Run and Bike for Bamboo, The Grass of Hope 2022
This challenge can be completed in the time-frame that suits you anytime and anywhere until September 18, 2022 11:59 PM
Registration Deadline
September 17, 2022 3:59 AM
About
Run and Bike for Bamboo 2022 is an activity organized by Burgos Agroforestry Nature Reserve to celebrate the World Bamboo Day with the concept of "The Grass of Hope"
The campaign is a virtual run and ride experience to raise awareness about Bamboo and its benefits to the world. Funds raised will help support BAFNR Bamboo Rehabilitation Project aligned with their ongoing response to create jobs for many young people and contribute to poverty alleviation in the community around the Agroforest. This will be done by converting the distance pledged by all participants into Bamboos to be planted.
This event will be accommodating not just runners and bikers enthusiasts but also walkers and hikers.
Do what you love, help along the way. Run, walk, and ride for the Bamboos this next months.
Registration Fee and Entitlements
Where
This is a Virtual Race, you can join and run and bike anywhere in the world. All you need is a GPS-tracking running app.
Entitlements
– Our Eternal Gratitude! Bamboo Plants will be planted at Burgos Agroforestry Nature Reserve and chosen farm beneficiaries.
– E-certificate for completing the Run and Bike Challenge.
– E-certificate with your name, GPS location where your Adopted Bamboo is Planted after the Bamboo Planting Event on September 18, 2022 (World Bamboo Day!)
– International runners are welcome, but we require a valid Philippine address to deliver the event shirt.
Add-ons:
+ Event Shirt P950
+ Adopt Additional Bamboo for Planting P300
How to Register:
1. Download the Stampede: Races App - Click Here
2. Go to Run and Bike for Bamboo Event and proceed with your registration
Event Shirt
Size Chart
How does a Virtual Race work? – Choose and Register on a Virtual Race – Use a GPS-tracking running app or watch – Track and Finish the Race – Take a photo of your result – Submit your Run or Bike Ride
Achieve your Fitness Goals with Every Distance that You Do! Spice up your motivation for running, walking or cycling (or any fitness distance based exercises) by taking our Run and Bike for Bamboo Virtual challenge.
Connect your favourite fitness apps or manually log your running, walking, cycling etc, distances to Stampede App.
Track your Progress
You can track all your progress directly ito your mobile apps (iOS and Android).
You can enter an activity into our app either by manually entering its distance or by syncing your activities from your favorite fitness tracker or smartwatch.
Why Bamboo?
Bamboo Produces more Oxygen than Trees
Planting bamboo is one of the best ways to help our environment. Bamboo is a crucial element in the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A grove of bamboo release 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. Because of this, planting bamboo is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and help fight global warming. A perfect selection for Going Green.
Bamboo is a great ‘Green Solution’. Bamboo is a wonderful replacement plants for trees with its short growth cycle and a high carbon dioxide exchange rate. Bamboo is a grass with 80 genera and over 1200 documented species. A mature grove of bamboo sends up new shoots every year. These new shoots reach their full size in just a couple months. Some grow 47 inches in 24 hours and can reach over 100 feet in height within 60 days. This short growth cycle makes it a great replacement for our slow growing forest that are being steadily cut back. It can provide erosion control when other plants wash away. It can screen out unsightly areas and provide a noise barrier in the process.
Bamboo Reduces Poverty and Provides Livelihoods for Local Farmers
The bamboo sector plays an important role in the livelihoods of local farmers. Developing a stable bamboo industry is a great way to help reduce poverty, increase economic opportunities for men and women, and to fight global unemployment.
In less developed countries, unemployment has often resulted in conflicts and social unrest. The production and manufacturing of bamboo products can contribute to a more socially and economically stable environment as it creates job opportunities in areas that are most affected. Through small businesses, social enterprises and community groups, bamboo can generate new sources of income and a better quality of life for rural people.
Can bamboo help save the planet? Yes, we believe it can!
Of course, it would be naive to think that bamboo is the solution to all our global problems, but in terms of rehabilitation of degraded land, reforestation, carbon sequestration, and poverty alleviation, bamboo can certainly be part of the solution as it provides countless benefits that can play a very important role in at least 7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Read about the benefits of bamboo , and discover why bamboo is such an amazing plant!