Ride your bike and tour a solar cell plant. What could be finer on a sunny Sunday morning?
That’s right, the weather forecast for this Sunday is sunny and fine. It promises to be, in fact, perfect riding weather. So register to ride, and then register a friend or family member to ride, too! From the start line at SolarWorld’s USA Headquarters in Hillsboro, OR, you will traverse to PCC Rock Creek Campus and finally to Jackson Bottom Wildlife Preserve before returning to SolarWorld for a tour, beer and food, and great music. All this for a great cause that you care about: Green Empowerment.
The Stops
PCC Rock Creek Campus (Stop One)
Who They Are: Rock Creek is nestled amid farm and wetland, perfect for PCC’s veterinary, landscape, building construction and biology programs, which use the natural areas for their outdoor learning labs. It houses Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation’s sports complex where students have access to softball and lacrosse fields, tennis courts and soccer pitches. The campus is home to a fully functioning farm with sheep, rabbits, llamas and cows.
The Food
- Pan Dulce – Mexican sweet bread
- A treat made with ingredients from PCC’s Learning Garden
- Fruit
Jackson Bottom Wildlife Preserve (Stop Two)
Who They Are: The Low-Down: A 725 acre wildlife preserve located within the city
limits of Hillsboro, Oregon that serves as home to thousands of ducks
and geese, deer, otters, beavers, herons and bald eagles. Song birds
and small mammals, as well as salamanders and rare wetland plants, are
dependent on the marshes of the Preserve.
The Food
- Pedal-powered smoothies made with Stonyfield Yogurt and bananas
- Dave’s Killer Bread
- Fruit
SolarWorld (Finish Line)
Who They Are: a world leader in high-quality solar power technology. Under the name Solar2World, the group champions its commitment to economically, ecologically and socially sustainable growth by donating products primarily for off-grid systems in emerging economies.
The Food
- New Old Lompoc and HUB beer
- Chocolate Milk
- Bagels and Cream Cheese
- Soup from SoupCycle
It’s a unique, unprecedented adventure. Join us!
How to Get Involved
* Register to ride!
* Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join you for the ride, and join our Team Challenge
* Volunteer and help us put on a fun ride for a great cause
