Greening LA by bike
December 2nd, 2009 
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Nick Richert, one of the founders of Bike Talk, is leading the Santee High School Debate team in an effort to green LA by bike. They’ll be riding from Santee to Venice High to plant trees, that they’ll be carrying by bike. Jeremy Grant says they’ll be getting help from the Greensters, the bike crew that produced a film without using cars.
For our second service project, the Global Debate Team will be donating trees to schools around LA by bicycle. Beginning Friday the 4th, we will transport some of the trees. This will promote two ways of reversing climate change: planting CO2-converting trees, and using alternatives to CO2-emitting cars. We hope the schools we visit with our trees will agree to replant and take care of them. We also hope they will feature us in their newspapers and blogs, as Venice High School has already agreed to do.
Venice High School is 14 and a half miles from Santee Education Complex. We invite anyone who wants a little exercise to join us on the ride to the school along Venice Blvd. on Friday, December 4th, leaving Santee at 11am.
For each mention in a news source or blog, we will get points in the Global Debates competition. The grand prize is a trip to the UN’s Youth Leadership Summit in the Netherlands.
If you are a blogger, school, or media outlet and wish to cover our story, or if you want to ride with us, please call Santee Debate Coaches Amber Young at (310) 256-6267 or Nick Richert at (310) 428-4222
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[...] While you’re in the area, you might want to join up with the award-winning Santee Education Complex Debate Team, which is riding down Venice Blvd to Venice High School to deliver trees for planting. The event kicks off at 11 am Friday at Santee High; if you hurry, you’ll have just enough time to get there after the Ballona gate dedication, or you can meet up with them as they ride along Venice. Read more at Illuminate LA and Westside Bikeside. [...]