
On Friday, December 4th, a large number of ´Committed Belgians´
have cycled their way to Copenhagen. With the special
´Pedal for Copenhagen´ action, Dixie Dansercoer
invited on the site of (ANT)ARCTICMATTERS a number of ´famous´ but
committed fellow citizens to spend the day together producing as
much energy as possible by cycling on a virtual trip to Copenhagen,
where the decisive Climate Summit is set to begin on December 7th.
The participants include Rob Vanoudenhoven, Jean Bosco Safari,
Christ´l Joris, Joost Callens, Freddy Maertens, Rutger Beke, and
Tine Deckers, to name just a few. The action continued until
Sunday, December 6th.
In order to bridge the 1,000 kilometres which separate us from
Copenhagen, the participants made use of 5 stationary and 5 energy
bicycles which transform the energy into kilometres. Over the three
days all visitors cycled more than 2000 kilometres (to Copenhagen
and back to Bruges) on the cycling counters.
Dixie: "I´m delighted by the commitment of so
many who are taking action to generate greater awareness about
what's happening to our climate. A surprisingly large number of
participants, familiar faces, but also many visitors to
(ANT)ARCTICMATTERS, have enthusiastically cycled lots of energy
(more than 2200 Kwh!) and kilometres on the counters. We can only
bring climate change under control by making further efforts. This
action is a step towards helping people to better understand the
importance of these efforts."
Dixie also invited all cyclists to visit the audiovisual
exhibition (ANT)ARCTICMATTERS. Many visitors signed the 'Personal
GlobaI Matters Charter'. Each signer makes a personal commitment to
help put a stop to global warming.
We would like to thank warmly all our enthusiastic cyclers!
Stefan Maes