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Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province and after Antwerp the largest municipality of Belgium. It is a port and university city. W Initiatives by topicCycling activismGhent has the largest designated cyclist area in Europe, with nearly nearly 400 kilometres (250 mi) of cycle paths and more than 700 one-way streets, where bikes are allowed to go against the traffic. It also boasts Belgium’s first cycle street, where cars are considered ‘guests’ and must stay behind cyclists. W FoodThe city promotes a meat-free day on Thursdays called Donderdag Veggiedag with vegetarian food being promoted in public canteens for civil servants and elected councillors, in all city funded schools, and promotion of vegetarian eating options in town (through the distribution of "veggie street maps"). This campaign is linked to the recognition of the detrimental environmental effects of meat production, which the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization has established to represent nearly one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Ghent has the world's largest number of vegetarian restaurants per capita. W Sustainable transport activismWikipedia: Trams in Ghent Urban sustainability |
News and comment2017 Ghent's Quick Rise as a Sustainable, Commons-Based Sharing City, Aug 9 [1] 2016 Car-free Belgium: why can't Brussels match Ghent's pedestrianised vision? Nov 28 [2] 2009 Belgian city of Ghent is about to become the first in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week, [3] May 12 See alsoInterwiki linksWikipedia: Ghent External linksReferences |
