Peace Transit
Energy, War & Global Climate ChangeMEDIA - Sierra Club - Cumberland
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Peace TransitEnergy, War & Global Climate ChangeMEDIA - Sierra Club - Cumberland |
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Peace Transit Energy, War & Global Environmental Sustainablility By Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter - Kentucky Saturday, November 3, 2007 Peace Transit is a slow, cross-country bicycle tour - think of it as a relay. We will deliver to the President, to governors, and to mayors a petition requesting that they take action minimizing transportation energy consumption and reducing their commitment to war. The tour will launch from Louisville on November 3rd and head south to New Orleans (probably by way of the Natchez Trace). The plan is to meander slowly (through the winter) along the Gulf eastward to the tip of Florida, turning northward up the Atlantic. By March 1 we want to leave Savannah GA, heading north at a faster pace - we have to be on the west coast before winter of 2008. (We hope the war will be over by then, but our national oil dependencies will not.) Then, down the Pacific, across the desert, back to New Orleans, and back to Louisville. The Tour welcomes bicyclists for short, or longer, distances all along the route. Again, this tour is a relay. The Louisville KY team is passing the baton to the Bardstown KY team. The Bardstown KY team will pass the baton to the third team and on around the country the tour will go. — For more information, visit http://www.peacetransit.org. Contact If you are interested in participating as a cyclist, as a host, as part of the logistics team, or as a signatory to the Peace Transit Petition please contact: peacetransit@gmail.com or Jackie Green, Bike Couriers Bike Shop, 107 W Market St, Louisville KY 40202, 502 583 2232. ======================================================================================== |