Category: Climate Riders and Hikers

From loving our planet, concerns about the climate, the love of riding, to bicycle advocacy and preserving resources for future generations, Climate Riders sound off on why they participate in Climate Ride.

From loving our planet, concerns about the climate, the love of riding, to bicycle advocacy and preserving resources for future generations, Climate Riders sound off on why they participate in Climate Ride.

Pedaling for the Planet on One Wheel or Two The East Bay Bicycle Coalition may have “bicycle” in our name, but we represent all pedal-powered people in the East Bay. One of our awesome members, Jim Sowers of Oakland, gets around on one wheel and will be the first person in the Climate Ride’s 5 […]

Keya Chatterjee – Senior Director, Renewable Energy and Footprint Outreach at WWF Mother and Author of “The Zero Footprint Baby” Keya Chatterjee has a unique spin on the ‘big picture.’ In her case, she’s talking about satellite images of planet Earth. Before joining WWF, she worked for NASA and used the images to communicate research […]

Scroll through the riders’ Instragram feed for a visual smorgasboard of the 2013 California ride! You can view the official Climate Ride daily re-cap here. If you missed the May 30th print edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, you can view the article about the Climate Riders’ accomplishments here. Learn about Climate Ride through the […]

To all past, present and future riders: Why do you Climate Ride?

Once in a while we like to highlight riders that you’re going to meet this May. Most people who ride in Climate Ride say they’re riding because a friend said they absolutely have to do it. Climate Riders are some of the most interesting people you’ll meet. Together, they create an inspiring community both during […]

Meet Climate Ride California’s top fundraiser and San Franciscan, Jenny Shu. As of 9/7/12 she surpassed $10,500 in funds raised – making her the top fundraiser in Climate Ride history. Jenny selected these Climate Ride beneficiaries to be the recipients of a grant: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Carbon War Room, and […]

Some families play soccer together, some play baseball, for the Jolly family, well, they’re all about bikes! As members of this cycling family Amy Jolly and her 13-year-old daughter Jazzy are looking forward to pedaling Climate Ride California this September and this impressive mother-daughter pair will be bringing more than their committment to the bike […]

From fracking to bicycle advocacy, people have many reasons to participate in Climate Ride. Some NYC-DC 2012 riders shared theirs with us during the ride.

Great things are right in front of us and it only takes the courage to move toward them to discover a whole new world. Climate Ride was like this for Ashley Hunt-Martorano the first time and this year she's coming back for more!

A high school environmental science teacher chooses Climate Ride to demonstrate activism for her students, taking the ride into her classroom… After years of living sustainably and teaching environmental science to high school students, first-time Climate Rider Rose Chaffee-Cohen decided it was time to do more. After reading and learning more about Climate Ride through […]