We are excited to announce the numbers of our first Roll Out Carbon Week. With 389 participants throughout the city, 9493 KM travelled and 1747KG of CO2 prevented from being dispensed to our environment, we call our Roll Out Carbon Week a great success! This challenge has contributed to the growing biking culture in Calgary…
Stuart Saavedra Rob Cooks Our data tells us six per cent of high school students in Calgary never been on a bike. Many more don’t have the skills to ride as transportation. We are teaching this important life skill. Youth en Route, empowered with new funding from Jumpstart Children’s Charities, were at Forest Lawn High…
Youth en Route is really excited about our fourth September of back to school. We are looking for new schools and projects to take on for the school year. It’s going to be a stellar year. We’ve learned so much about how to break down the barriers youth face before they can choose active travel…
We are in search of a student or recent graduate who can join our team part-time. You will contribute to our mission of motivating children to use active transportation for their school commutes and beyond. We require a student specializing in communications, journalism, or PR to undertake a three-week project during our Roll Out Carbon…
Our mission is to empower youth to choose active modes to get to school. As we pass our second anniversary as a legal entity, we want to share what we’ve accomplished and the partnerships we’ve built. We aim to break down the barriers that youth face when choosing active travel. Our data informs our work….
Why don’t kids ride their bikes to school? One key reason is the lack of safe routes. We’re proposing solutions in 10 Infrastructure Reports created for each of our Alberta Eco-Trust funded schools. These reports, created by University of Calgary Master of Planning grads Adam Schwartz and Nada Affan, will ideally spark conversations at schools…
