EARTH DAY NEW YORK 2014 - THE CAT WALK PRESENTATION PERFORMANCE - PART 1

CO2 Green Drive and Earth Day New York collaborated for the fourth time on the annual Global Earth Day celebration, on April 22nd 2014. The "Green Car Cat Walk" performance was done on Union Square by Mr Green along with a variation of Bikes and Electric & Plug-in Hybrid vehicles. 

The official video from The New York Mayors office, with a speech by Mayor Bill Di Blasio that also joined in on the celebrations.

Toyota, who has been the main partner in the production for a couple of years, had a large variety of vehicles that who had an alternative to the Combustion Engine. Their #greenitabit promotional concept, wanting to make everyday Earth Day, is a nice green step in the right direction.

Mr Green did a lovely job in their performance, with directions an inspiration to the gentlemen who stood on the side of Chuck D, Terminator X and Flava Flav.

The only difference is that they wear black, and Chuck D, Terminator X and Flava Flav has been exchanged with a Green Vehicle..

But the Green Vehicles also come in Black.

And Miss Green is way more attractive..

They also come as SUV's

In White.

The above LOMAX was also part of the first version of CO2 E Drive in New York 2011 and functioned as a brush when performing the Virtual GPS Tagging Performance. A performance that will be saved for next year, but this then with Bikes.

Max Wilcox from the Methacton Senior High School talks about the LOMAX

Peter Yuskauskas from NYCE Wheels shows his brilliant electric city folding bike.

And a video that gives you all the details

The Electric Department of Sanitation Truck

The Black Toyota Prius from Enterprise Car Share.

With a sweet EMO girl taking down names, like there was no tomorrow.

The New York Police Ford Focus

The GMC Electric Truck

The Parks Department Hybrid Truck

And of course the White Trash Truck. Please notice Mr Green in the back of the truck, peeking out from behind.

Then there was Robbert Zoon from Dutch Bough Bikes - a wooden bike designed in Holland.

Bough Bikes 'Be Moved By Nature' - Commercial from Erik Journee on Vimeo.

More about Bough Bikes HERE 



Joe Depace is a local New Yorker who goes out and documents what is going on in his city. Enjoy Joe's talk-over throughout his above film done on Union Square on Earth Day 2014.



Above the official Earth Day 2014 video, talking about "Greening" our cities.

EARTH DAY NEW YORK 2014 - THE "E" TAG WITH BIKES & MR GREEN

Plans are taking shape for the first version of the "e" tag with bikes in connection to Earth Day New York 2014. The previous 3 years, the tag has been done with Electric Cars but this time around it is time for a new TAG and another vehicle. It should also be said that the artist behind CO2 Green Drive (Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen) have done the "E" tag on a bike twice in the past.

In 2013, it was done on the above handmade stainless steel Bike from AOI Bicycles.

The 2014 "e" Tag will be done on the bike lanes (AKA Copenhagen Lanes)  around Union Square.

The Mr Green Crew will as always be involved, both for the bike activities and as part of the "Green Car Catwalk Performance" on Union Square. In above image from Times Square in 2011, they are holding the Danish "eco2bike" that on Earth Day New York 2015 will particpate with a large scale installation of bikes.

 Plans are also taking shape to collaborate with New York's Bike Activist Group TIME'S UP.
The above flyer is from one of their "Love Your Lane" Valentins events.



They were also part of the Occupy Wall Street activities where they installed Bikes that could charge electronics for the people in Zuccotti Park. More about it HERE

Time's Up & Visual Resistance have been installing "Ghost Bikes" around the New York area for many years. They are bicycles painted white with plaques placed above them to recognize deceased cyclists. 

The NYC Street Memorial Project installs ghost bikes in NYC and maintains the website
 www.ghostbikes.org. which includes ghost bike projects throughout the world.  The memorials are intended to honor cyclists killed on New York's streets and to remind drivers to use caution and be aware of bicycles. 

More about Time's Up HERE

EARTH DAY NEW YORK 2014 IS TAKING SHAPE

Above video from Union Square of the Earth Day New York 2013 HARLEM SHAKE.



I AM E



CO2 E Drive from 2011 on Times Square

Stay Tuned for more info on the annual CO2 E Drive.
For more info on Earth Day New York 2014, take a look at the website HERE