Vancouver BC: Non-motorized transportation to promote zero or low-emission transportation as a means to combat climate change

Meet Colin and Julie.

Colin and Julie are only two people but they're changing the world. If Colin can travel 43,000 kilometres without producing any greenhouse gas emissions, we can all start taking small steps to use less energy and to walk and cycle more, even if it is just One Day a week.

The couple's journey, which started out with Colin and Vancouver-born Tim Harvey, involved cycling, skiing, canoeing, hiking and rowing through BC, Alaska, across the Bering Sea and through Europe. Julie and Colin traveled across the Atlantic to Costa Rica - a 156-day rowing odyssey, with Julie being the first and only woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland. From there it was an 8,300 kilometre ride back to Vancouver.

The couple, living in Courtenay BC and getting married this summer are available for speaking engagements and public presentations. They have played a big role in supporting the Vancouver Park Board’s Active Communities Program. The goal of their expedition and speaking tour is to show just how far you can take non-motorized transportation and to promote zero or low-emission transportation as a means to combat climate change. Click here to find out more about their work and look for Colin’s book, "Beyond the Horizon", to be released March 27. (info from One Day Vancouver)