United Nations Car Free Days is a process and event driven approach to promote sustainability in the developing world, relating to transport in cities. UNCFD follows on from the work of the World Car Free Days collaborative over its first seven years of existence, in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
The team has organized and supported three low carbon footprint events: in Bogotá, Surabaya, and Fremantle.
Famous quotes containing the words united nations, united, nations, car, free and/or days:
“Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1954)
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”
—Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
“I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.”
—Jim Bakker (b. 1940)
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—Gilbert Adair, British author, critic. “Cleaning and Cleansing,” Myths and Memories (1986)
“There are moments when the body is as numinous
as words, days that are the good flesh continuing
Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings,
saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.”
—Robert Hass (b. 1941)