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@sustainableyyc.bsky.social
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Codesigning Calgary’s transition to a sustainable future. Public health, equity, urban design and active transportation. 🌳🚶🏽‍♀️🚲🍎

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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Volunteer opportunity! Join us on Friday July 3rd (tomorrow!) to help refresh the garden beds at the Connaught Open Street. Drop by and lend a hand between 4-8pm, no RSVP necessary.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Are you inspired to make your neighbourhood safer for kids? To add greenspace? To build community? You may want to launch an open street!
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
School pick-up and drop-off zones have pollution levels above rec. daily limits. But we can change that: with anti-idling campaigns, school active travel plans, participating in a walk-or bike-bus, or seeing if a "school street" works in your neighbourhood. From @sustainableyyc.bsky.social and me!
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Over the past 20 years, the replacement cost of city infrastructure has been increasing at a rate that outpaces the GDP of the Calgary Region, imposing on each Calgarian an increasing tax liability into the future.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The relationships between mental health and sustainability are reinforcing: lack of public space, poverty, pollution, and social inequalities can worsen mental health, while good mental health helps us tackle economic, environmental, educational, and political challenges for a better future.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Just as food costs are rising, so are food insecurity rates in #yyc. These numbers are supported by a 2025 report from Dalhousie University that found 80.6% of survey participants reported food was the necessity that saw the greatest cost increase over the past 12 months.
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It was really lovely to see @courtellingson.bsky.social table five copies of @sustainableyyc.bsky.social’s State Of Our City report in the Legislature today. Thanks for sharing this important work!!! 🥰 #ableg
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
You'd probably guess that the ecological footprint of the average Calgarian remains well beyond the global average. But do you know to what scale?
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
For the first time in 30 years of State of Our City reports, the Community domain is moving in the wrong direction, reflected in indicators like volunteerism.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
State of Our City 2026 is out now! The 7th edition of this report is the result of hundreds of hours of volunteer work from researchers and experts and tracks Calgary’s progress on seven domains: Community, Economy, Wellness, Natural Environment, Resource Use and Governance.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Big credit to Mayor Cam Guthrie (@camguthrie.bsky.social) of Guelph, Ontario for using strong mayor powers to reinstate funding for winter clearing of the city’s bike network! Snow clearing is the essential factor, without which people can’t even consider biking in the winter.
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Backpedalling on bike lane maintenance
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 04/11/2025
Special thanks to our GREAT #Hallowheelin event partners @sustainableyyc.bsky.social for making this cool stop on our ride, with a quiz, prizes, yummy kombucha & snacks & LOTSA PUMPKINS at #ConnaughtOpenStreet Check out the video here: www.instagram.com/reel/DQcxAcx... #yyc #Hallowheelin #yycbike
Images from event day, folks in costumes and fun!
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 08/10/2025
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 · 08/10/2025
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
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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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 · 24/09/2025
Here we are just trying to get school streets to get piloted in Calgary. @sustainableyyc.bsky.social @calgary.ca
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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 · 24/07/2025
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 · 21/07/2025
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 · 18/07/2025
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 · 14/07/2025
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 · 11/07/2025
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 · 09/07/2025
🌞 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 · 03/07/2025
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.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This Stampede season, help us build the next generation of School Streets—because the new frontier isn’t out on the range. It’s right here in our neighbourhoods.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Howdy y'all. We’re about to launch our summer fundraiser—and we’re doing it Stampede style 🤠. To kick things off, we’re releasing our first-ever STAMPEDE BINGO card! From July 4th - 13th, we invite you to explore how the Stampede can energize the city into a more active, welcoming place!
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New video alert! 📹 In collaboration with the University of Calgary, we created open-source resources for educators to engage students in redesigning their communities through the lens of biomimicry. Watch The Chickadee Challenge in action in the classrooms at Connaught School: bit.ly/4n1MUB4
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Chickadee Challenge: Using nature to inspire change
Mobilizing Alberta, Building Capacity of Climate Action. Mobilizing Alberta is a five-year initiative at UCalgary led by the Office of Sustainability and was undertaken with the financial support from the Government of Canada. Many communities across Southern Alberta are already leading the way in implementing innovative and equitable climate solutions. Mobilizing Alberta aims to strengthen the capacity for advancing climate action across Southern Alberta by: providing grants for climate action projects that bring together community organizations with UCalgary faculty and students; offering a "Preparing Albertans for Climate Change" free e-course; and organizing a series of events open to the campus community and the public to generate climate awareness and inspire action. Learn more at: https://ucalgary.ca/sustainability/mobilizing-alberta/preparing-albertans-climate-change-e-course
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We are thrilled to share that David Kowel, Project Manager of the Connaught Open Street has been nominated and shortlisted in the Air category at this year's Emerald Awards! emeraldfoundation.ca/aef_awards/d...
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Vélo Canada Bikes @velocanadabikes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hey Calgary! You can take action to promote safe cycling in your community. Sign up for #PedalPollSondoVelo today: signup.com/go/jjnDJhM CC: @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social, @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social, @youthenroute.bsky.social, @sustainableyyc.bsky.social #yycbike
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Alanna dB @whoalansi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This wholesome moment on our mini #bikebus commute this morning is why I'll continue to advocate for safe streets. Let's apply more of @880cities.bsky.social ideas when redesigning our communities. @sustainableyyc.bsky.social #yycbike
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
In case you haven't already heard, on Tuesday the Connaught Open Street was approved by Calgary City Council to become a permanent park! This marks an important milestone in the project, as it clears the way to finalizing the design and beginning construction of the permanent park space.
