From: IPP/Mike Owen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Green Bike Tour Starts Thursday in Waterloo
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:00:01 -0500

The Green Bike Tour

Contact: Mike Owen, Iowa Policy Project, [log in to unmask], 319-338-0773,
319-643-3628
For Immediate Release ‹ Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006

Solar Bike Tour Starts Thursday in Waterloo, Decorah

WATERLOO, Iowa ‹ Renewable energy supporters will set out on bicycles
Thursday to open an eight-day tour to show off renewable energy technology
and potential in the Midwest.

³This is our fifth Green Bike Tour, and each one is a new glimpse into the
future of energy policy and economic opportunities,² said David Osterberg,
organizer of the tour and executive director of the nonpartisan Iowa Policy
Project (IPP), which has issued reports on the economic potential of
renewable energy.

The five-state tour opens in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area at 9:30 a.m. with
a bike ride from Pfeiffer Park along the Cedar Valley Lakes Trail through
George Wyth State Park, to Washington Park in downtown Waterloo at
Washington Street and Park Avenue, next to the Grout Museum.

Following a 10:30 a.m. rally at Washington Park, bicyclists will ride back
to Cedar Falls for a tour of the Center for Energy and Environmental
Education (CEEE) at the University of Northern Iowa, with CEEE director Dr.
William Stigliani.

During the afternoon, the bicyclists will load up their bikes to travel to
Decorah, where they will stop to see the wind turbine at the home of Larry
Grimstad, a retired banker, and then ride to a rally at Luther College at
3:30 p.m.

³Our goal is not only to show the potential of renewable energy, but to
remind Iowans and others in the Midwest of the importance of public policy
in encouraging its development,² Osterberg said.

In addition to highlighting wind and ethanol projects during the eight-day
tour, bikers will demonstrate practical uses of solar power. Bikes will be
equipped with solar panels that produce electricity to help with uphill
rides or play music.

Readers, listeners and viewers can check www.greenbiketour.blogspot.com for
schedule updates as well as comments from riders along the way.

The Green Bike Tour 2006 is sponsored by: The Iowa Policy Project, the
University of Iowa¹s Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Fresh
Energy, The League of Rural Voters, and The Fred & Charlotte Hubbell
Foundation.

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