Bicycle coast to coast 2009: June through August. Three and one-half months, 3,800 miles, slow moving, media grabbing bicycle ride across America. San Francisco, CA to Washington, DC. Instead of reading the news: become the news!
Can the U.S. sustain the projected 100 million added persons in the next 30 years? Can this civilization withstand the consequences of water shortages, energy and climate change caused by massive hyper-population overload? Answer: no! How can we change the future?
Looking for eight articulate, long distance bicycle touring veterans with an environmental approach! Reach large and small cities from one end of the country to the other. Engage a fax, email, phone calling crew to engage local media in every town across America. With my book published, “America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans”, and media attention, that will be a calling card with media. Relate water shortages, gridlock traffic, quality of life, climate change, air pollution, species extinction and connect the dots as to what we face as a civilization.
I work with David Paxson, director of www.worldpopulationbalance.org.
T-shirts to sell along with environmental groups to support the journey and a web site and moving history presented to engage the public. Engage the bicycle clubs of America and all environmental groups. Note: most every town in America has a bicycle club!
Main theme: “National Sustainable Population Policy” ; “National Water Usage Policy” ; “ National Carrying Capacity Policy” ; “ National Environmental Impact Policy” ; “National Sustainable Immigration Policy”.
Predicted to reach: 20 to 40 million and MORE Americans via newsprint, radio and TV. Could snowball big time and reach 100 million! Estimated cost: Less than $40,000.00 for entire 3 months expedition. More specific figures given as this project moves forward. Let’s procure funds from different environmental groups to make this ride possible. Create a web site for the entire USA to connect with the ride!
Educate, inspire and motivate Americans as to their situation and actions to move toward sustainability. Create national consciousness shift and move more frustrated Americans onto the membership rolls of www.numbersusa.com which is bi-partisan as well as www.populatiomedia.org ; www.worldpopulationbalance.org ; www.transitionus.com ; www.frostywooldridge.com
Expectation: all it takes is one TV spot on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer or Brain Williams on Nightly News or FOX or CNN to make a huge impact and catch the national attention.
Major Objectives
The “21st Century Bicycle America for a Sustainable US Population” carries a major objective for connecting the dots for Americans of all walks of life, in small towns and big cities across America as to the dangers of unending expansion and population growth. One team of eight bicyclists will reach millions of Americans via 100--200 radio interviews, 100 TV interviews and an estimated 150 to 200 newspaper interviews from small town dailies to big city papers. We expect to reach in excess of 50 million Americans concerning the dangers of continued population growth that exceeds 'carrying capacity' within the United States.
1. We are forming a four man, four woman team to ride from San Francisco, California to Washington DC. We invite diversity on this ride. We need all Americans represented. We will zig zag across the nation to reach as many cities and towns as possible. Average 50 to 60 miles per day. 4,000 miles, 15 states, 3 months.
2. We need one donated RV of any size. We expect retired military officers to become the advance teams that move into each town, city and capitols to alert radio, TV and newspapers for interviews. Bicycle riders will follow into the towns.
3. RV will be paid 50 cents per mile and two drivers will be paid $20.00 each a day for meals. We pay for transport to origin and back from destination.
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