{"id":45599,"date":"2024-08-14T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/green-riders-founder-signs-africas-first-climate-ball-in-historic-ceremony-20240703\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:40:49","slug":"green-riders-founder-signs-africas-first-climate-ball-in-historic-ceremony-20240703","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/green-riders-founder-signs-africas-first-climate-ball-in-historic-ceremony-20240703\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Riders founder signs Africa\u2019s first climate ball in historic ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Craig Atkinson, founder of Green Riders, became the first African private company founder to sign Ismachiah Oduwole\u2019s Climate Ball.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This symbolised a significant step in promoting sustainable transport in Africa. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The event, held at Green Riders\u2019 Cape Town headquarters, highlighted the impact of innovative solutions in tackling climate change.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig Atkinson, entrepreneur, visionary and the founder of Green Riders, a company that promotes environmentally-sound, sustainable and healthy transport options, was bestowed the honour of leaving Africa\u2019s first signature on the travelling Climate Ball of American teenage anti-climate change activist Ismachiah Oduwole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement was made on Tuesday 18 June, making it a significant milestone in Green Riders\u2019 journey towards decarbonising the last-mile delivery sector in Africa, where trade and logistics are often the most challenging in terms of efficiency and cost<ld>, and creating jobs for youths.<\/ld><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late last month, Atkinson joined forces with the 14-year-old from Los Angeles in an extraordinary engagement at Green Riders\u2019 Cape Town headquarters, in Table View.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honour\">Honour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am humbled to have been recognised as a leader among the thousands of incredible individuals that Ismachiah has engaged with,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is absolutely amazing to see how a young influencer his age can make such an impact. He flew all the way from Los Angeles to Cape Town and took great interest in our organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/rondebosch-bikebus-in-transit-20231024\" target=\"_blank\">Rondebosch BikeBus \u2018in transit\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was applauded by Active Mobility Forum\u2019s (AMF) Roland Postma, an advocate of active mobility, such as cycling or walking, in the Southern Suburbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was instrumental in the launch of the BikeBus initiative, where primary-school learners in Rondebosch were invited to cycle to school on the same route as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/rondebosch-bikebus-in-transit-20231024\" target=\"_blank\"> fellow walkers or rollerbladers, escorted by adults for their safe passage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGreen Riders is catalytic to safe cycling infrastructure because, for the first time, we (as a society) can expect a municipality such as ours, the City of Cape Town, to invest in NMT (non-motorised transport) and the safe infrastructure this calls for, as it supports the micro-economy, creates green jobs and contributes to solving congestion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Postma believes cycling has a range of economic, social and environmental benefits, and \u201ccase studies alone support dedicated cycling lanes where all cyclists are separated from road traffic through delineator kerbs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_576d1f63\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11966\/a2a9b82b7345414085b344338477bea1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/219db02c80144e9aaf6a2ff2052a1937.jpg\" title=\"The Climate Ball initiative has seen signatures from arguably three of the most powerful figures in the climate world. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Climate Ball initiative has seen signatures from arguably three of the most powerful figures in the climate world. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-partnership\">Partnership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Atkinson became the first founder of a private company across Africa\u2019s 54 countries to be invited to sign Oduwole\u2019s Climate Ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young football player and climate advocate from Los Angeles has gained global recognition for his innovative approach to climate and sustainability awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He visited South Africa owing to fond memories of a previous trip to the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was 8 years old, I visited Durban with my eldest sister Zuriel, who was making a documentary to mark (late former President) Nelson Mandela\u2019s centenary, and we saw a show at the uShaka Marine World. A dolphin, trained to put a plastic rope in a recycling bin, was shoving its handler very hard and something happened that day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, six years later, Ismachiah was in South Africa again, this time the Mother City, to meet Atkinson, \u201cwhom I had invited to sign my climate and sustainability football, which I started at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/act-now-on-climate-catastrophe-20220418\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Act now on climate catastrophe\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is the first private company from Africa\u2019s 54 countries I invited to sign, because of its really cool, very simple, impactful e-bike project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This invitation is testament to Green Riders\u2019 commitment to decarbonising the transport sector and its efforts in reducing unemployment in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ismachiah has used the 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