’re planning to come, please email Gail Wilson, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Co-ordinator - gail@stopclimatechaosscotland.org.

Find the event on Facebook at: http://on.fb.me/tVPIKq