Category: Climate Riders and Hikers

Julie Sigoloff’s love of nature started early at summer camp. Unlike most campers though, she had the fortune of growing up in a family who owns Camp Thunderbird in Bemidji, Minnesota beside Lake Plantagenet. Her time there laid the seed for a life-long connection to the environment and her commitment to take action on climate […]

Meet Nicole Ver Kuilen, a 2019 Climate Ride Community Leader. Thanks to the Climate Ride Annual Fund supporters we have the opportunity to award a spot on Climate Ride to extraordinary young people who are blazing a path of transformational leadership in their communities. “I am beyond honored to be chosen for one of the […]

Robert Vogel’s story is about riding for health – both his own personal health and the health of the planet. Personally, Robert finds that cycling seems to be helping him beat cancer – he’s now surpassed the mortality statistics for more than 15 months. For the planet, he likes to believe that the way we tend […]

Andrew Loewinger has three sons and is thinking of the world he wants them to live in whenever he decides to do another Climate Ride. He’s about to take on that challenge for the fifth time, on Climate Ride Cuba, because he truly believes that environmental challenges are among the greatest threats to our planet […]

The Carbon Crushers are back. They’re joining Climate Ride California to memorialize two friends, Rachel Davidman and Deb Hubsmith. Both were dancers and heroes of the Safe Routes to School movement. Rachel was TransForm’s Safe Routes to School Education Director and the 2013 Carbon Crushers’ Climate Ride Team Captain. Deb Hubsmith co-founded the National Safe Routes […]

Biking across the country is a challenge few of us will ever take on. But Tim Oey is about to do just that for the second time! Tim retired early from his work at high tech companies like Apple and Adobe to do public service work full time, often as a volunteer. If you asked […]

  It’s time to celebrate! Teresa Raef will be cancer free for five years come May and in April she will graduate with her master’s degree in Applied School Leadership. As a reward, and a celebration, she has decided to take on a new challenge. A challenge that will make herself, and most importantly, this planet, […]

“I am sure that I will remember my Climate Hike experience for the rest of my life, and share it with anyone who is willing to listen. Glacier is magical and you should see it!” -Erin Mezger Erin Mezgar is an environmental conservationist who decided to do more for the planet in 2018 by taking […]

Tish and Greg Laemmle are a powerhouse couple who have been pedaling for the planet for years. Tish will be turning 60 this year, and says that riding the hills around LA “are not exactly easy for me.” Her solution? “TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING!!!” and a good goal to help motivate her. She chose a big […]

Melissa and Natalie Valentin are a mother-daughter duo devoted to sports and biking for the planet. But, with wildfires raging across the West and a president actively reversing our country’s progress on climate change, they have been finding it very hard to be hopeful about the future of the planet lately. Rather than give in […]

Jacquie has always felt called to make a difference in our collective future. With the arrival of her granddaughter, her drive to be the change she wants to see has only grown. Her granddaughter is one year old and Jacquie wants to ensure she can live a better life with fewer pollutants and without the […]

Heidi Soliday Benson was the first female sports director in local television in the country. She’s always been very physically active and encouraged others to take part in healthy lifestyles and active transportation, which shows in her decision to join Climate Ride Northern Michigan. Heidi has lived in Iowa her entire life and can see […]