I Ride Green
Make sustainable transportation your National Green Week theme!
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Background
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, each day Americans collectively travel a total of 15 million miles on car trips that are ½ mile or less. These micro-trips account for nearly one million gallons of gasoline burned and 10,000 tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere daily. In partnership with Amtrak, GEF created I Ride Green to motivate American students and their families to adopt green transportation habits, and feel empowered to reverse these alarming trends.
Program Overview
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I Ride Green invites participants to start easy-to-adopt sustainable transportation habits that can lead to lifelong healthy behaviors.
Pledge to do at least one of the following:
- Walk, bike or skate to local destinations whenever safe and practical
- Advocate for the installation of safe sidewalks and bicycle paths to schools and other local destinations
- Carpool or take public transportation when non-motorized transportation is infeasible
- Reduce auto emissions by shutting off engines when wait time is 20 seconds or more
Program Objectives
The central goal of I Ride Green is to inspire schools, families and individuals to develop lifelong habits for sustainable transportation that promote the health of the environment, the economy, and people.
- Educate students about issues around transportation and sustainable transportation topics such as hybrid technology, biofuels, idling, and much more.
- Inspire children to spend more time outdoors being physically active by promoting the importance of physical and emotional health and well-being through standards-based curriculum and activities
Curriculum
Please visit the
I Ride Green curriculum section to access a multitude of sustainability lessons.
