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Otesha Project’s cross-Canada cycling tour stops in Calgary
Our intrepid Rocky Mountain Tour has crossed the mountains to arrive in Calgary and will be performing our award-winning Morning Choices play after the Arusha Centre’s Infoactive Happy Hour.
The team started in Vancouver at the beginning of May, and have been living sustainably on the road, traveling by bicycle and offering presentations and workshops on sustainability and global citizenship to schools and communities throughout British Columbia and Western Alberta.
The Rocky Mountain Tour is finishing here, in Calgary, and the team would love to meet you and share their message and their experiences with you.
Date: Friday June 29, 2007
Time: 7 PM
Location: Arusha Centre (106 – 223 12 Avenue SW Calgary, AB)
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‘Ecodensity’ Mayor Sam’s Newest Plan
HOUSING I Sullivan wants the quality development going on downtown to encompass other Vancouver neighbourhoods
Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun
Published: Saturday, June 17, 2006
Vancouver needs to become home to many more people than the 700,000 currently planned for the city if it is to help save the planet.
That was the message from Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan Friday, as he launched an “ecodensity Vancouver” initiative aimed at getting residents to accept the idea of more people in all of the city’s 115 square kilometres, not just the downtown.
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