Green Cab in the running for Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Green Cab is in the running to scoop the Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Cape Town Routes Unlimited is excited and fully supports environmentally friendly tourism transport service, The Green Cab, in its bid to scoop the Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award (ETEYA).
The Green Cab was announced as the Western Cape’s provincial finalist during World Tourism Day celebrations in Limpopo on Monday, 27 September 2010. The cab service, which co-founder, Lynne Maggott, operates with three other women, is run on bio-diesel or liquefied petroleum which has 85% less ozone depleting potential and emits 10% less carbon dioxide than petrol. This doesn’t make a trip with them carbon-free but they are so serious about helping to slow global warming that they have ensured that their taxis are carbon neutral. This is done by paying compensation towards planting trees to offset their portion of environmental damage done by daily driving.
GreenCab Rail & Ride Feature: Cape Town Green Map
There are few cities in the world that can boast a scenic train ride along a magnificent stretch of coastline offering whale spotting from the carriage windows and easy access to major tourist attractions within a two kilometre radius of train stations – but this is the promise of a journey on the Southern Line. Now a new partnership adds a carbon-friendly extension to the Southern Line experience with Rail and Ride.Undertaken as a partnership project between Cape Town Tourism, Metrorail Western Cape and The Green Cab www.thegreencab.co.za (an eco-friendly travel provider), The Rail and Ride initiative was launched at Tourism Indaba this past weekend to great enthusiasm and will begin running in the first week of June 2010.
The Rail and Ride experience combines eco-friendly rail travel with reduced emission Green Cab vehicles and a tour-guided insight on the Southern Line route. Green Cabs are training tour guides in partnership with Metrorail and the Tourism Enterprise Partnership, who will be positioned in a select carriage on the Rail and Ride days. The tour guides will then inform the visitors’ journey as they travel to Fish Hoek where they disembark for a Green Cab ride to Cape Point, and then return back to Cape Town.
The cost per person is R600 – which includes the train ride, cab ride, entry into the Boulders Penguin Colony, Cape Point entrance fee, tour guide and security. Read full story.
GreenCab on 567 Cape Talk Green Tip of the Day
Redi Direko speaks to Amiene van der Merwe of Green Cab on Cape Talk’s Green Tip of the Day.
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Benefits of Biofuel: GreenCab in Simply Green Magazine
Most South Africa’s have heard about biodiesel. But how many of us have actually had sight of this fuel, let alone tested it out in our vehicle? Curious to know more about this green fuel, Sean Doel spoke with Amiene van der Merwe about South Africa’s first green transport company – The Green Cab.
