Ride Bucharest

Posted by Geobatesaua on 23 October 2009 | 0 Comments

Tags: Copenhaga 2009, bicycle, Ride Planet Earth, environment

Hi Everyone!

Thank you all so much for your support throughout our journey through Romania. I had a wonderful time and was moved by the amount of support we received in Bucharest. It has left me with very fond memories and I hope to return to Romania sometime soon and will hopefully get a chance to see you all again.

While in Bucharest I talked to a number of you about arranging a cycling/enviro event on 6th Dec, Ride Bucharest, as part of the international Ride Planet Earth event that I have been organising whilst cycling to Copenhagen.

I was writing to find out who will be able to coordinate this event and ask that whomever will be coordinating, please email me with the details of the event when they are confirmed (time, location, description, contact details, promo photo for the website).

I am also asking that during the event video messages from the participants can be recorded and then uploaded on the internet to be shown during the Copenhagen Climate Change talks.

I have included the info about the event below as well as the poster and logo for publicity, but of course feel free to do your own poster etc.

Cheers and hope to hear from you all soon,

Kim

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Kim Paul Nguyen
Project Manager
www.rideplanetearth.org
"Cycle Change is coming"
kim@rideplanetearth.org
facebook: The Ride Planet Earth Challenge
skype: kim.paul.nguyen1

Participate in Ride Planet Earth
Date: 6th December 2009
Time: Anytime during the day
Place: Around the World, any highways, streets and dirt tracks where people can cycle.

Summary:
The Ride Planet Earth Project culminates in a series of cycling events happening around the world on 6th Dec 09. This is the day before the UN Climate Change negotiations begin in Copenhagen.

The aim of the event is three-fold:
(1) Raising awareness about the current and future impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the world, highlighting the need to take immediate action.
(2) Demonstrating the capacity and willingness of ordinary people to take action against dangerous climate change, action such as using carbon-neutral transport.
(3) Urging the world’s governments meeting in Copenhagen to take the necessary action on their part. Agree to reduce carbon emissions to safe levels, agree on the means to do so and agree to start doing so immediately.

This includes the governments of developed countries to fulfil their international obligations, take responsibility for their historic and current greenhouse emissions by reducing emissions immediately and making domestic emission reduction targets of at least 40% by 2020.

Also, to assist countries in the developing world to adapt to climate change impacts, reduce their greenhouse emissions and finance low-carbon technology, enabling them to develop in an ecologically and socially sustainable way.

Details:
Wherever an individual or organisation is willing and capable to organise a cycling event we urge them to join Ride Planet Earth and do so. They simply need to email kim@rideplanetearth.org and we can start promoting their event as part of this global event.

We ask of the coordinators to choose a route, a distance, invite people to participate and then publicise the event locally and domestically. We ask that if possible the event be documented on video or with photos and the footage or photos be available to further promote the message of the Ride Planet Earth project.

So far we have events in cities and towns across Australia, Asia, North America, Africa and Europe. We would like to see as many events occurring around the world as possible.

Details of each event will be listed on this website. Contact details of each Ride Coordinator will also be listed.