The Cycle Strongman Expedition has now finished

26 Feb 2009

The Cycle Strongman Expedition (CSX) an extraordinary journey focused on exploring human capabilities, cultures and landscapes. The CSX is a challenge of Herculean proportions that aims to traverse the globe using human power and the elements in an effort to inspire change, challenge environmental values and promote cross cultural awareness. The entire expedition will be carbon neutral in an effort to minimise the environmental impact of the journey and help bring sustainability into the forefront of our social psyche. Part of the sustainability challenge is making sure everybody – the world over - has access to life’s basic needs. It is for this reason that the CSX is also supporting Oxfam Australia in a bid to raise awareness of their global work in the fight against poverty. The CSX will also visit a number of their incredible projects throughout the world and raise up to $100,000 to support their work. Cadel Evans has described the expedition as "... an amazing project ..." and support has also come from David Suzuki who attests to the CSX as being "an incredibly education project." Join in this exciting journey as regular expedition updates, blogs and photographs are posted on the CSX website (www.cyclestrongman.com). Join the RSS feed and mailing list to share in this expedition, learn about other cultures, landscapes and people and help understand the world around us. You can show your support by giving to Oxfam. It’s only through a global approach that we can ever hope to tackle the problems around us. Where the money goes: $25 is enough to plough and prepare a hectare of land for cultivation and harvest in Mozambique • $35 can pay for materials to build a well in Sri Lanka, providing fresh water for 20-30 families • $52 can buy a goat in Sri Lanka, whish helps some of the poorest families earn a living • $75 can provide training to a group of peer educators who can educate a South African school children about HIV/AIDS. • $100 can pay for training for a volunteer literacy educator to run adult literacy classes in a village in Cambodia • $300 can pay for an entire Loatian village to be training in pig raising • $500 can pay for a community worker to lead community development projects in the islands of Vanuatu for one month.