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Video - Why Biking to Work Is Healthy for You and the Planet

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Bike to Work month is upon us and May is an excellent time to make sustainable transportation choices that benefit our bodies and our planet. This video  provides convincing reasons for biking to work for ourselves, our communities, and our environment.

 For more information on getting involved read the article Join Bike to Work Month.

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Thank you to the Envirocentre for their work to promote this important initiative!

Visit the Envirocentre website at www.envirocentre.ca

Last Updated (Monday, 17 September 2012 21:53)

 

 


The PERC thanks the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their support. The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

 

 

In this issue..
Healthy Food for All
A project to bring food markets to underserved areas in the city is expanding this year thanks to several organizations that came together to take action on food insecurity. 
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