The family then stopped using all carbon-producing transport, so they now walk or cycle.
Having looked closely at the evidence, I have concluded that what really reduces carbon emissions is making sure you walk or cycle to the shops.
And because there is so much traffic converging on the school gates, other parents feel that they can't let their children walk or cycle because it's too dangerous.
He added that the benefits of using sustainable transport are wide-ranging, from "enjoying healthy exercise as you walk or cycle to work to reducing congestion in our towns and cities".
Ms Cooper said government schemes encouraging children to walk or cycle to school would help to keep children active and cut the risks of heart disease and obesity in later life.
The planning white paper puts carbon reductions at the heart of the planning process and obliges local councils to plan new buildings to optimise people's ability to walk or cycle to work.
Also, it is highly desirable to be south of the highway - the highway being Route 27, aka the Montauk Highway, because it means fewer insects and an easy walk or cycle to the beach.
But they have also argued that there will have to be major improvements to public transport and increased investment in measures to encourage drivers to leave the car at home and walk or cycle instead.
He hoped people would walk, run or cycle 5km (three miles) each day he was away on the adventure.
Advice from the department also suggests to governors to include light colours or reflective materials in the uniform and encourage youngsters to cycle or walk to school.
The aim of the scheme is to encourage more people to used public transport, cycle or walk.
Pupils should cycle or walk to school where the fuel shortage has stopped their usual transport, the government is advising.
Take a cycle or a walk down the Thames Path, a hassle free highway that takes you from the hustle and bustle of the West End out to desolate wharves and wildlife havens, finishing at Greenwich, home to one of the Olympic sites.
Others, such as the European health minister, see it as a societal challenge that should be met with schemes that encourage people to cycle to work or walk to school, or by subsidising sports centres such as Davos's Tourism und Sportzentrum.
"They should also encourage employers to do the same thing by putting in showers and helping people who not only want to cycle in, but run in or walk in, and I think it is important that they do that as well, " he said.
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