Episode 8 – WE LOVE YOU KELAB ALAMI!

At the southernmost tip of Continental Asia, where Malaysia looks out over the water at the island of Singapore, is the point known as Tanjung Piai. In this region, Serina Rahman invited Green Riders to visit the community where she works and lives.

Kelap Alami, or Nature Club, is a community-based program designed to empower rural youth by educating them about their environment, in this case mangroves and sea grass, so that they can monitor it and become interpretive guides for visitors.

The result is that the children have led the entire community to better understand and care for their unique corner of the world and cultivated alternative means of generating income, in a place where the traditional ways of fishing and agriculture are losing ground.


 

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Episode 7 – RECYCLECYCLES!

The comment on our blog read like this:

“Hye, My name is Akmal Azfar, i from University Putra Malaysia, I run Putra Bike Center… I teach student to cycle.. I have 30 bicycle for any programme purpose… I can help u to planing route when crossing Penisula Malaysia. Hope we may discuss in area that we can cooperate. I have all the budget and funding.”

What he didn’t mention at the time was the scope of his vision. All students would build and maintain their own bicycles from recycled junk yard parts. His route planning would include mangrove exploration and the southernmost point of continental asia. His convoy would include a bus, a truck, an ambulance, a pacing car, and two marshalls on motorcycles. The partnership would entirely shape our malaysian experience.

In this episode, we share our experience of Akmal, his program and his vision.

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One last hill for GREEN Riders to climb!

Hello friends & supporters of GREEN Riders,

We have made it to Bali!   It has been an incredible journey with amazing adventures along the way.

A HUGE THANKS to all that have followed and supported our sustainable transport odyssey on Bamboobe bicycles.

Since we left Thailand on June 25th we have:

  • spent 40 days covering 1327 kilometers while filming various episodes along the way & reaching up to 53,000+ interested supporters weekly on our GREEN Riders Facebook
  • met a community in South Thailand that preserved its mangroves for community-based eco-tourism instead of developing them with resorts
  • visited a school near Krabi, Thailand with a playground built from recycled tires
  • helped plant trees at a local school in Thailand
  • ridden with a University group in Malaysia that made their bikes from recycled and junk parts and then rode them 700km across Malaysia!
  • been taught about mangroves by the Kelab Alami youth ranger group in Johor, Malaysia
  • witnessed AMAZING sustainable local initiatives and dynamic NGO’s in Singapore
  • visited socially responsible businesses & cafes in Yogyakarta, Indonesia!

Now we need your help to wrap it up and complete our journey!

Please consider supporting us with IndieGoGo (click the link for more information about our IndieGoGo campaign).

Your support will help us offset our carbon footprint to make our journey complete and sustainable & offset some costs of the GREEN Riders journey. Any surplus funds raised will be donated to the Environmental Education Alliance of South East Asia, a non-profit NGO committed to environmental education in the region.

In the future look for more GREEN Riders video episodes, lesson plans for educators to compliment the video series & future GREEN Riders events and bike rides! MANY THANKS in advance for your support.

– Kenny & Jamie

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The Legend of Bromo

In the highlands of East Java lives a legend. Mount Bromo. A lunar landscape of seismic power. All who dare venture here must make a sacrifice. GREEN RIDERS are no exception. To conquer Bromo, we must leave something behind.

This is the legend of bro’ mo’…

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Gear Review: Endura Shirts & Shorts

Endura shirts and shorts have been keeping us cool, dry and relatively padded for over a thousand kilometers of road. Provided for GREEN RIDERS by GH Speedbikes, in this gear review, we give our run down on Endura.

We review the Endura Humvee and Humvee Light baggie shorts with liners, as well as Hummvee, FS260-Pro and Burner jerseys.

Endura: http://www.endura.co.uk/
GH Speedbikes: http://www.ghspeedbikes.com/

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