Last September, I spent five beautiful autumn days on a meticulously-planned bicycle trip from New York City to Washington, DC. We pedaled through gorgeous, varied landscapes, from lively New York streets, to pastoral New Jersey farmland, to inviting Amish communities and, eventually, to the grandeur of our nation’s capital. Each night, we enjoyed delicious catered meals, enrichment activities like lectures and roundtables, and the company of our fellow cyclists before zipping into our sleeping bags. The best part of this incredible adventure is that it took place in the capacity of my job as Community Program Manager at Clean Air-Cool (more...)

1) Last day to register for only $60! Register before May 1st and get $40 off your registration fee. Get online, get your friends, and sign up! When you register before May 1st, it helps everyone. It helps you plan, get a jumpstart on your training and fundraising, and get the word out to more folks.  After May 1st, the registration fee returns to $100. Register for Climate Ride here! 2)  Clean Air-Cool Planet and Climate Ride Build Youth Leadership in Northeast: Thanks to the donations of our 2008 Climate Riders, Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) is charging ahead, providing (more...)

Thanks to the donations of our 2008 Climate Riders, Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) is charging ahead, providing remarkable educational opportunities for young climate leaders. Thanks to you, Clean Air-Cool Planet was able to provide competitive, real-world Fellowships for eight college and university students in the Northeast. These students worked on a variety of challenging and catalytic projects, including inventorying greenhouse gas emissions in southwestern New Hampshire, creating a New York State climate change toolkit for community governments, and customizing a version of CA-CP’s Climate Change Backpack® educational tool for young people in the Mid-Atlantic states. One inspired Fellow said that (more...)

Join the movement. Stand up against climate change and dirty energy. Get on your bike and ride for the climate! 1)  Focus the Nation Launches Nationwide Town Hall on a Just and Clean Energy Future. Your Climate Ride donations helped Focus hire five community organizers who have worked tirelessly since December to organize an unprecedented 103 Town Halls across the nation, covering more than 150 congressional districts! The Town Halls are being held this weekend to engage Congressional representatives, mayors and other elected officials in accelerating America's transition to a clean energy future. The majority of the Town Halls will (more...)

While on Brita Climate Ride '08, Kat and Josh learned of The College FilterForGood Eco-Challenge which aims to empower eco-conscious students to create projects that improve the environment on their campuses.  This year, five college students were chosen to each receive a $10,000 grant to bring their ideas to life.  Proposals were evaluated on creativity, environmental benefit, educational impact and best use of time and budget.  Check out the brilliant ideas implemented by Kat and Josh! Read these excerpts from www.filterforgood.com: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sun Conditioning Here's another reason to love the sun. MIT's group of students, led by (more...)

Climate Riders, I recently conducted an audio interview with representatives from Carbon Trust about their efforts to help companies clean up CO2 and cut costs. You may be familiar with their work from the recent New York Times article on calculating the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice. Talking with Carbon Trust left me optimistic about getting corporations to adopt product life-cycle analysis, carbon labeling, and major emissions reductions. What is your reaction to their efforts in the United Kingdom and how they relate to the U.S. market? EVAN O'NEIL: Good afternoon. I'm Evan O'Neil, Managing Editor of the Carnegie (more...)

For those wishing to observe Yom Kippur but still participate in Climate Ride, please email us at info@climateride.org for details about an arrangement we are working on with UPenn’s Yom Kippur service. We are aware that Climate Ride coincides with Yom Kippur in 2009. In no way was our date selection intended to offend or disregard Jewish activists or cyclists. Climate Ride dates are constricted by Senate and Congressional schedules, clement fall weather, and availability at our camping areas. We hope that members of the Jewish faith understand our limited choice and will join us this year or next year (more...)