• 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.

• 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.
  

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

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!

Got this from

The Toy Zone

Toy related antics from around the world

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 )

EVENT ( August 1 2009): Columbia Team Ride Out for the Benefit of the Firefly Brigade

Jul 21, ‘09 3:09 AM for everyone