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The Arusha Info-Active Tent at the Calgary Folk Festival

For the first time, The Arusha Centre is hosting a participatory activity tent at the 2010 Calgary Folk Festival. The tent will feature custom buttonmaking, a video speakers corner, live musician interaction, yoga, and flag making activities.

These activities are designed to encourage more community participation after the Folk Festival. The Arusha Tent will be located between the playground and the East stages and operating Saturday and Sunday 10:30-5:30.

 

The Bow River Flow

The Bow River Flow is Calgary's newest festival, started in 2009. The 2010 Bow River Flow will take place on Sunday, August 22, 2010. It will be a free participatory festival of active lifestyles and human-powered transportation with a heavy dose of music and art. Calgary's inner city has become a thrilling place to live and work. The Bow River Flow celebrates Calgary's Bow River green belt in Calgary that overflows the pathways into a lane reduction on Memorial Drive.

The Bow River Flow is Calgary’s answer to similar events that have blossomed in cities across the country – Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver, BC. New York has has permanently closed some streets on Manhattan for pedestrian activities and Paris has created beach volleyball courts on its river boulevard.

The 2010 event will feature six “TuneStations” which pairs live music performances with bicycle tuneups and fitness activities. Calgarians will participate in fitness activities while enjoying live musical performances at each TuneStation.

Bow River Flow Website

 

 

 

Arusha Collaborations

Transition Calgary

Transition Towns are a movement of hundreds of communities around the world that are using local self-sufficiency to strengthen and celebrate their communities. Here in Calgary, Transition Calgary has hosted film screenings, a conference in conjunction with the UofC Social Work and EVDS departments, and networked Calgary environmental and social justice initiatives. Get all the news on the Transition Calgary Facebook Site.

Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative (CATCO)

The Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative is a member-owned democratic co-operative, created to promote, develop and operate transportation alternatives in Calgary, Alberta. It is best known for its carsharing initiative, which facilitates the shared use of cars by neighbours in Calgary communities. CATCO members have also volunteered their time to the development of a bicycle refurbishing centre, a bicycle trailer rental and a carpool lot on Sarcee Trail & TransCanada Highway.
www.catco-op.org

The Coalition for a Healthy Calgary

We are a coalition of citizens, health care professionals, scientists, landscaping and horticultural professionals, and health and environmental organizations. We are incorporating as a non-profit society as of April 2007. Our vision is of a Calgary that is healthy for all its residents - the people and also our pets, the birds, insects, and wildlife that share our space. A Calgary that contributes to the health of our planet. The Pesticide Bylaw Campaign is our first initiative. We anticipate other campaigns in the future. www.healthycalgary.ca