A team of passionate youth, leading journeys to inspire social change, environmental leadership, and personal growth. Hello, inspiring people!
Learn more and support our journey at www.grassroutesbiking.com or www.twitter.com/Grass_Routes GrassRoutes is a group of passionate youngsters with a mad plan: using bike journeys to inspire social change, environmental leadership, and personal growth. Journey to the Rising Sun:
In summer 2012, GrassRoutes biked across Canada for three months, leading workshops for 680 students and raising over $
09/04/2014
Check out Bicyclette Recette - a bike tour organized by two students in France in Eastern Europe to collect recipes from grandmothers!
http://bicyrecette.com/
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12/23/2013
"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
-Gloria Steinem
Happy Holidays from GrassRoutes! Get on your bike sometime over this break (unless you live in Inuvik)!
12/08/2013
Someone just posted this to the journal of the last ride I created on crazy bike. Bikers are the best people!
12/04/2013
Meet 'Sassy-K,' Saskia's bike gang alter-ego!
11/13/2013
Because of the angle at which the sun moves, Arctic sunsets can last for hours. This one lit our way back out of Inuvik on our last night in the North.
Check out Gavin's blog of the journey at: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/journeytomidnightsun
11/05/2013
The 'Drunken Forest' in Northern Yukon, where melting permafrost leaves trees at crazy angles.
Melting permafrost (frozen soil) is causing problems across Canada's North, undermining foundations of buildings and roads, and releasing trapped greenhouse gasses, contributing to climate change.
11/04/2013
Looking across the Yukon River after from Dawson City, after our longest day of riding.
www.grassroutesbiking.com/blog
11/04/2013
Entering the Tombstone Mountains in the Yukon.
10/31/2013
GrassRoutes biker Jessica Magonet styles the latest in Yukon bug-proof style!
10/28/2013
The GrassRoutes Arctic team jumps in a VERY cold lake outside of Whitehorse
www.grassroutesbiking.com/projects/midnight-sun
10/26/2013
GrassRoutes climate change workshop with Gwich'in and Inuvialuit youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
10/24/2013
Allison Furniss of BYTE Yukon speaks about GrassRoutes's mission at a community climate change workshop in Whitehorse
- www.yukonyouth.com