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...)

(This article is cross posted on Rails-to-Trails' site.) When Jenny Nordstrom signed up on Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) Team RTC for the 2008 Brita Climate Ride, she didn't know exactly what to expect. "I'm an RTC member, and I received [their eNews] featuring the ride," she says. "I didn't know anyone else who was going, but I was so excited that I ended up registering 10 minutes later." Nordstrom signed up in late July, which didn't leave her much time for training. She had jumped at the chance to raise awareness of climate change and perhaps meet some interesting people along the way. But at 40 years old, with a toddler at home, she knew her work was cut out for her on a 300-mile ride.(more...)