Ride Planet Earth: On 6th December 2009 cyclists across the planet will take to the streets demonstrating the capacity and willingness of ordinary people to take action against dangerous climate change.

The next day, in Copenhagen Denmark, the most important climate change negotiations in more than a decade will begin. We hope our actions will help convince the government delegations to take action as well.

Ride Planet Earth is promoting behaviour change, focusing on environmentally sustainable transport and travel, as part of the action necessary to fight dangerous climate change. Carbon fuel based transport and travel accounts for roughly 35% of industrialised nations’ carbon emissions. Therefore addressing this issue is key to ensuring a safe and stable climate.

Ride Planet Earth is also raising awareness about the impact of climate change on communities in the non-industrialised world. We believe increased awareness leads to behaviour change, as people realise the potential impact their actions can have on vulnerable communities on the other side of the planet.

The Ride Planet Earth Challenge: You can help stop dangerous climate change by taking part in the Challenge and increasing your use of sustainable transport alternatives. For every 1000 kilometres Kim rides on his way to Copenhagen he asks that you find a transport alternative to the car for at least 100 kilometres of your own travel. See the participation page to find out more and register.

The “Cycle Change” Convoy: Join Kim Nguyen and other environmentally active cyclists on the way to Copenhagen. Kim is travelling through Australia, Asia and Europe. Check out the Ride Planet Earth blog for his latest whereabouts and email kim@rideplanetearth.org to arrange to join the Convoy!

Environments of the non-industrialised world have been subject to systematic and unchecked exploitation by industrialised countries, throughout the planet’s recent history, from colonisation to the 21st Century. Environments and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America have been devastated for decades by the over-exploitation of natural resources for the benefit of the Industrialised World, but these communities now face an even greater threat.

Climate Change will hit the world’s poorest and most vulnerable first and hardest. Despite the fact it has been caused almost exclusively by carbon dioxide emitted through the production of power for industry, transport and homes, to maintain the excesses of the Industrialised World.

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The Ride Planet Earth project hopes that by raising awareness of the issues facing these communities, not protected by governments, insurance companies and advanced technologies, people in the Industrialised World will realise that change needs to come quickly, in many cases, immediately. Not just change from governments and big business, but individuals as well. We seek to promote solutions; transport alternatives; socially and environmentally ethical consumption; and sustainable, renewable energy sources, to halt our increasingly dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately save our planet.

Ride Planet Earth started when Kim Nguyen, on 10th August 2008, with the help of a team of friends and supporters from around Australia, set off on a bike ride from Brisbane to Copenhagen. He continues to encourage people to join him, to journey to Copenhagen and help spread the message that we, as a global community, have the capacity and willingness to act now.

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Throughout the journey Kim has been visiting remote communities, vulnerable to climatic change, to find out how Climate Change is effecting them. This evidence will be used in Copenhagen to help urge the international governments to take action to save planet earth.

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Now that you are here, have a look around the website. Meet Kim, read his Blog and share your own stories, add your name to the Petition, become a Sponsor or Supporter, and Donate to the Ride Planet Earth project, working with affiliated charities to support communities especially vulnerable to dangerous climate change. But most importantly, become more aware, become inspired, and start making the changes in your own life that will have repercussions far wider than you imagine, that will ulimately break our dependence on fossil fuels and lead to a brighter future for us all.

Kim Nguyen