Cycling for change

February 2018

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February 2018

Libby Bowles travels to schools on her homemade, bamboo bicycle. Photo: Supplied
Libby Bowles is cycling around New Zealand, inspiring children to ‘tread lighter’ and help reduce the amount of plastic entering the ocean.  For the past month, Libby Bowles has been biking around the North Island, speaking to school students about plastic in our oceans. The inspiration for her tour, which she calls Tread Lighter, came from a surprising source. […]
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