Bird Year is over but Malkolm is cycling on! He is now cycling from Whitehorse to Ottawa as a part of "Pedal for the Planet." He will ask the Canadian Government to become a leader in the struggle to come to grips with climate change. (http://kyotoplus.ca/pedal/)
Malkolm is now 17 and just finished Grade 11. On June 21, 2008 Malkolm Boothroyd completed his year-long, fossil-fuel-free journey in search of birds. He cycled a total of 13,133 miles (21,144 km), Malkolm identified 548 different bird species and raised more than $25,000 for bird conservation.



Friday, August 21, 2009

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

"Summer" isn't the right word to describe this season. Winter and spring have come and gone in Ontario, yet summer is missing in action. It has rained on us for eight miserable days strait. If scientists can prove weather like this is linked to climate change, then a mass of Ontarians will probably join pedal for the planet.
But everything the rain brings isn't bad. Really, the rain has been a positive phenomenon. Due to the cold and the wet, the bugs aren't terrible. They're only really bad. None of us have to worry about getting skin cancer, or bad cycling tan lines. Nadia doesn't have to worry about keeping her phone dry anymore. It could be put under a waterfall without the risk of any further damage.
You see, cycling is a great way to spend a "summer"!

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