Bike to Your Local Earth Day Celebration!
April 17, 2008
Earth Day is April 22nd so towns and cities around Oregon are hosting community celebrations all weekend long. It was a gigantic Earth Day celebration in Chicago probably around 1989 that got me first inspired to recycle and later to ride a bike. The best way to get to your local celebration is by bike.
Great activities are planned in Salem, Trail, Silverton, Portland and elsewhere. There are too many to mention here, but check with your local environmental organizations or search online.
I spoke with John Mitchell with the Eugene celebration as he was running in and out of last-minute planning meetings. Their festival on the water, he explained, is offering valet bike parking and encouraging all attendees to come by bike. Paul's Bicycle Way of Life, a prominent bike shop in Eugene, is offering free bike tune ups "while they last." So if that's your celebration and your bike could use a little adjusting, this is a great opportunity to get it in tip-top summer shape.
Across the state weather is predicted to be pretty nice, except for those of you at higher elevations who will likely get snow (!!) so head out and enjoy the day! What are you doing for Earth Day?
Posted by orbike at April 17, 2008 10:36 AM
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I've got a group riding to the Portland event from our SE neighborhood. I don't know that area so it will be a chance to explore. I think we'll head over to Mississippi too because everyone talks about it but I don't get up there much.
Posted by: Dan Rides! at April 17, 2008 9:54 PM
We didn't go to any of the big events but my family and I did spend the day working on our yard - mostly indoors planning.
Posted by: Meghan at April 21, 2008 7:07 PM