The challenge…
Join the Environment Society this Ride 2 Work day (Wed 16th October) to kick off the new Commute for Climate Challenge across nipaluna/Hobart. We're asking you (the greater Hobart community), to get outside and get active for your community and climate!
For this annual, month long challenge we invite individuals and teams to commute for nipaluna/Hobart! Leave the car at home and ride, walk, run, scoot, or catch public transport. Basically travel without a personal vehicle like a car or motorbike!
Gain a point for every commute you complete to go in the running for a series of prize packs to be announced soon! Prizes will be up for grabs for the individual and team with the most points. On top of this there will be a pool of prizes to be raffled off at the end of the month!
1 commute = 1 point = 1 raffle ticket!
Over the month we will be hosting a range of supporting events to build community, awareness and engagement for all participants! Keep your eyes out for community social rides and walks, Bicycle Network workshops covering safe riding, bike building and maintenance!
While we are commuting for our climate, we’re also raising money for the Tasmanian Bike Collective. The team at the Bike Collective work with over 80 young people who face additional barriers to education and work. Using bikes as their vehicle, they mentor young people, building key life and work skills.
You can donate to the Tas Bike Collective here!
Commute
4 Climate Guidelines
Still have questions about the Commute 4 Climate?
Email us at hello@commute4climate.com
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A commute is simply travelling from point A to point B without a personal motor vehicle like your car or motorbike. Use active transport such as walking, riding your bicycle or scooter, skating, running, or catching any form of public transport (bus or ferry).
You can travel to and from any destination in the greater Hobart area.
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Yes, if you own an electric bicycle or scooter you can use this for the Commute 4 Climate challenge!
Electrictic cars and motorbikes do not count.
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Going for rides or walks for leisure or exercise do not count for this challenge.
But, if you were perhaps heading out to the hairdresser, and took your bike instead of your car, this would count!
Or, if you were heading out to meet a friend for ice-cream, and you walked there instead of driving, this would count!
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1 commute = 1 point = 1 raffle ticket
This decision is to keep this challenge equitable for people from different areas around nipaluna/Hobart, and with different abilities.
Not everybody may be able to walk up the hill to West Hobart or out to Glenorchy, or ride their bike all the way up Strickland Avenue. To make this challenge as accessible as possible we've included any kind of transport that is not a personal motor vehicle. For this reason, any trip whether it be walking, riding, scooting or catching a bus or ferry equals 1 point in the challenge and 1 raffle ticket.
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If you're coming from outside of Hobart, or can't actively commute the whole way, and you're utilising a Park & Ride area to make your active commute accessible to you, that still counts as an active commute.
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To win the individual most commutes you have to record your commutes in Strava and write commute in each commute you do and share with the Commute4Climate Strava club - see the page on the website to join! This is to keep things fair, and if you don't want to download and record on Strava, don't worry! Just by signing up and completing a single commute you will be in the raffle for lots of prizes! If you are adding trips on strava don't forget to add your trips on website as well to be in the raffle.
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The challenge starts on the 16th October and finishes at midnight on the 16th November. Any commutes during this time will count to the final tally and for entry into the raffle!
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When you sign up and use the 'log a commute' form, you fill in basic details of your trip and can add your team name here each time you add a commute. To win the team with the most commutes at the end of the challenge you must be the team with most overall commutes..
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Check out the prizes and sponsors page for more info!
Who we are…
The Environment Society is an inclusive society for students and the wider community who are interested and passionate about the environment. We welcome discourse and action on all climate, natural environment, and sustainable living. We are an active, positive, and safe environment and we value the contribution of all of our members equally.
We host many initiatives and events throughout the year. On top of the Commute 4 Climate challenge, we host monthly Conservation Conversations, engage in citizen science, write to local, state and federal members about the state of our natural environment, and support students and graduates in transitioning into environmental careers.
