Registration Now Open for Brita Climate Ride California!

Registration now open for Climate Ride California, September 21-25, 2010. Forward this message to a friend
	Hello Climate Ride Friends, After two years on the East Coast, we're excited to announce that we're expanding to include Climate Ride California!  Read more below and be sure to check out our new website.   Brita Climate Ride California is a fully supported, 5-day fundraising bike ride in Northern California, September 21-25, 2010.  It's the ride of a lifetime through some of America's most beautiful landscapes. Join the community of Climate Riders for world class biking and the chance to meet and network with leaders and people interested in climate, renewable energy and environmental causes.  All proceeds from the ride benefit three non-profit organizations:  Green America, 1Sky and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.  Learn more about what our beneficiaries are doing to advance climate and energy solutions here. Experience Climate Ride here.  In 2009 Climate Riders represented 30 states, 12 countries and ranged in age from 12 to 82 years old.  You don't have to be a hardcore cyclist to do Climate Ride.  You just have to be ready to embark on a bicycle ride that will change your life.  Join the National Bike Ride to Support Climate and Energy Solutions Brita Climate Ride California:  The ride begins near Eureka in the midst of Northern California's majestic redwoods and the Avenue of the Giants. From there we travel along the coast, soaking in expansive ocean views and coastal bluffs. On the fourth day, we pedal inland along the Russian River to cruise through California's famed Wine Country, considered some of the best cycling in the US.  The final day is an epic ride through Marin and across the Golden Gate Bridge to reach our final destination, San Francisco.  Register Today!  Invite your friends and make a team.  The road to a new energy future begins here.  Get on your bike and ride for the most important cause facing our generation.
Some of the interesting people who have participated in Climate Ride (as speakers and/or riders)...  Friis Arne Petersen - Denmark's Ambassador to the US, host country of the COP15 UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen Colin Beavan - aka NO IMPACT MAN - The man who lived one year with zero carbon impact--the extraordinary movie was previewed on Climate Ride.  Alison Gannett - Founder Save Our Snow Foundation, voted Outside Magazine's '08 Green All-Stars, US Champ Freeskier Mike Tidwell - inspiring activist, writer and documentary filmmaker, President Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and his own home is fueled almost entirely by wind, solar and corn power Mikael Colville-Andersen - Denmark's leading bicycle ambassador and advocate, accomplished writer, director, photographer and blogger who created the famous European blog Copenhagenize.com. Colville gives a passionate talk on cycling as an environ-mentally friendly, viable, and sustainable transportation alternative. Roz Savage - first woman to row across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, environmental activist, United Nations Environmental Program Climate Hero Josh Dorfman, The Lazy Environmentalist -watch his new Sundance show Wood Turner - the one climate scorekeeper you need to know, Executive Director Climate Counts Ben Strauss - associate director at Climate Central, founding board member of Grist.org. Dr. Strauss holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and challenged us to think about the psychology of climate change communications. Betsy Taylor - President of 1Sky and founder of the Center for the New American Dream Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Senator Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Senator Benjamin Cardin, Maryland Congressman Edward Markey, Massachusetts Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Ohio Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Texas Marcus Schmidt - Germany Trade and Invest Keith Laughlin - President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Alisa Gravitz -- Executive Director, Green America Jason Kowalski - Policy Analyst, 1Sky Adrien Benepe - NYC Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mike Eckhart - President, ACORE, American Council on Renewable Energy Janet Larsen - Director, Earth Policy Institute Randy Swisher - Executive Director, AWEA, American Wind Energy Association David Kroodsma - Stanford-trained climate expert who pedalled 21,000 miles to research and raise awareness of climate change. New to Climate Ride?  Explore our live blog from the last ride here.