Archive for November, 2009

Help me go to Hopenhagen!

Friday, November 20th, 2009

I have thrown my at into the ring for the Huffington Post Hopenhagen competition!

Click here to watch the video and vote! I am currently first in voting after the first day. Also, if you can link to this voting page from another site or on your blog, it would help my chances! Thanks!

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Roz Savage, walking to Brussels . . .

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

During Climate Ride, I had the opportunity to bike with Roz Savage, an Englishwoman who rowed solo across the Atlantic. Wow. My journey looks like like a cakewalk by comparison. Roz was alone for over a hundred days and would row for twelve hours a day. I had one day where I didn’t see another person, and I rarely pedaled more than six hours.

She has written a book about this journey, and is using her ability to draw crowds to raise awareness of environmental issues. Now she is walking with a team from London to Brussels to draw attention to the upcoming climate negotiations. You can follow her walk on her website.

Here is the planed route: