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4th Annual Firefly Brigade Christmas Gift-giving Ride

Posted by: pixelus on: December 10, 2009

Have a meaningful and non-traditional bicycle ride around the city…
Ride the 4th Annual Firefly Brigade Christmas Gift-giving Ride
Each year for the past three years, we don our santa claus and fairy costumes to go around Metro Manila to give out lootbags to kariton families along our usual bike commute routes to school, work or errands.
Be a part of this annual yuletide CMR… no registration fees to be collected.
When                              December 19, Saturday
Registration                   3.00-3.30pm Meet, Mingle, be Merry!
Assembly/Briefing       3.45
Ride Out                        4.00pm
Lootbag-giving              4.00-6.30pm
ETA FB HQ                  7pm

Requirements for joining the ride:
1) Physically able to carry at least two lootbags in your own backpack for the duration of the ride
(In case of back problems, you can be our candy man or woman… carry candies for giving away to kids, street families, traffic enforcers, takatak boys/girls and bystanders)
2) Contribute two lootbags (more if you like!) for the ride
3) Wear a Xmas Costume or have a Xmas accent on your bicycle…
4) If under 18 years of age, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
5) Must have blinkers, wear a helmet (if not wearing a santa hat), enough water for the ride
6) Exchange Gift for Xmas Dinner (must be a pre-owned item, see details below)

One (1) Lootbag must contain at least:
1.5kg – 2kgs rice
2 Foil Packs of Sardines or canned goods
2 Mami Packs

Other Add ons (Optional, not required)
New/pre-owned t-shirt
Laundry soap (wrapped in newspaper or new/pre-owned t-shirt)
Towel
Blanket
Candies
Crackers
Slippers
Toys
You may also donate in bulk any of the following, we’ll pack it for you!
Cash
Rice Packs
Rice Cavans
Canned Goods
Candies
Soap
Mami
Pre-owned shirts big enough for wrapping loot in
Food for After-ride Xmas Dinner
We will accept goods at Firefly Brigade’s Headquarters (169 Kamias Road near corner Langka St., Kamias, QC   386.3926 / 9220368 / 0906.3231200) until December 17, 7pm.
Drop-off times are from 1-7pm only. You may also come early on ride day to help pack last minute donations.

P.S.:
Please join the Firefly Brigade Christmas Dinner after the Ride!

Bring 1 gift (recycled or something pre-owned from your home, or if brand new, priced under P40).

Ride Planet Earth (Manila)

Posted by: pixelus on: December 4, 2009

Ride Planet Earth (Manila)
“Reduce
CO2 Emissions:
Start Cycle Change, Stop Climate Change”


  • On 6th December ‘09 cyclists around the globe will take to the streets, demonstrating the capacity and willingness of ordinary people to take action against climate change.
  • The next day in Copenhagen, 7th December ‘09 the COP15 negotiations begin. Ride Planet Earth aims to help convince the governments meeting there to take immediate action.
  • Participants can record video messages to send to the COP15, stating not only why action is necessary, but also what they will be doing about it personally, to show that if governments don’t take the lead, ordinary people will.


  • The event began as a solo bicycle journey by Kim Nguyen from Brisbane, Australia to Copenhagen, to collect messages from people already effected by climate change.
  • Over the course of the journey a movement developed such that there are now rides occuring on every continent bar Antarctica.

ride poster

RIDE PLANET EARTH MANILA
  • December 6, 2009 (Sunday)
  • Meet up: 3:30pm Araneta Center Parking Lot between Shopwise and Rustan’s
  • Ride out: 4:00pm
  • Route:
    From Araneta Center, ride out to
    P. Tuason (Crossing EDSA)
    Left at N. Domingo
    Right at Doña Hemady or Gilmore(Crossing Aurora Boulevard)
    Left at E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave.
    -Straight until Welcome Rotonda
    U-turn from Quezon Avenue to España
    Right at A. Maceda or Blumentritt Street
    Left at Dimasalang
    Left at Gov. Forbes
    -Straight until Nagtahan Flyover
    Left at Ramon Magsaysay
    -Straight until Aurora Boulevard

    Cross EDSA
    Back to Cubao, Araneta Center

  • Please do not forget your night ride gear and your demands or reminders for the Philippine government for the climate negotiations! We’ll put it on record and fly it all the way to Copenhagen!
  • All the details about where rides are taking place can be found at the Ride Planet Earth website or the Ride Planet Earth facebook page.


Coordinators:
Densio Matias and John Voltaire Lim
Firefly Brigade
Phone: +63917-4280966 and /or +63917-3903734

Project Manager:
Kim Paul Nguyen
kim@rideplanetearth .org
Facebook: The Ride Planet Earth Challenge
Skype: kim.paul.nguyen1
www.rideplanetearth .org

Global warming is the biggest threat the human race has ever faced.

