[Sust-mar] Walking & Wheeling Quarterly - Spring 2007 Events Notice

[Janet Barlow]

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*********WALKING & WHEELING QUARTERLY*********

Nova Scotia's Active Transportation Newsletter published by Pathways for
People, a project of the Ecology Action Centre and the Nova Scotia
Department of Health Promotion and Protection


The Spring 2007 issue of Walking & Wheeling Quarterly is running behind
schedule and will be published by the end of the month. However, there are
lots of active transportation goings on coming up in April and Walking &
Wheeling didn't want its readers to miss out on these exciting events:

*2007 Nova Scotia Cycling Summit*

Following on the successful Cape Breton Cycling Summit held in 2006, the
2007 Nova Scotia Cycling Summit will be held Saturday, April 21 in Eureka,
Pictou County. The goal of the Summit is to share experiences of bicycle
transportation initiatives in Nova Scotia, discuss obstacles and solutions
to increased bicycle use and to develop policy recommendations for increased
bicycle infrastructure, education, safety and promotion of bicycles as
transportation in all parts of the province. Progress in bicycle related
projects over the past year, since the 2006 Summit, will be celebrated. The
Summit is a partnership between Bicycle Nova Scotia, the Ecology Action
Centre, Kieran Pathways and Velo Cape Breton.

Location: Eureka Fire Hall, Eureka, Pictou County
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration: $20.00 / person, includes coffee breaks and lunch
Early registration due by April 10
Registration at the event: $25.00
Find registration forms and directions at www.ecologyaction/trax.ca

*More Events*

April 16-20 Celebrate Girls Healthy Living Week with Girls Only
Skateboarding Workshops in various locations in the Annapolis Valley, NS,
activeliving at annapoliscounty.ns.ca, http://www.annapoliscounty.ns.ca/club400

April 22 Earth Day, www.earthday.ca

April 22 Transplant Trot fundraising walk/run for the promotion of organ and
tissue donation, Moncton, Fredericton and St. John, NB,
www.organ-donation-works.org

April 23-29 First United Nations Global Road Safety Week,
www.who.int/roadsafety/week/en/index.html

April 27-29 Youth/Adult Active Transportation Forum, Truro, NS, contact Jody
Conrad at 424-7589 or conradjo at gov.ns.ca

April 28 Velo Cape Breton Season Opening Banquet, Sydney, NS,
www.velocapebreton.com

*To view and/or print a formatted copy of any issue of Walking & Wheeling
Quarterly in PDF format, go to
http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/physicalActivity/activeTransportation.asp