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Exhibition and conference at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh
The Danish Cultural Institute, Great Britain, in collaboration with the Scottish Government, The City of Edinburgh Council, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark and various cycling organisations, is presenting the cycling exhibition, Dreams on Wheels in response to Denmark hosting COP 15 –The UN Climate Change Summit – in 2009.
The exhibition, which is being curated by Thomas Ugo Ermacora, from Etikstudio, will be on show in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from 24 January to 21 March 2009. As well as the exhibition there will be many exciting events for children and adults, which will take place in and around Edinburgh.
The Danish Cultural Institute, in partnership with the Scottish government, is also hosting a conference, Dreams on Wheels –Cycling for a Change, which will include presentations by a number of leading Danish experts who will highlight exciting strategies for improving cycling conditions in Scotland.
The intention of the exhibition, the public events and the conference is to promote cycling as an alternative form of transport and to show how the benefits derived from it relate to important topics such as climate change, energy conservation, the environment and health.
The Danish Cultural Institute, Great Britain would like to thank all those mentioned above and others who have played and important part in this project.
Dorthe Foged, Director The Danish Cultural Institute. Great Britain
Visit Dreams on Wheels at The Danish Cultural Institute, Great Britain
Curation & Design by Etikstudio - 50 Elgin Crescent, W11 2JJ London UK, tel. +44 (0)20 7460 3509, [email protected]
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