MOTHERLOAD - CARGOBIKES IN EDINBURGH: - SPOKES MEETING
Where: Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL
Date: Tuesday 2 September
Time Starts: 7.15, Ends 9.30. Doors open 6.30 for coffee, stalls and chat, including a special stall to join Spokes or renew your membership.
Cargobikes are seen more and more in Edinburgh, and the potential is massive, as in many European cities and elsewhere around the world. Our public meeting on 2 September will feature the 90-minute documentary film MOTHERLOAD – a mother’s experience of how cargo bikes can be an antidote to the increasing isolation, disconnection, and planetary impact of life in C21. The meeting will then hear from local organisations in the forefront of cargobike development in Edinburgh.
“Filmmaker Liz Canning cycled everywhere until she had twins in 2008. Motherhood was challenging, but to Liz hauling babies via car felt stifling. She Googled “family bike” and uncovered a global movement of people replacing cars with cargo bikes: long-frame bicycles designed for carrying heavy loads. Liz set out to learn more, and MOTHERLOAD was born.”
The film has now appeared in over 600 venues around the globe, making the case for cargobikes – and not just for families, but for a wide range of transport purposes worldwide.
Speakers
After the film there will be short presentations (5 mins or less each) from several local organisations using cargobikes, including…
The Bike Station – continuing the work of former CargoBikeMovement
Banzai [Bruntsfield Area Net Zero Action Initiative] – runs a cargobike library
Porty Community Energy – runs a cargobike library
Cycling Gardeners of Edinburgh – a small business using cargobikes as their main form of transport [photo below]
Then a QA with the speakers panel – due to the 90-minute film, the QA is likely only to be 30 minutes rather than our usual hour.
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