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 5^th 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 Caeli Quinn - Climate Ride Co-Founder

7:05 pm - Rob Rose, Wildlife Conservation Society

7:10 pm - Carsten Staur, Denmark’s Ambassador to the United Nations

7:25 pm - 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 Meteorological Society

Event ends at 8pm.

The Wildlife Conservation Society is a proud supporter of the Brita Climate Ride. We are happy to host registration night for the Climate Ride at our Central Park Zoo in Manhattan which is one of five WCS living institutions connecting people to nature in New York City. In our five wildlife parks, WCS educates the public about climate changes and how it affects wildlife and wild places; and most importantly, what we all can do to help.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is on the front lines of understanding the effects of climate change on wildlife and wild places around the world.  Here in the U.S., WCS scientists are undergoing a long-term study of the effects of climate change in the Arctic, where birds from five continents come to nest.  WCS scientists helped inform a federal study on polar bears that documented rapidly shrinking habitat for these apex predators.  In the Adirondacks, WCS is looking specifically at climate change’s impacts on a rare bird known as the Bicknell’s thrush, which nests only in mountaintop forests.  Across the American West, WCS is working to establish “wildlife corridors” to allow wildlife to migrate between protected areas that may be affected by climate change.

WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo.  Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony.  WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

Please visit www.wcs.org to learn more and join us in our efforts to save wildlife and wild places.