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Grantee Impact
March 6, 2024
Climate Ride and The Nature Conservancy’s Natural Climate Solutions Program Imagine for a moment that you work for a federal agency tasked by the White House’s climate resilience program to create and institute the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Florida wetlands. For your first step, you assess the threat: More extreme erosion and flooding due […]
The Climate Center in Action
September 6, 2023
The Climate Center Mission Since 2001, The Climate Center has been a leader in making climate solutions a reality in California at speed and scale. They are a think-tank, do-tank working to turn bold ideas into action for a climate-safe future. Total Climate Ride Grant: $384,180.05 Activities Phasing Out Fossil Fuels | The Climate Center […]
Climate Riders Fund Key 2023 Projects for Glacier National Park Conservancy!
July 24, 2023
Climate Ride’s Glacier Ride is near and dear to our hearts — not only because it boasts some seriously amazing road biking routes with some of the most breathtaking views you’ll ever see, but also because it’s in the Climate Ride office’s backyard! With such a special event, Climate Ride has built a special partnership […]
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
Tips on Talking about Climate Change
October 20, 2022
A fundamental part of Climate Ride’s mission is to get people talking about ways to take action on climate change. Many folks who do our events report back that fundraising gave them the impetus to have conversations they never would have otherwise. Personal chats are more likely to move people into action than almost anything […]
Craig Gaspard – Intersectional Environmentalism
October 11, 2022
  Craig Gaspard is an avid biker and advocate for protecting and healing our planet. As an environmental social worker, Craig has worked in emergency services performing psychiatric assessments in hospital emergency departments. Craig explains how the community has given him insight into the stresses that moderate/low-income families (those most impacted by climate change) experience. […]
Heidi Benson – Going The Extra Mile For The Planet
September 9, 2022
Heidi Soliday Benson is a Climate Ride veteran with an entertaining story to tell! From her varied efforts to combat climate change outside of Climate Ride events to her interesting career in sports broadcasting, Heidi is a true go-getter. She will be participating in the 2022 Green Fondo New York this month. We were lucky […]
DRWD40 teams up for Climate Rise
May 31, 2022
Wade is a biologist and streamer who goes by DRWD40 on Twitch and YouTube. We’re excited to be partnering with Wade to help raise funds for our Environmental Justice Action Grants and bring more climate action to the millions of folks who watch Twitch. You can catch Wade live on Twitch this coming Thursday, Friday, […]
Sara Lawson – Climbing 5,000 Steps For The Planet
May 23, 2022
Climate Rise participant, Sara Lawson, a hospice nurse from New York, plans to climb the 25 bluestone stairs on her upstate New York property 200 times – yep, 5,000 stairs – to celebrate the clean Hudson Valley air we are lucky enough to breathe and to raise awareness for climate action. We wanted to learn […]