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Earth Riders

We believe every ride can make a difference. By merging passion with purpose, we’re creating a movement of riders who care for the Earth. Together, we ride toward a cleaner, more sustainable future.

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What is The Earth-Riders Club?

As a non-profit organization 501c4, we provide equestrians with a green plan. For the future of equine sport we change equestrian identity from polluter to protector of natural resources. "Immaculate Collection, Equestrian Topsoil, and winning the Earthshot Prize are the three pillars."

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Tools, News, Memberships, Scholarships, Haul off and Compost Network, Policy Advocacy to ensure horses are welcome in the modern and changing world.

Newsletters, Memberships, Scholarships, Compost Network, Policy Advocacy to ensure horses are welcome in the modern and changing world.

Education via Newsletter

8 years ago we were targeted as equestrians for our carelessness with local water runoff.

Onsite Seminars

Seminars scheduled for 45 minutes have regularly gone on for a few hours, with parents ...

Membership

Equestrians are unrepresented at key public policy meetings. We know, because we go...

Scholarship Applicants

The step from passive spectator to active supporter can be instant. Once you ...

Policy Advocacy

Alissa Keny Guyer from the “wall of mom’s”, Erin Brockovich at the LA Fire Soil Testing Townhall.

Composting Network

The Composting Network : Every barn should either be composting onsite.

Equestrian Environmental Plans are based on three principles

  • Immaculate Collection
  • Keep Manure Dry,
  • Compost to Produce the Soil Natural Resource.

The Equestrian Compliance Alliance is based on the 10 New Equestrian Center BMP’s

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  • New Rules were inspired by the Ponies of Chincoteague.
  • New Rules were inspired by Apricot Lane Farm- "the biggest little Farm."
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21st Century “Three r’s”- Retain, Recharge, Regenerate.

Cows, Sheep, Horses and Pigs graze in between Avocado and Fruit orchards. Every part of the farm is under 12 inches of compost enriched soil.

The Results? 20 Degrees Cooler. 50% less water demand. No Chemical Fertilizers, Pesticides, or even vaccines. Fire runs past.

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We took a cue from Chincoteague- Galway Downs is an Ecosystem!

The famous children’s book is based on the real life ecosystem off Virginia. 400 years ago, a shipwreck dropped a small herd of Spanish descent. Somehow, they not only survived, but thrived.

Here we follow their example. Not just with clean arenas and stalls, but grass, and flowers, trees and shrubs that grow, beautifully, fed by nutrients your horses produce, that we carefully compost. Galway is becoming “Regenerative” to make use of nutrients and prevent runoff, to draw down carbon from the atmosphere, and to create water storage, prevent fire, as only living soil can…

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the most common questions and answers.

It's as easy as scooping poop! "Only rain down the drain" is the first step towards a healthy environment. The 2nd step is educating your peers and encouraging them to clean up the washracks

When un-composted horse manure is washed down the drain, it introduces a "nutrient bomb" to your local watershed. This causes algae blooms, which then strip the water of it's oxygen, not leaving enough for other types of plants and animals to thrive, and potentially releasing toxins into our water supply.

The composting process kills pathogens and parasites that are found in raw manure. When manure compost is used to create soil, it introduced import nutrients in a safe way to help promote the growth of plant life.

California Equestrian Centers are obligated to comply with agricultural laws for housed livestock keeping that were really written for keeping cattle. They require a "poop lagoon" to store manure in, since cow manure has a very high water content. Horse manure has a much lower water content, and since they are individually stalled in cozy beds of shavings, a lagoon would be no help to us. Unfortunately equestrian centers of a certain size are still required to follow these laws or face heavy fines. We can help navigate the laws, and advocate for change!
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They said “Your Horses are Polluters…” But when I took a closer look...

Our Horses are producers. And if we compost for 90 days, our horses are quietly restoring LA Municipal Parks, and growing Avocados, Lemons, Mushrooms, Peppers, and fighting drought and wildfire. So all we have to do is pick up after our horses, and then we grow great foods and restore soil and fight dourtgh, fire and Climate Change?

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Top Three Reasons to Join Earth-Riders:

1. Created a new environmental plan that saves 95.8% over the old one. (millions!)
2. Changes our identity from polluter to Nature Protector (detox LA Fire Ash!!)
3. Makes every Equestrian a positive force in the 21st Century (we cool cities down!!)

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