Or you can walk, run, jog, scooter, skateboard, take transit, unicycle, or skip to school (as opposed to skip school). Encourage your friends and family to do the same, substituting ‘work’ for ’school’ where necessary. The official Bike to Work Week is from May 11 to the 17th, but if you start now you’ll make a bigger difference.

The CAN club at Tyee is starting a poster campaign to try and get as many people in our school as possible to get to school without using cars for a week, and maybe longer. We are coming up with all kinds of neat scoring systems that will add extra motivation. I’ll be back soon with pictures and more details.