Rickshaw Run 2018 | Cool Earth & Planeterra

We're Matt, Sharn & Robbie and we have decided to take on the epic adventure of driving a Tuk Tuk up the west coast of India. We're doing this as part of the Rickshaw Run, an event organised by The Adventurists. (http://www.theadventurists.com/rickshaw-run) Not only is the Rickshaw Run an industrial dose of adventure, it’s also about Saving the World. As part of the event, every team sets out to raise a minimum of $2,000 for charity.

The goal is to break down as little as possible, to finish 3,500 km within two weeks, and to get at least $2,000 to these two amazing charities.

- Cool Earth - works alongside indigenous villages to halt rainforest destruction.

Local people stand to lose the most from deforestation but the most to gain from its protection, that’s why they are the forest’s best possible custodians. All Cool Earth partnerships are community-owned and led.

By developing local livelihoods, their mission is to end the cycle of deforestation entrenching villages into further poverty. Creating strong, self-determining communities.

They are also the only charity that works solely where the threat to the forest is greatest, on the frontline of deforestation. They work strategically, each of their partnerships form a shield to make the neighbouring forest inaccessible to loggers – saving millions of acres of further forest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQi7jQTSQ2M

https://www.coolearth.org/

- Planeterra - Established in 2003, by global adventure travel company G Adventures’ founder, Bruce Poon Tip, Planeterra Foundation is a non-profit organization that has contributed millions of dollars towards projects in areas of social enterprise, healthcare, conservation, and emergency response. They connect social enterprises to the tourism marketplace by providing catalyst funding, capacity training, and a market link for small businesses supporting women, youth, and indigenous communities. Their projects impact some of the most disadvantaged populations, who not only gain access to jobs but also have a chance to redefine their identity and role in society.

Planeterra purpose is to improve people’s lives by creating and supporting social enterprises that bring underserved communities into the tourism value chain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZdHFLn6Z-c

https://planeterra.org/