Tag: Climate Change

Mission The Glacier National Park Conservancy assures the Glacier National Park experience by providing support for preservation, education, and research through philanthropy and outreach. 2018 Climat Ride Grant: $28,600 Activities Preservation | The Conservancy funds projects and programs that preserve Glacier’s heritage for future generations. Education | The Conservancy funds education initiatives to engage current and […]

Mission The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) is a membership-based nonprofit organization that works to make all communities in LA County healthy, safe, and fun places to ride a bike through advocacy, education, and outreach. 2018 Climate Ride Grant: $88,984 Activities Operation Firefly | Operation Firefly (Operacíon Luciérnaga) is an education and bike light distribution […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dave Howes is a retired firefighter who lives in Northern California, so the devastation caused by the fires in 2017 hit close to his heart. According to Scientific American, those fires burned over 170,000 acres, killed more than 20 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. In part, they were the result of the summer of 2017 […]

Jennifer Green’s first foray into distance biking was when she and her husband biked across the country after finishing grad school. Although Jennifer bikes to work, and loves her longer weekend rides, the itch to do another substantial, multi-day ride was rekindled on a recent trip to San Diego. Watching riders come down Highway 101, […]

Meet Kat Chen, a therapist and social worker who loves bikes because they are fun for little kids, babies in trailers, older people on tricycles, and older people blasting past you on Mt. Tam. California North Coast will be her third Climate Ride. In 2016, her friend Joanna off-handedly asked if she had heard about […]

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 […]