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David Barrett @davidbarrettyyc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
So happy to see the incredible work of folks at @sustainableyyc.bsky.social come together on this project. Protected and fun spaces near schools make community safer and more livable. Way to go, team!
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Love this! 💖
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Congrats to school kids at Connaught and people at @sustainableyyc.bsky.social, the Tula Project, and Connaught School. This is a city-building project that transforms how we allocate and interact with space in urban environments. Thanks, #YYCCC, for your support! calgaryherald.com/news/connaug...
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Student-influenced pop-up park next to Connaught School made permanent
A pocket park next to a school in the Beltline will become permanent, thanks to Calgary city council's approval of a road closure.
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We are pumped to get the go-ahead with this project! Ambitious kids and the Beltline community pushed us so much further than we ever expected to go. 💚
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hey #yycbike! June 17th is the 10 year anniversary of the opening of the cycletrack. Let's get together and party! @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social @bikecalgary.bsky.social @sustainableyyc.bsky.social @cityofcalgary-rss.bsky.social
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Yay @sustainableyyc.bsky.social, Connaught residents and other Ward 8 community members, great job advocating to #yyccc on the Connaught Open Street project! 12-1 vote for the road closure shows that your hard work showing the vision here paid off! www.sustainablecalgary.org/projects/cos
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The Connaught Open Street — Sustainable Calgary
The Connaught Open Street is a collaborative, community-led project that provides a safer way for kids to get to school.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Shared Streets are places where cars are allowed but people are centered (not squished against the edges).
Residential shared street in Antwerp. Photo by me.
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David Barrett @davidbarrettyyc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The panel discussion will be followed conveniently by the @sustainableyyc.bsky.social AGM :) Register for that here: lu.ma/w99v9jb7
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Sustainable Calgary Annual General Meeting · Luma
Please join us at our annual general meeting. We are also co-hosting a water day event immediately prior to the AGM - if you're interested in attending that,…
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 30/12/2024
"This is something that's not going to end or be fixed in my lifetime. It's about passing on the fight to protect these places we love & the environment for future generations. So that’s like a constant source of inspiration for me." - @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social of @albertawilderness.bsky.social
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C-Train @celiaravenlee.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thank you for bringing us together, hosting a great conversation and lowering our collective blood pressures @climatehubyyc.bsky.social ! ☺️💛
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 26/12/2024
"I've always been a little bit obsessed with ecosystems, their beauty & complexity. I get pretty fired up when people talk about the economy because ecosystems are much more complex yet somehow we've organized ourselves around economic systems." -Celia Lee of @sustainableyyc.bsky.social
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 24/12/2024
#12DaysOfPodcasts Day 12 - Activist Origin Stories @nathanielschmidt.bsky.social @sustainableyyc.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social @greenyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social @jantaxe.bsky.social @landloversnetwork.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/clim... #yyc
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that streets can’t be vibrant places to foster friendships and connect with neighbours. But as Donald Appleyard illustrated many decades ago, the volume & speed of traffic, and the overall design of the streets, are absolute social life dealbreakers. #StickyStreets
Famous Appleyard study that showed the amount of car traffic on a street powerfully affects the amount of social interaction on that street. Obviously, but before Appleyard, it hadn’t really been studied & proven.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
It hurts to look at this from Alberta.
A comic showing Mr and Mrs Claus looking out on an industrial coal plant. The caption reads “maybe I should’ve been giving all the naughty kids solar panels instead of coal.”
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
All we want for Christmas is narrow streets! 🥳🎊🎉👏 Also wide sidewalks. Raised crossings. Native flowers. A chicane! Bollards are dope… 📝….. #holiday #urban #wishlist
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Stumped for the perfect holiday gift? Make her wish come true this season with just one text to 311! 🌟🎊🌟🎊🌟🎊🌟🎊🌟 #holiday #urbanist #giftguide #mazegate #removal
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Maze gates to be phased out of Calgary communities - LiveWire Calgary
Those pesky maze gates at the pathway exits in Calgary communities will one day be a thing of the past, Calgary city council heard Tuesday. During Question Period during the Sept. 12 Calgary city coun...
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 18/12/2024
In our books #ClimateActivists are superheroes & every superhero has an origin story. We talked to some of Calgary's finest about the moment they knew there was no turning back on this hopeful & inspiring episode of the #ClimateLens. www.podcastics.com/episode/3330... #yyc #Climate #Activism
Climate Lens podcast cover with logo and Hub logo, speech bubble reading "NEW EPISODE OUT NOW" and show title "THE BIG WHY: Activist Origin Stories"
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SustainableYYC @sustainableyyc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on another incredible year! 🌟👇 We’re deeply grateful to partners, collaborators & community members for making our projects possible, and bringing so many benefits to our health, planet & pocketbooks. Here’s to more in 2025! 🥳🥳🥳
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2024 Letter from Executive Director — Sustainable Calgary
We’ve been on an incredible journey the last decade at Sustainable Calgary, reimagining what’s possible in the design of our communities so we can lead healthier, more connected lives. Most recently w...
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