Tight calves and lots of CO2 saved
Team Max Planck Institutes ranked 11th in Mülheim Stadtradeln/City Cycling
49 cyclists, around 6,900 kilometers covered and 1,120 kg of CO2 avoided – that is the balance of Team Max Planck Institutes in the Mülheim city cycling event/Stadtradeln. For three weeks, the employees of the institutes collected as many everyday kilometers as possible by bicycle.
![Covering everyday journeys by bike - or an after-work tour with colleagues from the Max Planck Institutes team in the Mülheim city cycling event.](/968055/original-1695924401.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjk2ODA1NX0%3D--0809c195b6b155f004601b7a4dd158e37db5b55d)
Around 1,000 citizens and employees from Mülheim took part in the campaign Mülheim Stadtradeln, which aims to set an example for climate protection and bicycle-friendly infrastructures. Kofo-Organizer Christophe Farès recorded more than 500 bike kilometers: "I think we can be satisfied with our result. Our team was much bigger this year than last and so together we were able to save quite a lot of CO2. Nevertheless, we hope that next year even more colleagues will support the Mülheim Stadtradeln so that we can top the result," says Farès.
Co-organizer Silvia Palm from the KOFO Green Team was also involved and contributed the best result of a woman to the team with 403 cycling kilometers. She was particularly pleased about the acceptance of an institutes‘ social event within the city cycling: "Cycling is not only healthy and good for the climate but also communicative. Our joint after-work bike ride created a nice exchange between participants that would not happen in everyday life. We would like to repeat this next year as well.“