Team ACME Rickshaw Co.

Matt Powell
Of ACME Rickshaw Co.
On the Rickshaw Run January 2019
HIGHLIGHT ON MAP
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THE RICKSHAW RUN

The Rickshaw Run is a two-week, 2500km rally-style race by 7-horsepower tuktuk from Bangalore in southern India to Jaisalmer in the northwestern desert. No set route. No support. Just us clowns.


TIMING

The Run begins on January 2nd, 2019 and, barring major catastrophe, wraps up on January 15th, 2019.


CHARITY

We are raising money for Cool Earth, an organization that fights climate change by establishes sustainable agreements with rainforest communities to ensure that local communities opt not to sell the nearby forest to loggers.

These agreements aim to improve the lives of these communities to the point where they can withstand pressure to sell to loggers, and are based on the needs and specific requests of the community.

If you want to help, consider donating to Cool Earth, no amount is too small!


FOLLOWING ALONG

We'll be carry a GPS tracker that will live update our position on the map on this here team page. We will also be posting to Instagram. 

Matt

Jonah

Vikram Tank

Load Vikram

One part former journalist reared in London and refined in NYC.

One part accidental ad man and wanna-be pilot.

One bearded tech exec wanna be whittler.

Cool Earth

Cool Earth aims to reduce the impacts of climate change by combating deforestation in a variety of rainforest locations in Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador and Brazil. Cool Earth does not buy rainforest directly, but rather establishes sustainable agreements with local communities to ensure that local communities opt not to sell nearby forest to loggers. These agreements aim to improve the lives of these communities to the point where they can withstand pressure to sell to loggers, and are based on the needs and specific requests of the community. They have previously involved support for local industries such as cacao and coffee, technical assistance, funding for local schools, provision of boats for emergency health evacuations, and targeted maternal healthcare. Cool Earth’s work contributes to economic empowerment at a community level. It is estimated that Cool Earth reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 1 metric ton of CO2-equivalent for every $1 donated through direct protection of forests. Cool Earth has protected nearly one million acres of rainforest.

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