Turn Off Your Lights - March 29th

Want to join people around the world who care about the environment? Turn off your lights this March 29th for Earth Hour 8-9pm...make a difference.

Keep America Beautiful!

By Lia Mack of BeGreenDesigns

Have you looked outside lately? Take a walk around the block. Hike through the woods. Or just look at your own yard after a windy day. It's a mess. Plastic bags, ignored roadside newspapers, candy wrappers, water bottles and more. All just lying around cluttering up the landscape. On a recent hike I actually found a ceiling fan in the woods...A ceiling fan!?!? It is a sad absolute that when I take my children outside, they will see more trash laying around than other children playing and wildlife put together. Just as with violence on TV, the more they see it, the more immune they become to litter being a part of their world. If we don't do something about it, together as a family and a community, litter will become a permanent part of our great outdoors.

One way for communities to get together to tackle the problem is underway right now! Keep America Beautiful™, the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, is hosting The Great American Cleanup™ in communities, both nationally and internationally. "The Great American Cleanup™, [is] the nation's largest community improvement program, [which] takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers and attendees…The hardworking volunteers donated more than 7.7 million hours in 2007 to clean, beautify and improve more than 17,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities included beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events.

"Keep America Beautiful™ believes that each of us holds an obligation
to preserve and protect our environment.
Through our everyday choices and actions,
we collectively have a huge impact on our world."

Get Local & Get Involved!
"There are more than 565 certified community affiliates of Keep America Beautiful™ doing good works." Click here to find a group near you.

Can't find an affiliate in your area?
Start one of your own. "Organize a clean-up committee by seeking out a few people who share your passion for the cause. Set a meeting date and let the ideas flow. Decide which project everyone wants to tackle." Click here to learn how you can Organize your own Great American Cleanup™

Here are just some ideas of how you can get involved from Keep America Beautiful™:

• Host a tree planting party
  
• Put a new coat of paint on a graffiti-marked wall
  
• Adopt a road with your friends and plant flowers
  
• Sponsor a litter collection contest
  
• Clean up a river or field that has become an illegal dump site
• Collect recyclable and reusable items on your block and deliver to a recycling center
  

Together we can make a difference. The possibilities are endless!

$30 Off Registration For Urban Assault Bike Race

Dear Urban Assaulter,

I have received some emails wondering why the Urban Assault Ride is not
coming to SoCal in 2008. As any of you probably have seen, we have a new
title sponsor (New Belgium Brewing) and a new focus for the events. The
UAR has proven very effective in helping folks use their bikes for
transportation. For 2008, we have chosen cities that have the best
infrastructure for bike transportation, with the hope that we'll have
more of an influence.

We're sorry that we're not in SoCal in 2008 - we can only do so many
events each year. That being said, we could be back - so don't write us
off.

As our way of thanking your for your participation last year, I am
offering $30 off a team registration to any 2008 UAR of your choosing.
Hopefully you can make it down to our biggest event in Austin, take a road
trip to the Rocky Mountain and participate in Ft Collins or Denver. Maybe
even check out our new events on the Pacific Northwest or Mid-West.

This offer expires 3/21 - so if you plan to sign up, pleas email me which
city you'd like and I will send you a coupon code.

Thanks again for participating and we hope to see you at the UARs again
this year!

-Josh Kravetz (josh@adventurefit.com)