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DESCRIPTION:It's that time to tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the 
 wash, you won't need them for the World Naked Bike Ride in San Francisco. 
 It's the third WNBR of the year, in conjunction with Earth Day and the 
 SEVENTH anniversary of the British Petroleum Deep Horizon explosion and 
 Macondo Well oil spill disaster, the worst oil spill in history that 
 occurred on April 20, 2010. Ironically, environmentalist John Muir's 
 birthday.\n\nIt is time for the 7th Annual Earth Day World Naked Bike Ride 
 - San Francisco.\n\nThe BP oil spill left dead sea life and birds as well 
 as the environmental devastation of the gulf that will impact sea life and 
 the economy of the gulf's fishing industry for decades. With the Japan 
 quake & tsunami 5 years ago all but forgotten, environmental issues are 
 more important than ever. There still remains to this day a huge blanket of 
 oil at the bottom of the Gulf. Don't let clear waters above fool you into 
 thinking the clean up job is finished. What better way to refresh the 
 public's memory than with a World Naked Bike Ride.\n\nOur San Francisco 
 contingent will meet Saturday, April 22nd at 11:00AM at the northwest 
 corner outside of the Ferry Building, between the Farmer's Market and 
 Starbucks. Our group will have time to gather and renew old acquaintances 
 as well as help initiate new riders. Also slogans and signs can be 
 finalized with body paint & markers. And all WNBRs have challenged the new 
 SF anti-nudity ordinance with NO CITATIONS!!!\n\nThe ride is scheduled to 
 start just after Noon.\n\nYou decide how much bare you can dare, you can go 
 all out in the joy of sun clad nakedness, go topless, bikinis, body paint 
 or latex, leotard or lingerie, or tuxedos, whatever you feel like. For this 
 ride, however, since an oil spill is the target of our angst, an 
 appropriate statement can be made to mimic spilled oil. Nude riders can use 
 black body paint splattered or coated. Those a little timid about nudity 
 can use black trash bags that resemble spilled oil. Or you can be even more 
 creative and artistic with black latex body paint to achieve a sheen and 
 gloss that really looks like spilled oil. Since it is Earth Day we are 
 celebrating the environment, so if you don't go the bare route or the oil 
 spill look, then adorn yourself with green colors; shoes, hats, scarves, 
 capes, whatever, to promote a greener way of life.\n\nSkates or skateboards 
 have ridden along with us in the past. Also we had our first tandem bike in 
 our last ride. How about a nude unicyclist? And music maestro please. How 
 about some of you musical bikes from Rock The Bike sounding off with 
 us?\n\nAs always, our ride is in continued protest of an unsustainable 
 energy policy in all nations around the globe. We support the innovation of 
 alternate and improved energy  technologies, the social commitment to a 
 more sustainable energy consumption and generally the pure fun and joy of 
 riding naked to draw attention to these issues. However, this time the main 
 protest is about the BP oil spill and since this is Earth Day, special 
 reverence for our ecosystem and respect for Mother Earth.\n\nOur ride will 
 focus on downtown SOMA areas, Embarcadero, and most flat areas along the 
 financial area downtown. We will go down to Fisherman's Wharf and then back 
 toward the Earth Day Festival at the Civic Center where we will pass by its 
 outer edges before ending our ride in the Castro.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/04/18797981.php
SUMMARY:7th Annual Earth Day World Naked Bike Ride - San Francisco
LOCATION:Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, California 94111\nMeet up 
 between the Farmers Market and the Starbucks along the pier railing 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/04/18797981.php
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