Children from a city school were treated to a ride through the borough on one of its new fleet of biogas buses, which then dropped them off for an action-packed morning at Gedling Country Park.
Around 60 children from William Booth Primary and Nursery School, in Sneinton, took a trip on Greta the Gas Bus on Thursday, as part of the launch of the latest in a series of books promoting sustainable transport.
Greta drove the children up to Gedling Country Park, where the youngsters learnt about solar energy and went on a butterfly walk, before being given copies of the book, which aims to inspire young children to use environmentally-friendly public transport and help them travel safe.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke said; “I was delighted to meet the children off the biogas bus and to welcome them to Gedling Country Park.
“The park is the perfect place to talk to the young people about clean air and renewable energy and we are fully supportive of the work Nottingham City Transport are doing to create cleaner ways to travel.”
Anthony Carver-Smith, marketing manager at Nottingham City Transport, said: “We’re delighted to support the launch of this initiative and we’re looking forward to welcoming these pupils to a tour at our gas fuelling station in the near future.”
Greta the Gas Bus is the fifth in a series of books that began with Ellie the Electric Bus, and also includes Marvin the Medilink. Last year, the series was shortlisted last year in the Marketing Initiative of the Year category at the UK Bus Awards.
Copies are distributed to local schools, and libraries throughout Greater Nottingham. They can also be viewed online here.
The event comes ahead of Clean Air Day on June 21, during which all citizens are encouraged to do something to tackle air pollution – however small. This could include walking or cycling to school, or taking the bus or tram.
