Go-cart making and playing in the streets
When I was a kid I made a go-cart using bits of wood and dad’s tools.
I played with it in the courtyard, on the roads near and far the house, having races with friends or going looking for slopes to shoot down.
When children play with a go-cart they show adults they have an equal right to be on the street.
In the past, children’s go-carts were very popular not only in my original town, but were common all around the world, even though they were called different names, built with unique and unusual techniques, and played in many different ways.
Today in our society playing with a handmade motorless go-cart has practically disappeared, and children have disappeared from the streets too because their independence from adults has decreased, and the urban environment is thought not to be safe for them; but.....
Go-cart making workshops
With support of Trisha and Pedro, we were running family Green go-cart making workshops, using recycled and recyclable materials, simple technologies and safe equipment. 
Playing activity in the streets and parks
We also were offering the setting up and leading of a place to play with 10 ready made handmade go-carts, in a safe environment. This set of go-carts is now in the hands of the Tower Hamlets Play Association (PATH). If you are going to plan a Street Party we suggest to book for a go-cart play session or a making workshop for families, calling PATH. So, you will have your own set of eco-friendly go-cart to play with any time you would like to.
Green Go-carts are “true toys”, playing with them is a challenging adventure. Users can easily be creative, inventing many different ways to play with them.
Wearing helmets and gloves, players will play more safely.
If you would like to see how the go-cart playing activity works have a look at the video realized by Headliners (t'is a charity organisation which inspires and encourages the personal development of young people through journalism) during the Cazenove Street Party.
...in the past the streets were a place for growth, while nowadays they are only considered as dangerous areas.
Parents keep their kids indoors, fearful of the threats from traffic and strangers.
Children have completely lost the right and freedom of the road and the squares, as well as the pleasure of exploring, knowing and taking possession of their environment, making and playing with the 
stuff they like.
The re-introduction of the go-cart is not just nostalgia for the past, but a stimulus to build a new future where children can express themselves.
So, this is why when I designed the Green Go-cart I had in mind the concept of the child friendly town. This activity received great welcoming from the London Play Association
So, would you like to make your own traditional green go-cart?
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAKING AND PLAYING WITH THE
HANDMADE GO-CARTS VISIT: handmadegocartclub area of this website