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Pedal Through Volcanic Vistas: My Favorite Climate Ride Adventure in Chile
Pedal Through Volcanic Vistas: My Favorite Climate Ride Adventure in Chile
June 11, 2023
After more than ten incredible Climate Ride events across the globe, each one a unique tapestry of community, challenge, and breathtaking landscapes, there’s one that consistently glows brightest in my memory: the Chile cycling adventure through the Southern Lake and Volcano district. As a humble world traveler and avid cyclist who believes the best way […]
Chinue Fields
Chinue Fields
June 5, 2023
Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “The Green Fondo NorCal was my very first experience being part of a cycling event. From a young age, I’ve always been drawn to bikes, but it was only after moving to the beautiful CA Bay Area that I saw people who looked like me on bikes. It always felt like […]
Shelly Wilson
Shelly Wilson
June 5, 2023
Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “This was the hardest and most exciting thing; I have ever done in my entire life. As a Black Girls Do Bike Community Leader Awardee, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Climate Ride up and down Mount Shenandoah. I would not have been able to do it […]
Alejandra Alvarez
Alejandra Alvarez
June 5, 2023
Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “The Green Fondo SoCal Climate Ride was a life-altering experience for me, someone who picked up bike riding just two years ago. Leading up to this weekend, I was nervous and unsure about what to expect for my first bike tour. Thanks to the support from friends, colleagues, and the […]
The Unspoken Poetry of Vermont’s Back Roads
The Unspoken Poetry of Vermont’s Back Roads
June 4, 2023
Why Vermont Is the Place to Ride Gravel The roads of Vermont are like those poems you return to throughout your life that change and grow as you do. It’s a place where the stories aren’t just in the towns and villages, but in the very dirt beneath your tires. I’m here to tell you, […]
Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel
Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel
April 24, 2023
Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel is an avid advocate for creating safer roads for cycling and bringing the community together to work toward sustainability and environmental justice. As part of The League of American Bicyclists team, Alyssa will be participating in the upcoming Green Fondo Virginia. She took the time to talk with us about all things […]
Rich City Rides In Action
Rich City Rides In Action
April 7, 2023
Mission Create opportunities for the most vulnerable members of society by using cycling to improve health, economic stability, and individual and collective capacity. Increase cycling among all community members. Promote cycling as a social, sustainable, and green mode of transportation. Total Climate Ride Grant: $10,666 From Rich City Rides “RICH CITY Rides is pleased to […]
Victoria & Rocco, ages 13, Share the Stage with White House Climate Advisor
Victoria & Rocco, ages 13, Share the Stage with White House Climate Advisor
March 20, 2023
Congratulations to Victoria and Rocco, this year’s youngest Climate Riders at age 13, who just shared the stage with Ali Zaidi, the White House National Climate Advisor, at Climate One. We’re incredibly proud of their commitment to the climate cause and for raising their voices. This program will air soon on NPR stations throughout the […]
Sarah Weiffenbach 700 mile Bike-Packing Mountains to the Sea Ride
Sarah Weiffenbach 700 mile Bike-Packing Mountains to the Sea Ride
March 8, 2023
Sarah Weiffenbach is setting out on an epic 700+ miles bike-packing independent challenge on the Mountain-to-Sea Trail in North Carolina. Starting this month, Sarah will be section-biking through the three regions of North Carolina. She will experience the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains, the plateau of gentle hills through Piedmont, and then finish in September […]
Rocco’s Bar Mitzvah Project
Rocco’s Bar Mitzvah Project
March 6, 2023
Meet Rocco, a 7th grader in West Marin who is combining his love for mountain biking with service work for his Bar Mitzvah project. Rocco is taking on an Independent Challenge with Climate Ride and planning to ride 36 miles, to support the fight against climate change. He’s already raised nearly $8,000 as of the […]
Father-Son Team Take on a Week Long Independent Ride
Father-Son Team Take on a Week Long Independent Ride
February 13, 2023
Brian Bramson and his 16-year-old son, John Bramson, are teaming up on a self-supported week-long group ride through North Carolina this March. This father-son team is fundraising for The Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC). TLC strives to create a healthier and more vibrant Triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms and […]
Native Sun Community Power Development
Native Sun Community Power Development
December 14, 2022
MISSION: To help Native nations use renewable energy systems, train a Native renewable energy workforce, educate young people about climate change and the environment, and develop civic skills and capacity among Native people to provide leadership for a just transition and the pathway to energy sovereignty. Native Sun is a Native-led Nonprofit organization that promotes […]