After riding your bike from Boston to Oregon, you may have some thoughts to share. Listen in to some reflections on riding cross-country.
The reading list:
- The Climate Minute podcast on Alan's cross country trek
- Alan's Twitter handle: @AlanBikeClimate
- MassBike on Alan's ride
- Channel 25's piece on Alan's ride
- https://www.rozziebikes.org/
- https://bostoncyclistsunion.org/
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
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As a longtime cyclist I must say I enjoyed this recognition of mobility issues as key to addressing the climate crisis. It was also something of a reality check that the moderator seemed so ignorant of bicycles—and I hasten to assure you that I don’t mean this in a derogatory sense. I guess I had assumed that such a key piece of the puzzle would be better known to those otherwise exceptionally well informed on the topic of climate.
Strongly suggest:
https://www.amazon.com/Curbing-Traffic-Human-Fewer-Lives/dp/1642831654/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25QDBSV4FZ2YI&dchild=1&keywords=curbing+traffic&qid=1630937547&sprefix=Curbing+tra%2Caps%2C243&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/How-Cycling-Can-Save-World/dp/0143111779/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2W5Z9IBVCX2FL&dchild=1&keywords=how+cycling+can+save+the+world&qid=1630937701&sprefix=How+cyc%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-1
This leads me to suggest as a topic that of regenerative agricultural. I could offer several sources, but the following is as good a point as any. Its critical to understand land use as not only important to human health in that we are prioritizing the wrong foods, but that the production of these is a major climate driver.
https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Beef-Ecological-Nutritional-Case/dp/1645020142/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3C03IH4DERCHZ&dchild=1&keywords=defending+beef&qid=1630937387&sprefix=Defending+beef%2Caps%2C315&sr=8-2