The photo of Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma on their website, rideforclimate.com, shows them to be vibrant, fresh-faced young men looking forward to an incredible journey. And why not? The duo is riding, literally, around the country to "promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other solutions to global warming that will give America and the world a better future."
As the site's map indicates, they left from Boston on April 21 and will arrive in Madison on Thursday, when they'll be joined by Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, presumably for a decent number of miles. They're also slated to appear at the UW Red Gym at noon and at REI near West Towne at 7 p.m.
If any of us run into them, they'll probably still appear cheery and full of life. But they're only like an eighth of the way to completing their ride, and they've traveled through some pretty populous regions of the country. Fast forward to August, when they'll be crossing the Rockies and truly feeling the effects of global warming, if you know what I mean.
MAYOR CIESLEWICZ WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday, June 4, 2007
8:00 a.m. Ald. Mark Clear
10:00 a.m. Policy staff meeting
11:00 a.m. Plan Commission agenda review
12:00 noon Lunch with UW Chancellor John Wiley
1:30 p.m. Dean Brasser, Deb Simon, Roger Goodwin, Mike Deiters, Janet Piraino, George Twigg, and Andrew Statz
2:30 p.m. Kevin Hoag and Rebecca Cnare
3:00 p.m. Jeff Tyler and Kim Lothe
3:30 p.m. Mayors Innovation Project Steering Committee conference call
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
9:00 a.m. George Hank quarterly meeting 10:00 a.m. Matt Mikolajewski and Mario Mendoza 12:00 noon Ald. Julia Kerr 1:30 p.m. Janet Piraino, Rebecca Cnare, Joel Plant, Enis Ragland, Andrew Statz, and George Twigg 3:30 p.m. Carole Schaeffer and Rebecca Cnare 6:30 p.m. Common Council meeting (CCB 201)
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
9:00 a.m. Chuck Kamp, Roger Goodwin, Mike Deiters, and Janet Piraino
10:00 a.m. Staff meeting
1:15 p.m. Ald. Brian Solomon and Enis Ragland
1:30 p.m. Ald. Brian Solomon, Brian Miller, Frank Staniszewski, Greg Rosenberg, Marianne Morton, Eileen Mershart, Tim Radelet, Connie Ferris Bailey, Rebecca Cnare, and Enis Ragland
3:00 p.m. Phil Salkin, Laurie Logan, Matt Miller, Mark Olinger, Brad Murphy, Hickory Hurie, and Rebecca Cnare
5:00 p.m. Prof. Harvey Jacobs
Thursday, June 7, 2007
11:00 a.m. City union leadership quarterly meeting 2:00 p.m. Dr. Thomas Schlenker quarterly meeting 3:30 p.m. Kathleen Falk quarterly meeting 4:30 p.m. Common Council leadership meeting 5:30 p.m. Bike ride with "Ride for Climate" riders Bill and David
Friday, June 8, 2007
8:00 a.m. Appear on Gilda's Club "Concert for Gilda," Magic 98, 730 Rayovac Drive
9:00 a.m. Staff retreat
Saturday, June 9, 2007
11:00 a.m. Yahara Parkway bike path ribbon cutting ceremony and inaugural bike ride (south side of E. Washington Bridge at the path/planting area)