It will affect every one of us, and our future children.

On Monday the 7th of December 2009, the world’s governments – including that of the Philippines – will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to decide what to do about it.

On Sunday the 6th of December, Manila will join major cities all over the world to let their governments know that the world is watching.

We will take to the streets on bicycles at 3:30pm, starting from Araneta Center Cubao, and we invite you to join us.

The meeting at Copenhagen will probably yield the most important environmental decision that will ever have been made. Let’s make sure it’s the right one!

Tronix is giving away 36 units of FREE EBIKES!

Posted by: pixelus on: October 30, 2009

Going Green? Tronix is giving away 36 units of FREE EBIKES!

Hello,

 

Floods. Super typhoons. Heat waves. Land slides. We are all seeing the effects of global warming.

And it’s time to act and contribute even in our small little ways.

 

And let’s start with green transport, as part of going green advocacy project,

Innovatronix is giving away e-bikes for FREE!

Yes, free ebikes for individuals or organizations based in the Philippines who are active in promoting green and eco-friendly living.

 

Ebikes, other than being fun and easy ride, promotes green living by being an environment-friendly mode of transport – it’s electric and clean.

 

 

There will be three (3) FREE Tronix e-bikes per month for the next 12 months for a total of 36 e-bikes! (one e-bike per individual or organization) so HURRY! ACT NOW or PASS THIS EMAIL AROUND, as this is a FIRST APPROVED, FIRST SERVED BASIS. (Btw, the ebike retails for Php 24,900)

 

If you think that you or your organization needs a Tronix Ebike, submit your letter of request and application form to gogreenebike@innovatronix.com.

 

For more info or questions, contact Ryan Untalan or Sheryll Franciso at 02-6451592/ 02-6456124 or 0923-6576946 (sun cellular)

 

Sincerely,

 

Go Green & e-bikes Project

Corporate Social Responsibility Group

Innovatronix Inc

 

For other info:

Here is what we are looking for:

  1. Must be based in the Philippines;
  2. Must be active in promoting green and eco-friendly living
  3. Must have a proven track record in promoting green and eco-friendly living
  4. Must have a need for an ebike in the promotion of this advocacy

Or for more details, visit, http://www.innovatronix.com/gogreenebike.asp

World Car Free Day Ride

Posted by: pixelus on: September 18, 2009

Start: Sep 19, ‘09
Location: Around Metro Manila
Hey, Metro Manila… get out of your cars and get on your bikes. We’re celebrating World Car-free Day Ride (WCFD Ride) on September 19!

start/end: Tiendesitas, Pasig

assembly time: 2..30-3.00pm

ride out: 3.30pm

pace: 12-18kph

route: Metro Manila (Tiedesitas – Pasig – Marikina – Tiendesitas)

distance: 30km

riding skill level: newbie (na malakas ang loob) to intermediate

age: open to all ages
(children below 18yrs old, must be accompanied by a biking parent)

We’re going through traffic…. lots!

registration: free

You can also buy our special edition “Explore your city on a bicycle” Firefly Brigade AdvocacyTee( P250.00) onsite on the 19th, come early…. limited supply.

Get your tee also @ the Firefly Brigade t-shirt and bikestuff sale
on September 13, Sunday, 8am to 2pm.
169 Kamias road corner Langka, Quezon City, 386-3926.

See details in a separate post (calendar, september 13)

Must bring : Raingear and blinkers for night and rain riding, water, snackbars, extra moolah for your after ride snacks

No helmet, No Ride!

Note:
Please feel free to stay after the ride and join us for after-ride kwentuhan at Tiendesitas.

Check out the new bikeshop there…

Share your thoughts about your WCFD ride experience.

Find out about latest scoops about the forthcoming October Ride with Ms. Earth, November Clean Air Ride and the Christmas Ride in December.

Let’s enjoy the music from the regular saturday bands at Tiendesitas. ..

Dutch (KKB) Dinner!

Please wear any of your Tour of the Fireflies jersey/t-shirts or your bike statement t-shirts..

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If you’re in the city of Pines, please check out details for the
Sept 19 World Car-free Day Ride in Baguio being organized by Bliss Cafe -
http://blissnbaguio.multiply.com/calendar/item/10117
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WCFD Background

Every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighborhood blocks

to remind the world that we don’t have to accept our car-dominated society.

We do not want just one day of celebration and then a return to “normal” life. When people get out of their cars, they should stay out of their cars.

It is up to us, it is up to our cities, and our governments to help create permanent change to benefit pedestrians, cyclists, and other people who do not drive cars.

Let World Carfree Day be a showcase for just how our cities might look like, feel like, and sound like without cars…365 days a year.

