BikeSummer! 2008
If your group would like to host a BikeSummer! 2008 celebration, send an e-mail to bike(at)bikesummer.org, and we will link to your local BikeSummer! web site. We hope to see multiple BikeSummer! 2008 gatherings, so please join the velorution soon. Let's roll!
An evolution of bike activism and bike culture
Planet Earth, 2008-????
What:
BikeSummer! 2008 is a celebration of love for bicycles and community beginning Summer Solstice 2008. Bike culture, rides, speakers, street theatre, art, classes, workshops, music, films, critical masses, community building, and more. Make plans now to join us in the velorution as bicyclists and peace activists from around the world transform their own communities with the next seven generations in mind.
Fun Stuff:
Chief
Wiggum's Road Rage Awareness Class - Popular
Simpsons police chief attempts to calm hot-tempered drivers. Hat tip to
Matt
Groening. [Requires
Divx Player]
An
Honest Chevron Commercial - featuring one
of those talking cars. [Requires
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Interview
with the Dinosaur - an extinct species explains why cars suck
(no
apologies to blood-sucking vampire Tom
Cruise). [Requires
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The
Mercury Mistress - SNL spoof commercial.
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Try
The Patch - .wmv video on transportation
pollution and solutions. More free, fun, green videos here.
Scenes from the velorution: London's
Friday night Ride!
Enjoy this video
clip of the San
Francisco Bicycle Ballet in action.
Shall we play
a game? Try out The Where's Waldo of BushCo.
about how the RAND Corp. has abused Critical Mass to make it into a weapon for its oil wars.
BikeSummer! 2008 Host Cities:
This year, instead of bikesummer.org hosting every local BikeSummer! celebration, it's time to roll your own. E-mail the 2008 ad-hoc committee at bike(at)bikesummer.org once you've launched your local BikeSummer! plans, and we'll link to them here at bikesummer.org. It can be a single day, a weekend, an entire week, or longer: your local BikeSummer! plans are up to the people who make them. One host city has already been confirmed, to be announced shortly. The web site will be updated frequently, so stay tuned for more...
Why:
When:
Bibliography:
Merchandise?
Donations?
What Can I Do To Help?
Thanks so far for all the offers of support, we do appreciate it. BikeSummer! has never been a for-profit venue: whenever possible, all events have been free. Support the velorution by spreading the word in your community. Consider a donation to Bikes Not Bombs if you support peace.
When the BikeSummer! 2008 ad-hoc committee says GRRRRRR...!
We let that growl remind us: Go Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Restore, Rethink.
Author James
Howard Kunstler offers us these potential
solutions to our global mess.
History
San
Francisco, CA - BikeSummer! 1999
Chicago, IL - BikeSummer! 2000
Vancouver, BC - BikeSummer!
2001
Kyoto, Japan
- BikeSummer! 2001
Portland, OR - BikeSummer! 2002
- 2008
Kyoto, Japan
- BikeSummer! 2002
New York City, NY - BikeSummer!
2003
Seattle, WA - BikeSummer! 2004
Osaka, Japan - BikeSummer!
2004
Los Angeles, CA - BikeSummer!
2005 - 2008
Osaka, Japan -
BikeSummer! 2005
Yokohama, Japan - BikeSummer 2006
New Haven, CT - BikeSummer 2007
FAQ
The insidious
RAND Corporation studied, infiltrated, and experimented
on Critical Mass and Bay Area activists in the late 1990's, subverting
grassroots organizations, and twisting humanitarian and environmental
efforts for abuse by the U.S military. Share you tips and insights on
this abuse of freedom with us at Can-RAND (at) bikesummer.org. All submissions
will remain anonymous. Thank you.
Help! We are looking for volunteers to translate the 2008 BikeSummer! web pages into as many languages as possible, in order to spread BikeSummer! fun far and wide.
We are also looking for volunteers to host offshore mirrors of BikeSummer! 2008.
If you can help us, please e-mail the ad-hoc committee at: bike (at) bikesummer.org
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Thank you.