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imagineCALGARY Update June 2009
       
Know an organization within the imagineCALGARY Partnership or the broader community that’s making our city more sustainable? It’s your chance to acknowledge great sustainability efforts with the second annual imagineCALGARY Awards – click here to learn more.
 
Take the imagineCALGARY
June Poll!
Do you use non-vehicular ways (walking, biking, transit) to get around the city more in the summer?

Yes
No

Total Votes: 6
 
imagineCALGARY Poll Results!
May 2009

What do you think is the biggest challenge of sustainability?

60%
Changing behaviors to be more sustainable
30%
Understanding what sustainability is
8%
Communicating sustainability
 

 

 

 

 

 
imagineCALGARY Receives CUI Award
Earlier this month, the imagineCALGARY initiative was honored with an award from the Canadian Urban Institute. The Natural City Award was presented in recognition of imagineCALGARY’s impact in creating a sustainable community. Learn more here.
Taking The Pulse of the City
Calgarians have until July 8th to take part in the 2009 Vital Signs survey being coordinated by The Calgary Foundation. This annual report includes an online survey that measures quality of life in 12 key areas. Visit the Vital Signs website to learn how you can become a grader.
Plan It Public Hearing Ongoing
The Plan It strategies that emerged from the imagineCALGARY Vision are being reviewed by Calgary’s City Council at a Public Meeting that started June 23rd, and which is expected to continue for the rest of the week. Watch it online at www.calgary.ca or on Shaw digital cable, channel 89.
     
Stay Tuned to iCTV
This month, imagineCALGARY TV boasts three new videos from members of the Partnership. Learn what representatives from Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta, The University of Calgary (Institute for Humanities) and The Federation of Calgary Communities are doing to achieve imagineCALGARY goals.
 
Save The Date: November 16th
imagineCALGARY’s 2009 Partner Symposium is slated for November 16th, from 6 to 9 p.m. Check the next issue of the imagineCALGARY e-news for more details – and be sure to save the date.
 
What Size is Your Footprint?
Thanks to a new, customized calculator, Calgarians can now accurately measure their ecological footprint. Learn more here.
 
imagineCALGARY Committee Updates
imagineCALGARY’s Committees have been helping make the imagineCALGARY Vision a reality. Read about what they have been up to of late, including the creation of four new action teams, here.
 
Events
The imagineCALGARY website is a great source of information on all the events in the sustainability community. Check out the latest offerings here.
 
Charting Calgary’s Low Carbon Future
Input from the recent low carbon future roundtable discussion is helping shape plans and topics for the Summit scheduled for September 18th. Learn more about the focus here.
 
Commuter Challenge Record Results
This year, imagineCALGARY Partner Sustainable Alberta achieved great results with its 2009 Commuter Challenge. Calgary took first place for participation levels for cities of more than 1 million residents. Click here for more information [PDF, 2.3 MB].
 
imagineCALGARY Top Tip
In this TED talk, Seth Godin reflects on how the Internet has brought an end to traditional mass marketing and has led to a return to “tribes” as a social unit that can lead and create change.
 
The Last Word
"What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
- Henry David Thoreau
 


 
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