Some brief thoughts on how politicians take advantage of our frustrations and defer leadership on complex and challenging issues–I’ll get some reflections out by the end of the week on Morocco and my time at COP22. Some of the biggest commitments to action at this year’s UN climate negotiations came from developing countries, but the interests … Continue reading The Universal Politics of Misdirected Anger
I just wanted to let everyone know that there will be an interruption to the normal flow of content here. For the next few weeks, I’ll be attending the 22nd UN Climate Conference (COP22) in Morocco. I’ll mostly be writing for The Verb, a newswire service that brings technical expertise to environmental news coverage and syndicates … Continue reading 360 By Bike Will Be On Hiatus for the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech
Athens/Αθήνα, Greece to Pogradec, Albania– 608 km this section (Total Mileage: 12,522 km/40,075 km) As those of you who’ve read my last few posts will know, my mother and a family friend, Jeanie Daskais, joined me on the road through Greece, Albania and Montenegro. My mother had been volunteering in refugee camp clinics on the eastern Greek island of … Continue reading Summer Ends in Greece: 14 Photos From the Road
My mother is now home and recovering well. A few months ago, in an interview published here, a friend asked me about my worst day on the road. At the time, I had been blessed with relative safety, and my hardships had been limited to sweltering days on the Kazakh steppe and roadside gastrointestinal catastrophes. This past week … Continue reading UPDATE: The Worst Day
Theo Ciszewski is a friend and Whitman classmate. He graduated in 2015 with a degree in Politics and French, and immediately started his own farm business on rented land. Now in his second season with Nothing’s Simple Farm, he supplies CSA, restaurant and market customers in Walla Walla, Washington. He began work on the farm … Continue reading Climate Change and Compromise: The Ethic of Nothing’s Simple Farm
Kapadokya/Cappadocia, Turkey to Λέσβος/Lesbos, Greece– 1,062 km this section (Total Mileage: 11,914 km/40,075 km) I’ve made it through Turkey to Lesbos, a Greek island just off the coast of Turkey. I came here hoping to speak with some of the migrants who have made it to refugee camps located on the island. Many of these people come fleeing conditions and … Continue reading Out of Asia: 15 Photos From the Road
Oltu, Turkey to Göreme/Cappadocia, Turkey– 836 km this section (Total Mileage: 10,852 km/40,075 km) My route cycling west across Turkey. I entered Turkey ten days after July’s failed coup attempt. Earlier this year, when I first announced plans to pass through Turkey, I received messages from relatives and followers concerned about the risk of terror attacks and kidnapping. At … Continue reading The Long Summer Ahead: 17 Photos from the Road
Tbilisi, Georgia/თბილისი, საქართველო to Oltu, Turkey, via Armenia/Հայաստան– 589 km this section (Total Mileage: 10,016 km/40,075 km) Ten thousand kilometers. A quarter of the earth’s circumference. In northeastern Turkey, at the mouth of a long, narrow gorge, I passed that first major milestone in my tour around the world. It was near sundown and the road wound on … Continue reading Across the Caucasus: 20 Photos From the Road
During an idle moment at a laboratory bench three years ago, Forrest first mentioned to me the idea of traveling to Asia and riding his bike home – to Oregon. The mindfulness of his subsequent work was exactly what I had come to expect of my friend and lab partner. A year into following his writing and photography, I was eager to turn the lens on Forrest. How does the narrator of 10,000 km of climate change stories describe what he is doing, and how is he holding up? Continue reading On Tour: 12 Questions for Forrest Watkins, 360 By Bike Founder
From an email I sent out to followers a few days ago, a short retrospective of the past 5 months on the road: Just over a year ago, I took the first pedal strokes of a journey that will eventually cover six continents. I set out to understand what climate change means to people around … Continue reading Milestones.
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