As the climate heats up, World Carfree Day is the perfect time to take the heat off the planet, and put it on city planners and politicians

to give priority to cycling, walking and public transport, instead of to the automobile. – http://www.worldcar free.net/ wcfd/

Some cities have WCFD week-long celebrations and some cities celebrate the weekend before the 22nd. We’re celebrating ours on September 19,

leave your cars at home…. let’s bike!

Bikes in Compromising Positions

Posted by: pixelus on: September 18, 2009

Got this from

Toy related antics from around the world

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Start:      Sep 8, ‘09 05:30a
End:      Sep 8, ‘09 11:00a

Type of Ride: Climate Change Campaign Bike Rally
Riding Skill: Intermediate (pace 15kph)
Organizer: Greenpeace

Sept 8 (Tuesday) BIKE RALLY AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING (Countdown to Copenhagen Summit)
5.30am meet-up at Greenpeace Office
Room 301 JGS Building, #30 Scout Tuason Street, 1103
Quezon City, the Philippines
tel: +63-2-3321807
fax:+63-2-332- 1806
Contact: Francis dela Cruz 09178542103

7.00am meet-up at Makati City Hall Foyer (Old Buildling)

Take off to go to US Embassy and Embassy of Sweden to visit officials and remind them of their pivotal role for the fight for climate change measures at the Copenhagen Summit.
The Bike Rally, spearheaded by Greenpeace and OxFam, will ask the US and European Union to act to halt gloal warming and climate change.

“The world’s leaders meet at the end of 2009 in Copenhagen to determine the fate of the climate. They could set us on the path to a deep emissions cuts or they could lock the planet into catastrophic, irreversible climate change. “
The success of the Copenhagen Summit will be measured by the following demands being met:

* Developed countries, as a group, must reduce emissions by at least 40% by 2020 (from 1990 levels)
* Invest $140billion a year for developing countries to adapt to climate change, switch to renewable energy and stop deforestation
* Deforestation must end by 2015

Read other Copenhagen Summit details at: http://www.greenpea ce.org/seasia/ en/campaigns/ climate-change/ change-is- coming

Those who are free on that day, please do join the ride. Non-motorized Transportation (NMT) is part of the solution to climate change. Greenpeace’s Francis dela Cruz affirmed that the NMT agenda will be included in the future campaigns/press- releases related to the Copenhagen countdown. Let’s support this ride. We expect to finish on or before noon.

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PROGRAM
CEREMONIAL UNVEILING OF COUNTDOWN/TIMER
FOR THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT

September 8, 2009, Tuesday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM

7:00-7:30 Registration and Briefing of Bikers

7.30- 8:00 Mass-up in an area

with a prominent electronic billboard/Makati City Hall

8:00-8:30 Opening Program

Background (Objectives/ Purpose) of the Project by Greenpeace

Acknowledgement of Partners/Guests/ Participants

Short Message by Hon. Jejomar C. Binay

Reading of Content Letter (Summary) to Concerned Embassies

Unveiling and Flag-off Bikers by Mayor Jejomar Binay

8:30-9:00 Ride to Swedish Consulate (15 min stop)

16th Floor, PCI Bank Tower 2 Building, Makati Ave. , cor Dela Costa St. , Makati City

9:00-10:00 Ride to US Embassy (15 min stop)

Roxas Boulevard

11:00 Ride to dispersal area ( Malate Church )

Helmet Fail

Posted by: pixelus on: August 17, 2009

fail owned pwned pictures

August CMR: August 15 Columbia Ride

Posted by: pixelus on: August 10, 2009

Start: Aug 15, ‘09 2:30p
End: Aug 15, ‘09 6:00p
Location: ROX – The Fort – Makati
THIS MONTH’S CMR will give way to a ride originally scheduled for August 1 but postponed due to heavy rains and Tita Cory’s 1st Night at La Salle.  Our August CMR will start & end at R.O.X. at High Street at The Fort and will be a benefit ride hosted by Columbia.

Start: Aug 15, ‘09 3:00p
Pre-Reg: Ongoing at R.O.X
Location: R.O.X (The Fort) and around Makati

2:.00 pm – Registration – Free!

Inquire on or before the Ride Day
Assembly and Registration is at the R.O.X. @ The Fort
Participants may opt to buy the special edition Columbia Ride T-Shirt P500* includes an energy drink… it’s really cute plus a donation to the Firefly Brigade will be made for each purchase!…

3:15 – Briefing about the Ride’s Beneficiary: Firefly Brigade with Basic Bike commuting and Ride Safety Basics.  Video showing (10mins)
prepared by Firefly Brigade Larvae Batch 09

3:50 -  Assembly for Ride

4:00 – Ride Out

5:30 – Tentative Arrival at R.O.X.

