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Rozina Kanchwala
Rozina Kanchwala
April 22, 2025
Community Leader Green Fondo 2025 “The lesson here is that we can do hard things, and with the support of kindred spirits, the journey will always be better. The physical challenge reminds us of the endurance needed for long-term climate action, while the communal aspect provides opportunities for collaboration and knowledge-sharing. This is the third […]
Bike Camp: Bike Packing the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
Bike Camp: Bike Packing the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
March 25, 2025
Ride dates: August 8-12, 2025 Ready to take your adventure to the next level? Introducing Bike Camp: a car-free bikepacking adventure. What if your next cycling trip didn’t just take you to beautiful places but also equipped you with the skills to explore remote backroads, camp under the stars, and be completely self-sufficient? Bike Camp […]
Fundraising tip: $5 within 5 days
Fundraising tip: $5 within 5 days
March 20, 2025
By Frederick Ballo Fundraising can be an intimidating task. But, if you keep the goal affordable and simple, completing this task is rather easy. This honest and sustainable fundraising approach has been key for me during economic downturns, or geopolitical chaos. Here is what a simple message taking this tact looks like. I hope this […]
Grammy Ride – What motivated me to take on a cross country bike tour for retirement
Grammy Ride – What motivated me to take on a cross country bike tour for retirement
March 14, 2025
By Donna MinterA previous version of this post was published by Climate Generation. If you’d like to support Donna’s fundraising efforts, donations are welcome. Several years ago, at our annual family reunion, while tucking my seven-year-old granddaughter Hawith into bed, I lay down next to her for a goodnight grammy chat. She leaned close to […]
Why Bears Ears Ride
Why Bears Ears Ride
February 12, 2025
More than ever, we must support the protection of our public lands, which are sacred and deeply significant to Indigenous communities. Bears Ears is more than a national treasure—it is a living cultural landscape and ancestral home to many Native Nations. Comparable in grandeur to its sister parks to the north, Canyonlands and Arches, Bears […]
Why we ride
Why we ride
February 12, 2025
Your Climate Ride participation is a powerful force for change. Through events like ours, we help drive momentum for a healthier planet. The environmental movement has always relied on people like you pushing for accountability :loudspeaker:—holding governments and corporations to higher standards. We would not have made progress on clean air, clean water, and conservation […]
Winter Bike Maintenance Tips
Winter Bike Maintenance Tips
January 17, 2025
Your cycling goals should include maintenance It is a new year which means many of you have new riding goals. Maybe you want to ride more miles than you did last year, maybe you signed up for a Climate Ride and want to stay out of the sag wagon. Maybe your pickleball doubles partner is […]
Eric Sweetman’s Epic Ultras
Eric Sweetman’s Epic Ultras
December 4, 2024
Meet Eric, an electrical engineer by day and an ultramarathon runner with a philosopher’s heart in his free time. This isn’t your typical weekend warrior jogging around the park, though. Eric’s idea of a “casual run” involves traversing hundreds of kilometers through the remote wilds of Cambodia, pushing his physical and mental limits while embracing […]
Enter: Climate Ride Bears Ears
Enter: Climate Ride Bears Ears
December 1, 2024
By An Over-Eager Activist Okay, picture this: You’re on your bike, surrounded by the absolutely mind-blowing landscapes of southeastern Utah. We’re talking Bears Ears National Monument – vast canyons, ancient history etched into the rocks, skies so big they make you feel tiny in the best way possible. This isn’t your average spin class view, […]
Brightline Defense 
Brightline Defense 
November 27, 2024
Mission: The Brightline team blends public policy advocacy and on-the-ground partnerships to promote sustainability and opportunity in frontline communities. Our work at the nexus of environmental justice, workforce development, and clean energy has kept power plants – and their pollutants – out of low-income communities, created hundreds of local jobs to benefit underserved communities, and […]
Amazon Frontlines
Amazon Frontlines
November 25, 2024
ABOVE: Amazon Frontlines co-founders Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson (who both loved speaking at the Wine Country Ride this summer) alongside Indigenous leaders from our partner organization Alianza Ceibo (Ceibo Alliance), including Jairo Irumenga (Waorani), Hernan Payaguaje (Siekopai), Alexandra Narvaez (A’i Kofan), Alex Lucitante (A’i Kofan), Alicia Salazar (Siona). Mission: Amazon Frontlines builds political and […]
Black Girl Environmentalist
Black Girl Environmentalist
November 25, 2024
Mission: Black Girl Environmentalist is a national organization dedicated to addressing the pathway and retention issue in the climate movement for Black girls, women and gender-expansive people. “Black Girl Environmentalist is honored to receive Climate Ride’s Environmental Justice Action Grant. As a growing women of color-led environmental group, this funding will support the work of […]