to Alli Starr
cc Dan Thomases
ashel@artinactionworld.org,
Brian Scharf
brian@richmondspokes.org,
oaklandchille@yahoo.com,
lindsay.dailey@gmail.com,
Marisha Farnsworth
Christopher Shein
cyclesofchange@yahoo.com,
nikbertulis@gmail.com,
brent
annelouiseburdett@gmail.com,
b_janky@yahoo.com,
joel@transformca.org,
ismael@thecrucible.org
date Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:21 PM
subject Update: Let's Build a Bamboo Bike for Green Festival!
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So we are going to have our first meeting this Friday...
5:30-7pm @ my house 704 39th St. Oakland, CA. 94609
Thanks for all the interest. Please let me know if you want to remain on this list!
Thanks, AshEL
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM, AshEL Eldridge
Dan, Alli, et all --- thanks for writing,
I'm really excited to start this project. My organization Communitree, has a goal of having a bike built for display during the GreenFestival (November 11-15th...we have a month!) so that we can workshop it to youth that week. We can do this. Its too good of an idea to stall on it any longer!We can also add all the amazing bamboo baskets and trailers that being built. The dream is to train youth with skills to make and sell these products, all the while teaching Bamboo propagation, etc.
I am not a bike builder by trade, but would love to collaborate with all of you on this. The internet is currently the only source I have with any instructions on building the bikes. Because of that, I have included a list of cool peeps and all-stars that I know might be down on making this vision a reality (here as well
and here.... its a movement!
Brian Drayton: Richmond Spokes
Brian Scharf: http://www.bamboobrian.com/Welcome.html
Marisha: Natural Builders , Bamboo Bio-Filter Project, Merritt College
Christopher Shein: Permaculture Institute East Bay , Merritt College,
Lindsay Dailey, El Sobrante gardens (and connected to American Bamboo Association and bamboo basket makers)
Janice Embrey & Anne Louise Burdett: Pueblo United with Cycles of Change
B-Janky, Champ (got his email?), and Tony Coleman: Scrapper Bikes
Joel Ramos: Transform CA
Ismael Plasencia: Crucible
Gonzalo: Eco-Arts Instructor & Builder
I believe if we all got together we could create great opportunities for ecology education as well as green entrepreneurship. Lets figure out a date, time, and place to meet. I have some bamboo, though I still need clarification on which bamboo would be the strongest and yet least invasive, because ideally we would to get local plants.
The dates an times I am available are listed below. We can do this. Its too good of an idea for our community to stall on it any longer! Let me know if you're down to pull this off :)
October 7th, 9th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 6:30pm Location,TBA (I am flexible with times on those dates...just after work)
Bless,
AshEL
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Hi Dan,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for writing. I will forward this also to Ashel Eldridge who is really the visionary behind this project.
We do not generate revenue, but rather are a nonprofit entity that runs as a collective, as opposed to top-down. Most of us have worked as volunteers for 10 years with youth, but a few positions are now paid and several youth are now being stipended.
Also, not essential, but do you happen to know any African American or Latino bike builders who might also be interested in hearing about this project?
Talk soon,
Alli
Alli Chagi-Starr
Green For All
Senior Community Engagement Strategist
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On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Dan Thomases wrote:
ReplyDelete> Hello Alli,
>
> I met you last night on the BART after "Capitalism: A love Story." You told me that your organization was discussing the idea of bamboo bikes for youth. I'd be interested in hearing more about this project, and maybe helping get it started. As I mentioned I have thought about the idea of starting some kind of program to apprentice youth to the bike industry and create something local and viable through that. I don't have much free time these days and as such haven't put anything towards this goal. It is exciting to me to hear that somebody is also thinking about something similar. I'd like to know more.
>
> I was a little uncertain about what you said that you do and how your organization is partnering up with two others to become a cooperative. Are you part of a worker-cooperative?
>
> nice meeting you,
> Dan
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