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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 4d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

Event is Hallowheelin against a dark Calgary backdrop with folks in costumes on bikes, a trick or treat filled pumpkin, City of Calgary & Hub logos

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 4d

I've always wanted to dress up my bike for halloween but then I wonder what I will do with it because my kids are too old to want to let me tag along for trick or treating, and maybe this is the answer

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 4d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s officially September and Bike-A-Palooza is right around the corner! 🎉 Welcome back @sustainableyyc.bsky.social. They champion community, inclusion, and vibrancy while helping make Calgary a great place to live. Learn more at sustainablecalgary.org.

🚲Sign up: CalgaryGlenmoreBike.eventbrite.ca

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Alanna dB @whoalansi.bsky.social · 18d

Here we are just trying to get school streets to get piloted in Calgary. @sustainableyyc.bsky.social @calgary.ca

Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 18d

👏👏👏 Paris built 115 school streets in a year. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.

😳😳😳 Edinburgh built one school street 5 years ago, and it remains dilapidated and temporary to this day

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · Aug 25

Back to school is coming fast!

In #Paris, they have la rentrée sorted.

There are 300 "rue aux écoles," streets closed to cars, but open to people—up from 185 last year.

That means *half* of kindergartens + elementary schools now have school streets.

What's your city doing to keep kids safe?

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today is your last chance to donate to our summer fundraiser, and get a pack of limited edition postcards mailed to you! 💌

Donate here: www.sustainablecalgary.org/donate

SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Sustainable Calgary's Executive Director, @celiaravenlee.bsky.social speaks about our work with kids to make healthier, safer communities. With your help we can turn prototype projects into best practices to make school streets safer across Calgary!

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We tried to a little while back actually. Might be worth a chat with Calgary peeps/ orgs to see if we could revive interest. ☺️

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 24

In our summer newsletter, we’re sharing stories of what the new frontier of sustainable change looks like in action. From permanent street transformations to award-winning urban design, and the first stirrings of a fall election that will shape our city's next chapter. Read here: shorturl.at/lDXVO

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Read the story on our blog: www.sustainablecalgary.org/the-blog/202...

❓Do know someone who is making Calgary's public spaces better that could feature next? Reply or get in touch!

This Frontier Has Pipes: Women Reimagining Public Space in Bridgeland — Sustainable Calgary

Heather and Luli’s work with Carewest challenged us to consider how public spaces can contribute to our standards for long term care.

www.sustainablecalgary.org

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Urban strategist Heather Chapple asked how seniors in long-term care could better connect with their community in Bridgeland. Alongside designer Luli Morar, the team from Carewest, and a group of volunteers, they transformed a parking lot into The Caboodle—a dementia-friendly pop-up plaza. (2/3)

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 21

We've launched a new series on our blog where we're tipping our hats to women reimagining public space in Calgary. ⛲🎨 First-up: women transforming Bridgeland (1/3)

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Let’s empower kids to dream big and grow leaders with the courage and agency to tackle our biggest challenges.

💗 Donate here: www.sustainablecalgary.org/donate

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Open streets encourage kids to walk and bike to school, increase safety by reducing traffic, and create public spaces for communities to gather.

We’ve got plans to prototype two more, and with your help we can scale up, share our work, and make the case for city-wide investment in safe streets.

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Reimagining our city starts with bold ideas, and sometimes, those ideas come from 9-year-olds. 🌱 The Connaught Open Street, a pop-up park beside a Calgary elementary school, started as an idea from a group of fourth graders. Now it’s permanent.

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 14

From School Streets to creative community projects like the Bridgeland Caboodle, we’re prototyping a better city, together. Come hell or high water, let’s get to work (and have some fun while we’re at it)! 🤠

Read her letter here: www.sustainablecalgary.org/the-blog/202...

Letter from the Executive Director: Summer 2025 — Sustainable Calgary

Celia Lee, Executive Director of Sustainable Calgary, reflects on the spirit of resilience, generosity, and community action—values that resonate especially strongly in today’s uncertain times. 

www.sustainablecalgary.org

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 14

In her reflections on the Stampede spirit, our Executive Director @celiaravenlee.bsky.social tips her hat to Calgary’s get’er done attitude, and reminds us that in uncertain times, the best way forward is to roll up our sleeves and try.

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C-Train @celiaravenlee.bsky.social · Jul 11

So thrilled to see these out in the world! I have a particular fondness for the « Star Gazing & Storytelling » postcard. 🥰

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Donate on our website or swing by Pages Books to grab your pack and start the adventure!

www.sustainablecalgary.org/donate

Donate — Sustainable Calgary

www.sustainablecalgary.org

SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Your support fuels community-driven city-building—from School Streets to playful public spaces.

SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Simply address each postcard invite to a friend and follow the instructions provided. Activities include a bicycle scavenger hunt, park picnic, bird watching, and more!

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 9

🌞 Sustainable summer fun, delivered! Introducing our Summer Fun in the City Postcard Pack, 5 self-guided adventures to share with friends, yours for a donation of $30 or more. Each postcard is an invitation to explore, learn, and connect right here in the city.

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8 80 Cities @880cities.bsky.social · Jul 3

More #SchoolStreets are coming to Mississauga!! 8 80 Cities is proud to support the City of Mississauga’s School Streets program through the National Active School Streets Initiative delivered by @greencommunities.bsky.social & funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Green Communities Canada @greencommunities.bsky.social · Jun 30

Two Mississauga schools are going car-free at pick-up and drop-off times as part of the Mississauga School Streets pilot project.

The project is delivered in partnership with Green Communities Canada and funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Read more: buff.ly/gJF8SzA

#SchoolStreets

NO CARS ALLOWED: Safer spaces to be created for kids at 2 Mississauga schools | INsauga

Cars will be kept away from student drop-off and pickup areas in front of two Mississauga schools at certain times of the day under an extended pilot project aimed at making roads safer for kids.…

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Donate, download your BINGO card, and get all the details on our website: www.sustainablecalgary.org/donate

Donate — Sustainable Calgary

www.sustainablecalgary.org

SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 3

🤠 Plus: Play our free STAMPEDE BINGO for a chance to win a $75 Pages Books gift card!

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · Jul 3

💌 Donate $30+ and get a limited-edition Summer Fun Postcard Pack (or grab one at Pages Books starting July 8). Each pack includes 5 postcard invites and instructions for unique summer activities to do with your friends.

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