Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Interview with Matthew Modine, Founder of Bicycle for a Day

Bicycle for a Day (BFAD), founded by Matthew Modine, is a fun, open and proactive event designed to inspire individuals, communities, governments and corporations to take a step towards solving the current environmental issues surrounding personal transportation. BFAD’s goal is to raise awareness of the need to reduce carbon emissions and to demonstrate many simple [...]

1,000,000 Miles and Counting…

Segway Social has hit a million – miles, that is. The community’s total lifetime miles logged on Segway PTs is at 1,074,202 miles and counting. Using reported information from users’ average weekly miles and average time (in months) since date of purchase, we’ve extrapolated this across the entire user community. Cheers to current and future [...]

Segway Social’s Green Calculator

In our continuing series of posts about Segway Social, today we’ll take a look at the calculator.
It’s been one of the most popular areas on Segway Social and helps you understand the tangible difference between using a car and a Segway PT.
Using the calculator isn’t rocket science. The calculations behind it come closer, but [...]

Today we won’t change a thing

So it has arrived; Earth Day 2008. With all the glitz and glamor in every shade of green hitting you from left, right and upside the head, we’ve decided to take a more prudent approach. So instead of spending (read: wasting) lots of money on advertisements that gloat about our commitment to the [...]

Segway and “The End of the Oil Age”

A recent publication by WWF, one of the most important environmental organizations, mentioned the Segway PT as one of the sustainable alternatives to the use of the car in urban areas. The report is called “Plugged In: The End of the Oil Age” by Dr. Gary Kendall.
“[Electric two wheelers] and the Segway Personal Transporter – [...]