Imagine this: Tens of thousands of fit, healthy people all across North America running everything from kids mini-marathons to the full 26.2 miles of glory, wearing locally-made eco-friendly race gear, treading on recyclable shoes, drinking all-natural sports drinks and eating local organic food, thrown only into compost and recycling bins along the race course, in a carbon neutral community event generated by bio, wind and solar power.

 

Then picture, tens of thousands of new trees being planted in these same cities and towns as a result of these races, cleaning the air and creating more beautiful, healthier places for everyone to live and run in.

 

These are only some of the endless possibilities for what will become part of North America’s new movement for a healthier Earth. And this is our vision for the Run for One Planet Foundation.

 

To reach this start line, our 2008/2009 North America Tour is being funded by generous, green, community-oriented businesses, groups, and a huge conglomeration of family and friends who believe in the vision of the Run for One Planet, and who want to leverage their resources to make an even bigger impact on the world they live in through stimulating "actions" which will benefit our Earth. Throughout the tour, supporters will have the option of donating to our ‘08/’09 tour operating costs and/or to the Run for One Planet Foundation.

 

Upon return from our tour, all funds donated to the Run for One Planet Foundation will be used as seed money to launch subsequent Run for One Planet Marathons to serve as a Legacy of Action in some of the cities and towns we originally ran through. Our ‘08/’09 North America Tour will be the prototype by which all succeeding Run for One Planet Marathons will be fashioned.  

 

These marathons will act as a whole new way to save the planet – by running for it!

 

Run for One Planet Marathons will galvanize people to get fit and healthy for themselves, and stimulate them to pick up the pace to take action for our planet.