1 hr 2 min
EA 21 - Kipchoge Spencer on the 3.5% threshold, pedal powered music, and community vibes Enlightened Abroad
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- Places & Travel
62’
Intro
~1-3’ we couldn’t get the song on, but check them out here: https://soundcloud.com/gingerninjas
Interview
~4’ who is anyone to own the earth?
~6’ embracing the hypocrisy
~8’ acting as custodians of the land
~11’ how to build community? be neighbors
~13’ the cob workshop community lessons
~16’ the people power theory
~17’ the balance of doing good for the earth + having fun
~18’ how an environmental activist is born
~21’ the napkin revolt*
*Kipchoge and Claire’s son story comes in here as a side note because Claire was in the kitchen but not mic’d
~22’ bikes as and eco mode of transport
~24’ the beginnings of xtracycle, circa ‘98:
https://www.xtracycle.com/
~27’ the xtracyle ‘thing’ – trying to create environ change with a company
~30’ the dream is hatched of a bike powered music tour
~32’ Kipchoge's friend's band:
https://shakeyourpeace.bandcamp.com/
~33’ 15 people take off and create the first ever bike powered rock n’ roll tour, aka 'rock the bike':
https://rockthebike.com/the-ginger-ninjas/
~35’ Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas, soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/gingerninjas
~37’ 8 bike tours later, a few takeaways
~41’ a traveling band story, ohhhh Mexico!
~46’ an epiphany at Vipassana, the site:
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index
~47’ a turn in the road, Kipchoge stops playing to gather people power and tackle the climate fight
~48’ an education on building a social change movement
~49’ there are way more than enough people to get this done
~50’ non-violent social movements, Erica Chenoweth inspires:
https://www.ericachenoweth.com/research/wcrw
~53’ would you quit Amazon if others did? a campaign for 1M customers to leave; testing the hypothesis
https://threshold.us/c/cancelprime
~54’ why Amazon? lifting the curtain on the dangers
~58’ the movement, building up to the 3.5% change, and 6 focus areas:
https://threshold.us
~60’ the internet is not bad, just the bad actors, and Derek is ok, thank yous…
62’
Intro
~1-3’ we couldn’t get the song on, but check them out here: https://soundcloud.com/gingerninjas
Interview
~4’ who is anyone to own the earth?
~6’ embracing the hypocrisy
~8’ acting as custodians of the land
~11’ how to build community? be neighbors
~13’ the cob workshop community lessons
~16’ the people power theory
~17’ the balance of doing good for the earth + having fun
~18’ how an environmental activist is born
~21’ the napkin revolt*
*Kipchoge and Claire’s son story comes in here as a side note because Claire was in the kitchen but not mic’d
~22’ bikes as and eco mode of transport
~24’ the beginnings of xtracycle, circa ‘98:
https://www.xtracycle.com/
~27’ the xtracyle ‘thing’ – trying to create environ change with a company
~30’ the dream is hatched of a bike powered music tour
~32’ Kipchoge's friend's band:
https://shakeyourpeace.bandcamp.com/
~33’ 15 people take off and create the first ever bike powered rock n’ roll tour, aka 'rock the bike':
https://rockthebike.com/the-ginger-ninjas/
~35’ Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas, soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/gingerninjas
~37’ 8 bike tours later, a few takeaways
~41’ a traveling band story, ohhhh Mexico!
~46’ an epiphany at Vipassana, the site:
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index
~47’ a turn in the road, Kipchoge stops playing to gather people power and tackle the climate fight
~48’ an education on building a social change movement
~49’ there are way more than enough people to get this done
~50’ non-violent social movements, Erica Chenoweth inspires:
https://www.ericachenoweth.com/research/wcrw
~53’ would you quit Amazon if others did? a campaign for 1M customers to leave; testing the hypothesis
https://threshold.us/c/cancelprime
~54’ why Amazon? lifting the curtain on the dangers
~58’ the movement, building up to the 3.5% change, and 6 focus areas:
https://threshold.us
~60’ the internet is not bad, just the bad actors, and Derek is ok, thank yous…
1 hr 2 min