Bags packed, check. Bike shipped, check. The Climate Ride crew is busy checking items off their To Do list. Have you forgotten anything?
The Climate Ride crew has convened on the satellite office in Hartford, CT to work through the final logistics and preparation for this weekend's NYC to DC Climate Ride.
They are working around the clock to ensure every 't' is crossed and 'i' is dotted prior to riders pedaling out of New York City early Saturday morning for a safe, fun and injury free ride to Washington, DC. But it's not just water stop logistics and spare tube sorting. It takes a lot of food to keep 200 hungry Climate Riders happy too. Check out these awesome organic cookies being made by Geraldine's friend Betsy. Tasty!
How's your To Do list coming along?
Posted in Ride Coverage
Can you believe we'll be checking in for Climate Ride NY-DC one week from today? I've been drinking from my 2011 NY-DC water bottle all morning in anticipation. A little Cytomax added to the mix and it will be all good.
With a sold-out NYC-DC ride and a fast-growing global network of Climate Riders, we're delighted to announce that all of our speakers are also riding this year! That means even more interesting connections and thought-provoking conversations will take place on the ride and in the saddle. Here are some of the NYC-DC 2012 speakers (more to be announced soon):
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Alvin Lin - China Climate and Energy Policy Director at Natural Resources Defense Council, Beijing
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Ben Sollee - Cellist, vocalist and bike touring musician
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Daniel Mira Salama -Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank
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Guillaume Gauthereau - Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of TOTSY and Founder of Sequoia Lab
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Elizabeth Shope – Advocate, International Program, Tar Sands/Keystone XL & Global Safe Drinking Water Project at Natural Resources Defense Council
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Mike Tidwell – Executive Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
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Øystein Hjelm - Design Manager at Cambi (working on biogas plant at the Blue Plains WWTP in Washington DC)
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Rosi Kerr - Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth College
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Ray Porfilio - Architecture 2030
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Marian Westley - A presentation from NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) at Princeton University
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Betsy Taylor - Adviser to several climate donors and foundations and advisory board member of 350.org. Co-founder and Board President of 1Sky and Founder and former president of the Center for a New American Dream.
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Cy Maramangalam - Alliance For Climate Education - Lead DC Educator - A peek into ACE's award-winning, high-energy multimedia assembly that teaches high school students about climate science.
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Harriet Tregoning - Director of the Washington DC Office of Planning, where she works to make DC a walkable, bikeable, eminently livable, globally competitive and sustainable city.
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Keith Laughlin - President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation's largest trails organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters.
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Josh Lasky - Sustainability Manager and Adjunct Professor at the University of the District of Columbia
And MORE...
Posted in Announcements
