Category: Beneficiaries

We’re excited to be sharing this blog post from Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE)’s Ash Lauth. Ash is ACE’s Director of Distributed Organizing and works to build ACE’s distributed organizing network, scaling up its infrastructure and capacity, developing activists into regional leaders and trained storytellers, and placing justice, equity and grassroots power as foundational […]

On July 20th, Climate Rider Beth Power chatted with Soil Cycle Board Secretary Rachel Dierken via a phone interview about her decision to fundraise for Soil Cycle on our upcoming Climate Ride in Maine this September 23-26, 2021. Soil Cycle is a Climate Ride beneficiary based out of Missoula, Montana that uses bikes to offer […]

Elise O’Malley is returning to Climate Ride for our Rogue River hike after first participating in our 2015 Bar Harbor to Boston ride. Six years on from her first event, Elise is now working at Plant Chicago and committing her career to help our planet at the community level. CLIMATE RIDE (CR): Why are you […]

Front and Centered Mission: Communities of color, people with lower incomes, and indigenous people are on the frontlines of climate and environmental change. We are hit first by extraction, pollution, and climate change, which makes existing health and economic disparities worse. Yet frontline communities are often left out of or are the last to be […]

Louisiana Bucket Brigade   Mission: Louisiana Bucket Brigade is on a mission to end the petrochemical industry’s destruction of Louisiana. In Louisiana, pollution makes us sick. Greenhouse gas emissions are intensifying and accelerating climate change, storms, and coastal land loss. The oil and gas infrastructure damages our precious wetlands. And constant petrochemical industry expansion continues […]

Uplift   Mission: Uplift connects, trains, and mobilizes young people for climate justice. Across the Colorado Plateau and the greater Southwest, we see the beginnings of climate catastrophes such as megadrought and deadly wildfires. The air in our cities has become unbreathable, our forests are burning, and our river beds are drying. We do not […]

The Leatherback Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the leatherback sea turtle and other threatened and endangered marine species through research, education, and advocacy initiatives primarily aimed at mitigating fisheries bycatch and designating and implementing marine protected areas. We work towards restored balance, decreased anthropogenic pressures on overexploited resources and a sustainable […]

One Earth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future. They turn knowledge into action by identifying and elevating effective climate solutions to shape policy, guide investments, support grassroots organizations, and galvanize a global movement of champions dedicated to regenerating […]

Leticia Romero is a local Missoula activist, runner, and mom. She has been a committed community member, working on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, volunteering with LINC (an indigenous support network in Missoula), and supporting a wide range of community causes. Leticia has also been a long time climate activist, most recently with […]

Now more than ever is the time to take a bold path. “Environmental injustice, including the proliferation of climate change, has a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low-income communities in the United States and around the world. Race – even more than class – is the number one indicator for the placement of […]

Mission Bike East Bay promotes healthy, sustainable communities by making bicycling safe, fun and accessible. They improve cycling through advocacy, education, and fun events. Because of Bike East Bay, the East Bay is a leader for innovative and accessible bikeways and streets that meet the needs of all users. They ensure cycling stays a mainstream, […]

MOBILIZING FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS World Bicycle Relief (WBR) urgently needs to mobilize 2,500 rural frontline health workers. Every $147 they raise will provide a life-changing bicycle. World Bicycle Relief combines impactful nonprofit programs with social enterprise sales to meet the staggering need for reliable, accessible transportation in developing countries. WBR has been working diligently, […]