Cycle hire scheme in London “Boris Bikes”.

Cycling is a great way to exercise and a form of travel environmentalists will always favour. To them, the more who choose to cycle rather than travel using vehicles that emit harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the better.

Last week Green party member Jenny Jones, presented a motion to the London assembly asking them to allocate an extra £41 million to the cycling budget.
This extra £41 million would be used to give cyclists more facilities, increasing Transport for London’s (TfL) spending 2 percent for …

Catrine Gangstø leading a Peacepainting workshop.

Peacepainting is an organisation that exists to remind the adult world what it means to think like a child. Using the same format, same frames and same canvas’s children across the world are taking part in painting workshops to express themselves.

“Children think what they say from their heart may be able help someone. Children and youth want to give to others,” said Peacepainting’s founder Catrine Gangstø.
Paintings from the project have been exhibited all across the world in schools, airport, underground, shops and places where political …

Investments in Islamic finance are increasing at a rapid rate globally. According to Ernst and Young global Islamic banking assets held by commercial banks are set to reach almost two trillion this year, up from the US$1.3 trillion of assets held in 2011. The sector has seen a 150% increase in the past five years.
There are over 300 Shariah compliant financial institutions worldwide. UK Islamic Finance Secretariat (UKIFS) said Islamic markets have developed in Malaysia, Iran and the Gulf and have potential in developing in Australia, Nigeria and Russia.
A Shariah …