Save The Wild Bison Canada, Northern Bison Campaign

"Free Roaming Human- Cross-Country on Foot for Wild Bison" For Immediate Release- April 29,2007 Contact Kalanu Buffalo, kalanubuffalo@yahoo.com

Starting on May 15, 2007, former Buffalo Field Campaign volunteer and current Northern Bison Campaign Coordinator Kalanu Buffalo will be embarking from Victoria, B.C., on a cross-Canada walk in honour of wild bison in Canada and the United States.

"Few people are aware that there are wild bison left in North America." said Kalanu "Fewer still realize how threatened their future is. My goal; the goal of all wild bison activists, is to see wild bison roaming this continent again. I am embarking on this journey to spread the message that the buffalo need to roam, the buffalo need protection, our wild spaces need protection, and wildness itself needs to be honoured and respected above industry, development and domestication."

During this journey, the only non-foot transportation Kalanu will be taking will be the ferry from Victoria to Vancouver and the ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland.

"The purpose of avoiding vehicle travel is to make a point that we want wild buffalo to re-populate this continent again, and we want them to do it on their own four feet, not in the back of a cattle truck."

If you would like to help provide Kalanu with accommodation or food along the way, or would like to arrange an interview or speaking engagement, please send an email to kalanubuffalo@yahoo.com. For more information on the Northern Bison Campaign, and to stay informed on the Free-Roaming Human journey, visit www.savethewildbison.org

For more information on the Buffalo Field Campaign, visit www.buffalofieldcampaign.org

Buffalo

CouchSurfer in Florida seriously injured in bicycle crash

Nancy Heinrich was seriously injured with possible brain injuries in a bike accident several days ago. She was starting on her cross-country bike trip from Sarasota, FL to St. Augustine, FL to San Diego, CA. The accident occured outside of Wauchula, FL. She was having problems towing her Bob Trailer behind her bicycle during headwinds. The Bob trailer fishtailed and made the bike crash. Nancy flew over the handlebar of the bicycle onto the pavement. If she wasn't wearing a helmet, she might not have survived the accident. Nancy had to be airlifted from Wauchula, FL to a major hospital in Tampa, FL. She had to have several CAT scans and a possible operation to relieve pressure on the brain. Also, possible facial cuts from broken glasses. The accident occured on her second day of her trip. More news will follow if I here anything.

Myors

Hitchiking the World- From Dream to Reality, not a penny on transport

Since January 1st 2003, Ludovic Hubler, a 29 year old French graduate with a Master of Science in Management, has been touring the world by hitchhiking with the challenge of completing the tour without spending a single cent on transport. After more than 4 years with his thumb up for over 139,000km through 48 countries, he has now finally arrived in Mumbai.

Having appeared on over 30 TV stations and hundreds of newspapers across the world, he continues to share his experiences of hitchhiking 1,500 Kilometers of the Sahara desert, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on sailing-boats, traveling to Antarctica on an ice-breaker and navigating his way through guerilla warfare and checkpoints in Colombia.

In addition, Ludovic is involved in three humanitarian missions in Brazil, Indonesia & Central America, as well as in a "mentoring" project for French children with cancer. Having been invited to speak at over 200 schools, universities, and community groups around the world, his presentation covers variety of issues from globalization & environmental issues to more personal reflections & lessons learned on the road."

Ludo's Cs profile id is LUDOWORLD More information about the adventure is available on his website at www.ludovichubler.com, via this TV report : www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNu6ngZ8naQ or via the following interview : www.e-margaux.com/en/story/ludovic-hubler/

ShAi*

Eurohop to offer 30% Discount for CS members

Traveling Spain & Portugal? Eurohop! Spain & Portugal, the Iberian hop-on hop-off, offers all CS members a 30% discount on full prices. Just enter the promotional code CS0207 in the booking form and surf the Iberian Peninsula and its couches at your own pace. Eurohop! Spain & Portugal is a flexible transport network designed for the independent traveller and backpacker interested in discovering the Iberian Peninsula. The network allows travelers to customize their own adventure around 11 magnificent destinations: Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Zaragoza, Toledo, Granada, Cordoba, Seville, Salamanca, Lagos and Lisbon with special links to Pamplona and La Tomatina. All Eurohop! Passes are valid for traveling from May 1st to October 31st.

Get the 30% off with promotional code CS0207 www.eurohop.es

Cisterna

Beijing to Paris 2007 Carfree event

As a participant of the B2P event I seem to be the first one to join the CouchSurfing community and I'm really astounded by the possibilities that are created by that. I want to inform you through 2 links about the B2P rallye: First is the project group's website that you can find under beijingtoparis.com/ (in 4 languages). Many B2P members will be crossing Asia and Europe at different times and will certainly be happy about every CouchSurfer they can meet and talk to. I myself am starting in the opposite direction for several reasons. My website can be found under www.parispeking.de (bilingual, English & German). I hope that you too see this as an interesting project.

B2PRix21

An idea: Coucha Palooza World Fest 2007

I've begun a topic for discussion and consideration that has far reaching benefits for CS organizational growth and public exposure. Look things over and see what you think. I didn't want to bring the topic into Brainstorm Group until specifics are more defined and the popularity of the event tested. http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=4100&post=180421#gp... BTW, I had one other key event pop up on radar (thanks Adrian) http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=800&post=179567 If planning and execution are done well over the next 10-11 weeks, we'll have something that puts CS on a world stage! Our activity stats will go through the roof I think. Please don't hesitate to participate in pros/cons discussion. I realize this kind of thing may take up to FIVE organization teams to pull off over a 25 week promotional period. Thanks for everyone's input on this.

KALAHEO

Couch Surfer on verge of completion of South Asian Motorcycle Odyssey

CouchSurfer Srinidhi Raghavendra and his partern Kishore Patwardhan started off on a South Asian Motorcycle Odyssey under the aegis of Borderless Bikers and are not on the verge of completing the tour. To know more about their tour please visit their website www.borderlessbikers.com.

Raghavendra

Developer chat launched on IRC

The CouchSurfing.com Tech Team has an IRC channel. On the Freenode network, #couchsurfing-dev. We hope that all CS developers will start to use the channel for informal discussion, developer chit chat, and hopefully even developer meetings. For more on how to access the channel and IRC in general see: wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/IRC

Macdonald

Walk 4 Charity

I have a walk i will be doing in May going from where I am living now to CA on foot hoping maybe i can get on the main site I am raising money for the children of major childrens hospitals i will be walking through that dont have any insurance and the Ronald McDonald House only takes care of part of the bill this will be for the familys who cannot afford to pay the bill i would like to see if I can get this published in Couchsurfing and try to get help for my journey across the US which I will be starting in AR going through OK,TX,NM,AZ and finally CA.

Wieger