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10 ways to get the most from walking

10 ways to get the most from walking

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From frequency and stride to what to do with your arms, here’s how to get the world’s easiest fitness fix. There is so much fetishizing of exercise. What with the gadgets and gear and just-right outfits – the Lycra! The Lululemon! – at times fitness is more like maintaining membership at an exclusive club. But the beautiful, gentle act of walking, that’s different. Walking is not about gear or clothes or expertise; it’s easy, cheap, and exceedingly kind to the…

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10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything

10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything

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Health. Energy. Climate. Crime. Education. Happiness. Water. Housing. What if it were possible to make headway on all these issues with simple changes to our neighborhoods? What if we could cut our medical costs in half? What if we could give the average American an added five years of healthy life? What if we could cut our energy use, our water use, and our greenhouse gas emissions by more than half while improving our happiness and prosperity? What if we…

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Provincial Party Responses 2018

Provincial Party Responses 2018

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Make your vote count: find out where the parties stand. The next Government of Ontario will inherit a province facing many significant environmental challenges, from climate change and ongoing loss of biodiversity to a steady build up of toxics and pollutants in our air, water and land.  Strong actions will be required to address these problems and to position Ontario to benefit in a world rapidly moving toward a low-carbon future and embracing the need for more sustainable economic and…

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Transition Cornwall+ plans to get us more active and in the planting mood

Transition Cornwall+ plans to get us more active and in the planting mood

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The summer months almost here, Transition Cornwall+ made two different presentations to council on Monday about its plans for the warm weather this year. The group’s biggest initiative will be the Walk and Roll campaign to get people to cut back on driving in favour of human-powered forms of transportation such as walking, cycling or skateboarding, or using public transit. This year’s campaign will expanded from being just week-long to running through the entire month of June. The second annual…

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Warmshowers connects tired cyclists with local hospitality

Warmshowers connects tired cyclists with local hospitality

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  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy8U15sFom0&w=560&h=315] It’s kind of like couch-surfing, but only for people on bicycles. Nothing beats a home-cooked meal and a warm shower at the end of a long day in a bike saddle. For most bike travellers, these are rare luxuries, hard to find in a roadside campground. That is why an organization called Warmshowers was created. The online community connects weary cyclists with friendly hosts who know what it’s like to feel worn out and in need of…

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Walk and Roll Cornwall SDG

Walk and Roll Cornwall SDG

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EImJtOdHvBc&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5nz6WqIYMg&w=560&h=315] Last summer the Transition Cornwall+ Active Transportation Group set out to interview a couple of people who love to walk and roll in Cornwall and SDG.  Their goal was to learn more about where they walk and roll, what tips and tricks they have to share with others and why they love doing it! With the help of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit communication team, they were able to capture it all on tape and produce two short videos….

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Why Electrification Matters Now

Why Electrification Matters Now

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Today, we’re seeing a combination of government action and market forces that could help push clean energy out of the background and onto centre stage. This blog digs into some of those trends. The basic recipe goes like this: cut energy waste as much as possible, and clean up your electricity supply so that it’s as low carbon as possible. Then use that clean electricity as your source of energy for activities that we largely power with fossil fuels today….

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How to Inspire Millions More People to Bike

How to Inspire Millions More People to Bike

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Montreal is North America’s pioneer in protected lanes. Inspired by Dutch, Danish and German examples, the city established a network of protected lanes that now covers more than 30 miles. The idea began to stir Americans’ imaginations in 2007 when New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan launched plans to tame the city’s mean streets. New York has since built 43 miles of protected lanes, with measurable results in safer streets and rising bike ridership. Protected bike…

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