Tentative Route:

Assembly/Ride out Point: *ROX (Bonifacio High Street)
Gate 3 Ft. Bonifacio (from 9th Ave. to McKinley Parkway)
Pasong Tamo Extention (cross underpass Magallanes)
Pasong Tamo (straight towards WalterMart & Don Bosco)
Pasay Road (Turn Right)
Makati Avenue (Turn Left)
Optional: Ride through commercial District
Exit towards Ayala
Stop over at Ninoy Aquino Monument
Straight Ayala Avenue towards Kalayaan Avenue
Straight towards Rockwell
Check out Bike parking at Powerplant
Out to JP Rizal Avenue
Optional: Discovery Spot – Guadalupe Church (group pix)
J.P.Rizal Avenue (Straight towards Guadalupe Bridge underpass)*
*Guadalupe Bridge Underpass (Turn Right to Kalayaan Avenue)*
Kalayaan Avenue (Straight Back to ROX)

NO HELMET, NO RIDE !

Wear the Firefly Brigade Columbia Shirt or Wear Yellow on August 15.

For inquiries, please call:
R.O.X. 856-4638 to 39
Firefly Brigade (Mia) 386-3926

Mia C. Bunao
Project Coordinator
Firefly Brigade
169 Kamias Road, Quezon City
landline: 386-3926
mobile: 0906-3231200
telefax: 922-0368
www.fireflybrigade. org
tourofthefireflies. multiply. com

This is the Last Time I will Ride a Bike!

Posted by: pixelus on: August 3, 2009

There’s a whole lot of bike fails picture in the website I got this from, but this is my favorite!

ouch-bike-fall

Columbia Team Ride for the Benefit of the Firefly Brigade

Posted by: pixelus on: July 31, 2009

Photo Album EVENT ( August 1 2009): Columbia Team Ride Out for the Benefit of the Firefly Brigade Jul 21, ‘09 3:09 AM
for everyone
Start: Aug 1, ‘09 3:00p
Pre-Reg: Ongoing at R.O.X and at 2pm on August 1
Location: R.O.X (The Fort) and around Makati
Leisurely Bike Commute-type of Ride around
The Fort and Makati Business Districts

with briefing and bike safety and commuting basics by the Firefly Brigade

————————————————————————————————————.00 Registration – Free!
Inquire on or before the Ride Day
Assembly and Registration is at the R.O.X. @ The Fort

Participants may opt to buy the special edition Columbia Ride T-Shirt
P500* includes an energy drink… it’s really cute plus a donation to the Firefly Brigade will be made for each purchase!…

3.15 Briefing about the Ride’s Beneficiary: Firefly Brigade
with Basic Bike commuting and Ride Safety Basics
Krx Pineda, President, Firefly Brigade

Video showing (10mins)
prepared by Firefly Brigade Larvae Batch 09

3.50 Assembly for Ride

4.00 Ride Out

5.30 Tentative Arrival at R.O.X.
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Tentative Route:

Assembly/Ride out Point: *ROX (Bonifacio High Street)*
> * *Gate 3 Ft. Bonifacio (from 9th Ave. to McKinley Parkway)*
> * *Pasong Tamo Extention (cross underpass Magallanes)*
> * *Pasong Tamo (straight towards WalterMart & Don Bosco)*
> * *Pasay Road (Turn Right)*
> * *Paseo de Roxas (Turn Left)*
> * *Ayala Avenue (straight Paseo de Roxas)*
> * *Citibank Makati (Turn Left from Paseo de Roxas)*
> * *Salcedo Village Saturday Market

> * *Tordesillas Street (Turn Right to Gil Puyat Ave.)*
> * *Gil Puyat Ave. (Turn Left to Reposo Street)*
> * *Reposo Street (Turn Right to Kalayaan Ave.)*
> * *Kalayaan Avenue (Turn Left to Rockwell Drive)*
> * *Rockwell Drive (Turn Left towards J.P. Rizal Ave.)*
> * *Discovery spot: Old Guadalupe Church
> *
> * *J.P.Rizal Avenue (Straight towards Guadalupe Bridge underpass)*
> * *Guadalupe Bridge Underpass (Turn Right to Kalayaan Avenue)*
> * Kalayaan Avenue (Straight Back to ROX)
>
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NO HELMET, NO RIDE !

For inquiries, please call:
R.O.X. 856-4639
Firefly Brigade (Mia) 386-3926

Firefly Brigade



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"The fireflies have fled the city because they could not stand its dirty air. All of us cyclists, pedestrians, commuters, even those who ride cars who live, work and raise families in the city may suffer the same fate. We continue to dirty our city's air with polluting vehicles and factories. As a result, we also risk disappearing like the fireflies."

Why resign ourselves to this fate? We have a choice. We can fight for clean air and bring the fireflies back.

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