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LONG RIDE TO FREEDOM | BUILDING UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES SCHOOLS INTO THE DIGITAL AGE

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Day 7 – July 24th – Port St Johns – Queenstown

The recce riders planning the Long Ride To Freedom, were hit by severe wind today and decided to take the day off and get some good rest in.

In the meantime, we wrote to SpaceX today asking them to keep an eye on the Decentralised Sustainable Innovation Village progress we’re going to build. With a hopeful yes, the talks we will deliver at the schools will get the kids excited about being identified to go work at SpaceX.

Ian, standing on the surface of Mars on a nice winter’s day. Electricity is already running on Mars in the background. 🙂


July Ride Purpose:

The recce team’s job in July is start on #MandelaDay and follow the Leaderless​ #LongRideToFreedom fibre optic route of 2830km to gather intel for the ride in September, to raise money for #Decentralised #Sustainable #Innovation Villages, take photos and have lots of fun! Our mission to help pivot and entire country into the #4iR (#4iRSA). September Ride Purpose: In September we bring together farmers, students, software developers and virtual assistants to learn about digital disruption, what it is, why it is happening and how we can harness disruption to clean up our planet. A very strong focus will be on Blockchain technology and Ecommerce so that we can bypass expensive supermarkets. We will deliver books from the World Economic Forum as well as other material   Fundraising: The funds we raise will build Innovation Villages for Social Entrepreneurs – we appreciate your donation here – longridetofreedom.com/support/donate   The recce team: Mark from Cycle The Cape who is helping Leaderless plan this ride, put together a team of strong riders to collect as much information as possible for marketing and logistics purposes for the ride in September 2019. Ian Privett​, Mark Lawson, Kurt Stemmert, Shanel Munger​, Brian Joel (driver) The recce team’s rides. KTM Bike Industries​, Merlin Cycles​ Bianchi SCOTT Sports​   Our incredible sponsors: FTTX Council Africa​, Le-Coquin​, Ecommerce Forum Africa​, RETZA – Classic Enfield Tours South Africa​, Freedom Won, Vane​, Cycle the Cape​, Bicycle Adventure Club​, Fellows of Fire, Peach Payments​

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