Climate Ride will be blogging from the LIVE site for the next two weeks. Visit www.climateridelive.org to read updates from the road. (more...)

Only 9 days to Climate Ride. The road to a green energy future begins here. There's still time to make a tax-deductible donation and donate to a rider! 1) Biker mania!  Come one, Come All to the Bike Rally at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Sept. 30 Several ambassadors from around the world, green energy, climate and bike advocates, and everyday folks are meeting the Climate Riders for the last 3-mile pedal up Constitution Ave. to the Capitol.  Amazing speakers and members of Congress will meet us at the Capitol for a good ol' fashioned bike rally (more...)

Climate Riders friends and family will kick-off their 5-day, 300 mile journey from New York City to Washington DC at the Central Park Zoo! Riders will drop off their bikes, meet and mingle, visit the Polar Bear, sea lion and penguin exhibits (which will remain open after hours for us) and hear some great speakers. The Central Park Zoo is located on the lower east side of Central Park at 830 5th Avenue. See www.centralparkzoo.com for more information. This event is very casual.  Entrance is limited, so you must contact caeli@climateride.org to attend. Speakers: 7:00 pm – Introduction by (more...)

How far would you pedal for a green energy future?  Join the Climate Ride bike pedal and rally at the U.S. Capitol on September 30th, 2009! Everyone is invited.  We would like to have as many people as possible (bike advocates, non-profits, green jobs advocates, environmentalists, diplomatic staff, family friends, everyday folks who like to rally for a great cause!).  You can meet us to ride at 3:15pm or meet us at the West Lawn of the Capitol for the rally at 3:45pm.  (see map below) Here is the Climate Ride bike rally information: WHAT: Climate Ride, a 300-mile (more...)

As the family expands, the mainstream would push us towards a mini-van, but instead of the second car we have chosen "longtail" bikes. With a Surley "Big Dummy" frame and Xtracycle accessories, we can carry a lot with remarkable versatility -- groceries, people, lumber, even other bikes -- all without the advanced planning we found necessary with trailer use. Our 6-year old is regularly riding 5 miles one way with us, but on long or difficult routes (like the "super steep" hill near grandma's house), she and her bike get a lift. Granted, we haven't added a dog yet, but (more...)

MIKAEL COLVILLE-ANDERSEN Writer/director/photographer/blogger to speak at Brita Climate Ride 2009! Denmark‟s leading bicycle ambassador and advocate, the multitalented Mikael Colville-Andersen, visits New York on September 27-28. The occasion is Brita Climate Ride 2009 from New York to Washington D.C. as well as the opening in Portland of the exhibition Dreams on Wheels on Danish cycling culture for urban sustainability. Colville‟s passionate and tireless commitment to the debate on cycling as an environ-mentally friendly, viable, and sustainable transportation alternative, has won him invitations to speak on several significant occasions during his U.S. tour. Colville has a broad background in various media (more...)

Meet the Warner family of Massachusetts.  Their family has two of the youngest riders, 12 and 14 and the oldest rider at 82 years old.  Their story, told below by Lee Ann, is a tale of courage and a call to action. "Several years ago, My sons and I were diagnosed with Hashimotos disease and were told we'd need to be on medication for the rest of our lives.  After much medical searching, we finally found the root cause of the problem - a very high build up of mercury and lead in all of our systems.  Even though we (more...)

Speaker Series Brita Climate Ride 2009 Special thanks to the Embassy of Denmark – COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference (speakers subject to change, speaking events take place from 7-8:30 pm each night and are open to the public, please email caeli@climateride.org if you are interested in attending) Kick-off event at Central Park Zoo (limited seating) 9/25: Per Stig Moller, Foreign Minister of Denmark Dr. James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, renowned climatologist, Time Magazine top 100 influential people, and winner of the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest honor of the American (more...)

Join the ride of a lifetime. Already 150 people signed up.  Get your spot now. 1) Fundraising prizes to be announced next week! Here are some of the awesome thank-you prizes provided by our donors.  Get your fundraising groove going and you may be the winner of a Specialized bike, a rafting trip in Glacier National Park from Glacier Guides, a cool Rickshaw commuter bag, Specialized helmets, Pedro's bike tools and more! 2) $10,000 Fellowship Winners!  Spearfish Bike Collective in South Dakota and Project Desert Rock in New Mexico The Focus Roots Awards, sponsored by Climate Riders, Nike and (more...)

We hope you will note the next installment of the Bitches on Bikes parties: now they’re taking on Climate Change. They’ve joined the Wind Power Pedalers Climate Ride Team, and will be holding a Benefit Event at New York City Hot Spot The Eldridge on Thursday, August 20, from 9-11pm, featuring a silent auction of art, curated by Gitana Rosa Gallery. Climate Ride is a 300-mile bicycle ride from New York City to Washington, D.C. to raise money to address climate change and promote renewable energy.  For more information on the Brita Climate Ride, please visit www.climateride.org or the Wind (more...)

Jean Sideris Outreach Coordinator for the Climate Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists The timing of our ride couldn't be better--we are at a historical moment for climate policy. We have a president, a House and a Senate who are ready to take action. In fact, the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive climate bill this summer. Now, that bill is far from perfect and is the smallest of steps towards truly meeting the climate challenge. However, it does put a cap on carbon and sets the framework for moving to a clean energy economy. A year ago, even (more...)

You can create the kind of heat we actually need. Already 130 people signed up.  Get your spot now. 1)  If you live in NYC, could you go a year without riding an elevator?  NO IMPACT MAN can and he is coming on Climate Ride. Imagine really putting your money where your mouth is.  Colin Beavan aka No Impact Man wanted to find out if his family, whom he describes as "convenience addicted, take-out slaves of New York City", could truly have no impact on the Earth.  For one year, Colin, his "Prada-loving, Starbucks-toting" wife, 2-year-old daughter, and dog (more...)

Do nothing...or join the movement.  Start fighting for the climate.  Get on your bike and change the world. 1)  US World Champion Free Skier and the Lazy Environmentalist sign up for Climate Ride; Denmark's Ambassador to the US slated to speak Things are heating up in the Climate Ride newsroom.  Alison Gannett, world champion Free Skier, Patagonia Ambassador, founder of the Save our Snow Foundation, and star of Warren Miller ski films will be pedaling from NYC to DC with the Climate Riders.  In her free time, Allison converted the 1st Solar-powered SUV PHEV in the world to get (more...)

Where do we draw the political and ecological lines on climate change? How much carbon will the atmosphere take? Policy Innovations Managing Editor Evan O'Neil talks with Phil Aroneanu, director of creative media for 350.org, an international campaign to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Phil and Evan met last year on the inaugural Climate Ride from New York to Washington.
 
EVAN O'NEIL: Phil, the number 350 is your campaign's rallying cry. Where does it come from?
 
PHIL ARONEANU: 350 is the safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in parts per million. It's a concentration, and it's been going up for . . .(more...)

Get your ticket to Pedal Power on June 11! Join Team “Transatlantic Climate Bridge” to raise funds for the nonprofits Focus the Nation; Clean-Air, Cool-Planet; and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, to support Brita Climate Ride, a 300-mile bike ride from New York City to Washington to raise awareness of climate change: http://www.climateride.org/. Featuring U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Patrick Serfass, Team XTreme4 (2008 Race Across America winner) James Cocks, Co-Producer of Hammer & Cycle Eric Gilliland, Executive Director, Washington Area Bicyclist Association Caeli Quinn (Founder) and Blake Holiday (Ride Director), Climate Ride The award-winning films Hammer and Cycle and Return of the (more...)