Category: Healthy

Tearing up bike lanes?

Or tearing up humanity?

Are leaders in your community threatening to tear up bike lanes, supposedly to improve traffic?

This is where it’s leading.

For drivers, pedestrians and cyclists — for all of us alike.

Why is our government actively encouraging us to choose a lifestyle that’s even more addicted to cars? Is it a clever lie, designed to grab votes from those who choose to remain ignorant?

But even if all our bike lanes and sidewalks are torn up, it won’t be a victory for drivers.

Don’t fall for the politicians who want to divide us — pitting drivers against cyclists — for their own profit.

Traffic, inflation, violence and climate disaster will continue to escalate. If we continue to make irresponsible choices like this. But there is a better way!

Think about it. Drivers will face the consequences as much as pedestrians, cyclists and everyone else. It’s destructive, even murderous, for all of us.

Please join and support a cycling, walking or climate action group in your community! Let’s work together for a greener, healthier world…

What can you do?

What can you do to support cycling and active mobility?  

Together we are strong! Join or follow one of these…

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You *are* the change

Are conformity, outdated habits and norms … keeping you from doing the right thing with your life?

Is fear keeping you stuck — “working for the man” — in the age of climate crisis?

Is it causing you to contribute needlessly to the destruction of our world? Mother Earth — our air, climate, food & water?

Is “playing it safe” really what you want and need to be doing with your life energy?

Take the leap — work for change! GoodWork.ca/Now

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Beyond cars and collapse

I am both a cyclist and a driver. But much more than that, I am a father in the age of climate crisis.

Fiona. Ian. Derecho. Floods. Fires. Famine. It’s almost back to back, but we’re doing next to nothing about it. Can we face the elephant in the room and prevent runaway climate change, collapse? Can we pause for a moment and reconsider our obsolete, short-sighted, rat-race lifestyles?

“We fly where we want.
We drive where we want.
We eat what we want.
We buy what we want.
That’s what’s driving growth.
That’s what’s leading us to ecological & societal collapse.
Thats what needs to change.”
— ClimateDad

Do I love my car more than my kids? Not in a million years. We need to get most cars off the road to make way for real, people-centered community. When parents drive their kids to hockey practice, is it love? Or is it killing them?

The only way to survive the climate behemoth is much more radical change than most of us have even begun to think about.

Out of necessity I too drive when I must, in these crazy, suicidal times. But my heart sinks every time I turn the key. I’d love to park my car, share it, recycle it — anything but private car ownership for each of us.

Nobody knows for sure when we will cross the tipping points to runaway, unstoppable climate collapse. It’s not looking good. Those of us who choose not to drive might just be saving your kids lives.

But we can’t do it without you. It’s easy to be cynical… just a little bit harder to truly be alive. Besides, survival is so much more fun.

Let’s rebuild our lives, our world that the car has done so much to destroy!

– Peter Blanchard

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“You may say I’m a a dreamer, but I’m not the only one” – John Lennon

10 tips for great urban walking…

We all know how to put one leg in front of the other. But how many have really learned how to walk? Once you’ve mastered the tricks of the trade, walking is fun, great exercise and good for the environment.

(1) Time of day. Mornings can be ideal… it tends to have the bluest skies, and is the best time to enhance your circadian rythms, e.g. a good night’s sleep. But anytime is good, whatever works for you. Once or twice a day is ideal, but if you can’t do that, aim for every second day. Continue reading “10 tips for great urban walking…”

An eco-friendly Christmas?

Shopping frenzy to show our love?

Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace and togetherness. For many it’s a happy, joyous time of year. But it’s also a time when we drive around madly, feeling obliged to shop for everyone on our list. Each year we also use millions of plastic bags, throw out tonnes of packaging and food, and try to buy just about everything in sight.

Is this good for us? Our children? Are there better ways to show our love for each other and the world?

Continue reading “An eco-friendly Christmas?”