Things to Note
- No entrance fee: Steep fees restrict participation, and is exclusionary in spirit. Our Earth Day race event welcomes everyone. To qualify for participation, all you have to do is complete a total of 4 Green Actions, and accumulate CO2 offset Points.
- No pre-determined routes or distance: You race your own race. Choose your start point, chart your target distance and route, and arrive at our finishing point at 2pm on Sunday, 17 April 2016. You also choose how you want to travel – whether it’s walking, running, cycling, rollerblading, kick-scootering, etc.
- Fully-powered by renewable energy. With the support of a large pack of cyclists (from seasoned athletes to recreational cyclists and weekend warriors), a 24-hour cyclothon will start at 6pm on Saturday 16 April, to generate and store up pedal-powered kinetic electric energy for all our event needs.
- There will be NO race packs.
- No disposable plates, cups or cutlery will be used. We’ll provide reusable plates, cutlery and cups – everything you need to consume food & beverage without creating waste. We also encourage you to bring your own cutlery. For the race, water will be served from dispensers at the finish point, to discourage the use of plastic bottles or paper cups.
- No food waste. All uneaten food will be distributed to our race volunteers.
- We’re going meat-less! Beef, pork, chicken and mutton have a very high carbon footprint. We’re promoting a low-carbon lifestyle by offering vegetarian options – it’s healthy, and also one of the most efficient ways to reduce carbon emissions.
- We’re raising funds to fight climate change. All funds raised will go to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), for reforestation efforts in Sumatra and other campaign efforts to combat climate change.
