The Global AFC 2010 tour of Europe has come to a close. The journey was nothing short of fantastic every day. Each morning held new surprises and each evening held the promise of sleeping hard, regardless of circumstances, from all the work it took to get there. That's not to say it wasn't difficult. Accidents and injuries took out a couple of riders, other's left half-way at Budapest as they planned to from the start. In the end, five of the original 13 riders rode  ...

August 20, 2010 What do I like most about biking? I would say uphills. Although most people think it is the worst part of biking, I believe it is the best because everything that goes up eventually has to go down. Reaching 50 miles per hour on a bike is gives you an adrenaline rush no rollercoaster can provide. Yesterday’s ride was all about this. We have finally entered the mountains in the east coast and I have to say, the Rockies are nothing compared to ...

August 16, 2010 Just to clarify, our blog posts have been lagging a bit and folks are uploading them as they get a chance. The post for Milwaukee was a little late, and we’re now packing up to leave eastern Ontario, and enter Buffalo, N.Y. Hopefully our team of writers will continue backlogging stories as we have Internet access. In the meantime, I’ll give you a quick rundown as I wait for others to finish breakfast. We crossed Lake Michigan in style- waking up at 4 a.m. ...

August 3, 2010 “Terratheism teaches that we find our joy in life by feeling God’s enjoyment of the world as a part of our own enjoyment.” These are Andrew Kerr’s words. Andrew and his wife Jennifer run a CSA farm in Dodgeville Wisconsin. The name, GreenSpirit, perfectly embodies their farming philosophy, a philosophy based on the notion that God is in everything on this Earth: in our bodies, in the weather, in the fields and in the soil. To play with the soil, to man the ...

An interview from earlier this year with our very own Sean Peters! Passion Starts With an Idea (Insert your own lightbulb) Sean Peters Featured Passionista #6 T and I recently sat down for our very first interview together! Passionista number 6 is Sean Peters, co-founder and chair of the Board of Global Agents For Change ”a Vancouver based social change incubator that finds creative ways to impact global poverty.” Check it out! He is an SFU alumni and currently works as a Research Analyst at Friuch Consulting in ...

August 1, 2010 Thursday July 30th we glided into the Twin Cities! We’ve crossed the hump and are now just over 3 weeks from completion. If the roads were as slick and smooth as the Minneapolis Greenway we’d be there in half the time. We thought we hailed from some of the best biking cities in North America (Vancouver BC, Portland, Milwaukee) but hot damn Minneapolis has the best biking infrastructure of all of them! No other city has a bike FREEWAY of such caliber. ...

July 24, 2010 The day started with the dreaded, but necessary, van clean up. After everybody organized their own things, the food bins were in order (which never lasts long), and bikes were checked over, we left for breakfast. We rode down the street to the Prairie Dog Cafe, owned by Jerry & Mary Petersen. Most of us ordered their specialty: the Prairie Mound. It’s a heap of hash browns, sautéed onions and red peppers, topped with cheese, two eggs and choice of meat. We filled ...

Hello! So it's been most of a year since I wrote a rather extensive e-mail about the clarity of values I came to on the Global Agents For Change bike ride across Europe last summer (which ended up getting posted on their blog, if you missed it or if I missed you). As a quick refresher, here's the core of what I said: -I believe that the basics of life, freedom from violence and dignity are inalienable human rights — they are ...

July 17, 2010 We have done it. We have hit our 1,000 miles mark. We have completed the first third of the trip, and we have done so with great success. We are all alive, our spirits are still high, and our calves have never looked better. It has taken this day off in Miles City, MT to realize how well we are doing. Today, we have all scattered to accomplish our differing goals for the day, and I have taken the opportunity to reflect on the ...

July 11, 2010 Today our ride began just outside of Ovando, Montana, where the mountains are plentiful, the grass is tall, and there is no cell phone service to be found. The day started off with rolling hills and ended with our ascend up McDolnald Pass. Though many that we spoke to got us feeling nervous about the climb, about two miles before, a local told us “it’s not as bad as everyone says,” which, THANKFULLY we found to be true. From Ovando to the state’s ...