many local eco-celebrities coming to next Green Drinks! you should too!

The next Green Drinks is only two weeks away!

We have many local eco-celebrities confirmed to attend already, including:

• Danielle Roberts, former Alberta Organizer for the Green Party of Canada
• David Wilson, Editor of Calgary Cowbell, a new online magazine devoted to sustainability in Calgary
• Jackie Mann, Good Life Community Bike Shop volunteer & Two Wheel View co-ordinator
• Adrienne Beattie, Metro News Calgary's new Transit columnist
• Teang Tang, greens your events with her company, Mingle Event Management Inc.
• Mike Lucas, home toxin consultant with Enervibe
• Sean Young, founder of BorrowMe.com, an online matchmaking service to lend and borrow items

For more info on Green Drinks Calgary, go to http://greendrinkscalgary.ca.

Emma Gilchrist profiles bikesharing in her latest Green Guide column

I provided local info for this bikeshare article published today in the Calgary Herald's weekly Green Guide by Emma Gilchrist.

To follow the Calgary Herald Green Guide, go to:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/greenguide

You can also follow her Facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8401663526&ref=ts

Apocalypse Scooter Club Garage Sale rally this weekend!

Apocalypse Scooter Club is the official scooter aficionado club in the Calgary area.  This weekend they have organized a scooter ride to different garage sales but have also included BBQs and Karaoke and more.  For more info, go to: http://www.apocalypsesc.com/rally2009.html

best Critical Mass of the year only getting better with party after and noisemarker workshop day before!

If there is one Critical Mass event to make this year, the July event would be it! Not only is the July event the best-attended Critical Mass of the year historically, there are also two events combined with it this month.

The day before, you can make your own bicycle-mounted noisemaker with TRUCK artist-in-residence Jessica Thompson at the Bike Hack workshop & sound ride event. This event is part of the MST Ride On! bike arts festival running throughout July! For more info, go to:
http://www.meetup.com/calgarycriticalmass/calendar/10960320/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128803315578

Trevor Howell reports on the Thursday event with video for FFWD:

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/calgary-blogs/the-howler/2009/07/31/bike-hack-soundride-good-times-128/

MST's Ride On! bike arts festival plans to use the Critical Mass event to wrap up their festival so expect quite an event.

The Good Life Community Bicycle Shop is also celebrating their 1st anniversary after the ride!

For the uninitiated, Critical Mass is a monthly mobile rally in support of cyclist road rights. Cyclists take to the street en mass to show support for their right to the road. David Wilson reported on the June Critical Mass for his new online magazine called Calgary Cowbell.

To RSVP for the event or for more info, go to:
http://www.meetup.com/calgarycriticalmass/calendar/10744475/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89681746629

August Green Drinks event announced!

Green Drinks is a monthly meetup of those interested in the environment to get together to network or socialize.  There is no admission fee or member fee nor are there any presenters - just people coming together to learn from one another about the environment.  And, this seems to be the great appeal behind the event as we often have over 50 people attending every month.

See the latest blog post at http://greendrinkscalgary.ca for more info on Green Drinks or to RSVP or to see our latest newsletter, which includes a mention of other events coming up similar to ours.

introducing my latest blog!

I have just lauched my latest blog, which is a company blog for my new carsharing venture.

Have a look see at http://communitycarshare.blogspot.com!

come and meet the Pedal for the Planet cyclists and other eco-celebrities at the next Green Drinks event!

Green Drinks is a monthly meetup of those interested in the environment. There is no admission fee or member fee nor are there any presenters - just people learning from others about the environment. The next Green Drinks event will be held July 21st (see below for links).

The event runs for 3 hours but many people will often be there for much longer just enjoying the company and conversation. You can come and go as you please as there is little to the agenda except for networking and socializing with others.

We already have 30+ people confirmed to attend and more are expected. We also have the Pedal for the Planet cyclists confirmed to attend before their 7PM event at the Arusha Centre (just a block away). We also have confirmed many local eco-celebrities such as:

• Paul Hughes, spokesman for Calgary Food Policy Council (and recent media darling)
• Derek McBurney, calgaryurbanite.com blogger and My World, My Choice spokesman
• Amanda Kloster, purveyor of fine eco-friendly products delivered to your door through OnlyGreen Canada
• Kelly Schuler, marketing and communications for health, wellness and sustainable living at Desnoyers-Schuler
• Ryan Kloster, purveyor of wicked electric bikes and scooters at Green City Motors
• Cody Torgerson, Founder and President of Community Carshare

To receive reminders of upcoming events, please join our group on meetup.com at:
http://www.meetup.com/green-drinks-calgary

To join the Facebook Page, go to:
http://facebook.com/greendrinkscalgary

To RSVP for the next event on Facebook, go to:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/updates.php?id=7263220761&sent=1&e=0#/event.php?eid=97689660973&ref=mf

And, if you would like to follow us on twitter, you can find us at http://twitter.com/greendrinksyyc

For more info, go to http://greendrinkscalgary.ca.

The Bike Root presents a ride-in movie tonight!

The Bike Root is happy to inform you, and your friend/relative/loved one, that a Bicycle-in Movie Night is taking place Thursday, July 16th. This is an all ages event and free to the public.

The movie is...Wall-E! It will be showing in the field at the West Hillhurst Community Association (1940-6th Ave NW), at 10:00 pm.

Prior to the screening of Wall-E, a casual, easy-going bike ride will commence at 8:30, starting at the Bike Root. Feel free to join up for the bike ride, or join us for the movie at 10:00 pm.

A movie night is only complete with popcorn. "Bring your own container for popcorn," requests Brayden Unwin. Popcorn is provided by The Plaza theatre.
If you have questions/concerns, direct them to Jordan Brown, brown.jlf@gmail.com.