1. Green Thing kicks off 2011 with a great piece of walking inspiration in the shape of a new video that aims to inspire young and old alike to walk the walk. Check out Born to Walk, the number one spot in our list followed by 10 other inspiring pieces of brilliant walking content.
2. Touching the Stairs – Watch three people risk life and limb walking the vertical walk in our hair-raising documentary Touching the Stairs. Will they make it?
3. Walk 105, the Musical Walkcast – 17 original tracks from 17 fabulous artists, all at 105 beats per minute, the ideal walking pace.
4. Le Promenade Libre (Walking Free) – Think you know Parkour? Think again. Don’t try and freewalk this walk without a hoodie and baggie tracksuit bottoms.
5. China EPF video – Giant green inkpads and thousands of feet make a beautifully stunning illustration.
6. Walking Fingers – A walk filled with adventure, fun and romance dramatised by the perfect pair of fingers.
7. Walking Words – Some fantastic written and recorded words and rhymes for your wandering brain and feet.
8. Why we can’t walk straight – A lesson in blindfolded walking – did you know that without sight, you walk in circles? True story.
9. Lifts are not F.A.B. – See the awful fate and even worse puppetry awaiting those who don’t choose to travel vertically by planet-friendly leg power vs. lazy lift power
10. Gusty and Ford – You never know what brilliant, exciting and even scandalous opportunities await when you chose to walk the walk.
11. Heroes take the Stairs Podcast – The history of the stairs and beyond. A glorious set of stories designed to inspire people to take that initial step.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
