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A day without cars

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Mary Ignatiou
Mary Ignatiou

1) In Greece, the European Day Without Cars is celebrated each year on September 22nd, where major city centers are closed to cars and citizens are encouraged to use public transportation, bicycles, or other non-petrol methods of transportation. 2) Students in Greece gathered information showing cars have increased 190% since 1990, and cars are the source of 80% of air pollution in Athens. 3) The students created models of a car-less city, wrote essays encouraging less car use, and drew pictures imagining cleaner cities without car emissions to showcase their support of reducing car dependency.

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¡°HOW SCHOOLCHILDREN CAN CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING OUR PLANET GREEN AND CLEAN¡±
A Day without Cars How this day is celebrated in Greece
The European Day without cars started in France in 1998 and was established on a European level in 2000. More than 1500 cities in Europe celebrate this day. Every year, on the 22nd of September local authorities close the city centres to cars and encourage citizens to use public transportation, bicycles or any other means of transport that do not need petrol .
What happens on the 22nd of September ? In Greece, major cities take part in the celebration. The city centres are closed and people use their bicycles. Public transport is free on this day to raise public awareness. Also various events take place promoting ecological means of transport. ? Unfortunately, no events were organised this year in Samos so students were involved only in school activities.
? Students were told about the ¡®Day without cars¡¯ and were asked to find information about it.
This is the information the students gathered: ? The number of cars in Greece has increased 190% since 1990 ? 35,000 cars are illegally parked daily in Athens ? 140,000,000 € was the cost of advertising for new cars in 2004 ? 56% of vehicles in Athens have only one passenger ? 80% of the atmospheric pollution in Athens is from cars (Athens has a serious smog problem) ? Every year 150,000 new cars are bought in Athens with the total number of cars reaching 3,000,000 ? There is one car for every two Greeks ? Greece comes out top in the E.U. as far as weekly use of cars is concerned before Italy, France and Spain The following graph clearly shows the statistics
As can be seen here Greece is above other European countries as far as using a car is concerned. It seems we use our cars almost twice as much .
? Students realise the need to use cars less and to prefer other means of transport which are friendlier to the environment. They created a model city without cars where people use bicycles.
Students also wrote a short essay encouraging other students to avoid using cars for short distances
? Students created posters showing a city polluted by car fumes.
They drew pictures of how they imagine a city without cars would be like
Students discussed the advantages of using bicycles. They also realised that living in a mountainous village using a bicycle is not always possible. They suggested improving public transport and car pooling.
Participating students E class

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A day without cars

  • 2. ¡°HOW SCHOOLCHILDREN CAN CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING OUR PLANET GREEN AND CLEAN¡±
  • 3. A Day without Cars How this day is celebrated in Greece
  • 4. The European Day without cars started in France in 1998 and was established on a European level in 2000. More than 1500 cities in Europe celebrate this day. Every year, on the 22nd of September local authorities close the city centres to cars and encourage citizens to use public transportation, bicycles or any other means of transport that do not need petrol .
  • 5. What happens on the 22nd of September ? In Greece, major cities take part in the celebration. The city centres are closed and people use their bicycles. Public transport is free on this day to raise public awareness. Also various events take place promoting ecological means of transport. ? Unfortunately, no events were organised this year in Samos so students were involved only in school activities.
  • 6. ? Students were told about the ¡®Day without cars¡¯ and were asked to find information about it.
  • 7. This is the information the students gathered: ? The number of cars in Greece has increased 190% since 1990 ? 35,000 cars are illegally parked daily in Athens ? 140,000,000 € was the cost of advertising for new cars in 2004 ? 56% of vehicles in Athens have only one passenger ? 80% of the atmospheric pollution in Athens is from cars (Athens has a serious smog problem) ? Every year 150,000 new cars are bought in Athens with the total number of cars reaching 3,000,000 ? There is one car for every two Greeks ? Greece comes out top in the E.U. as far as weekly use of cars is concerned before Italy, France and Spain The following graph clearly shows the statistics
  • 8. As can be seen here Greece is above other European countries as far as using a car is concerned. It seems we use our cars almost twice as much .
  • 9. ? Students realise the need to use cars less and to prefer other means of transport which are friendlier to the environment. They created a model city without cars where people use bicycles.
  • 10. Students also wrote a short essay encouraging other students to avoid using cars for short distances
  • 11. ? Students created posters showing a city polluted by car fumes.
  • 12. They drew pictures of how they imagine a city without cars would be like
  • 13. Students discussed the advantages of using bicycles. They also realised that living in a mountainous village using a bicycle is not always possible. They suggested improving public transport and car pooling.