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=== Louisville === | === Louisville === | ||
| + | City: Louisville, Kentucky | ||
| + | Title: World Car-Free Day | ||
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| + | Date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 10:00am-2:00pm EST | ||
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| + | Location: University of Louisville, Red Barn plaza, Louisville, KY 40208 | ||
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| + | Events planned so far: | ||
| + | 1. Car-Free Fair with free bike tune-ups, bike-blender smoothies and more! | ||
| + | 2. "Biking For Health & Wealth" Lunch-and-Learn at Noon inside Red Barn (co-sponsored by Get Healthy Now!) | ||
| + | 3. Car-Free Trip to Gray St. Farmers' Market! 12:30pm meet up in front of the Red Barn. Bring your bike for a 20 minute ride downtown or your UofL ID for a free trip on TARC Route #18 to the market. All attendees will receive a reusable UofL Sustainability shopping bag made in the USA of 100% recycled materials! | ||
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| + | Organizer: University of Louisville Sustainability Council | ||
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| + | Contact name: Justin Mog, University of Louisville, Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives | ||
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| + | Contact e-mail: justin.mog@louisville.edu | ||
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| + | Web address: http://louisville.edu/sustainability/events.html | ||
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| + | Additional comments: Hundreds of people are killed and injured by cars on Louisville’s streets each year. Nationally, 32,708 people were killed on our roadways last year. It doesn't have to be this way. UofL's Sustainability Council wants to help stop by the violence on our streets and is taking part in an international day to celebrate the possibility of a world without cars! Bring your bicycle, walking shoes, and free bus pass (your UofL ID!) and join us for some fun, healthy, community-building car-free activities on and around campus! This event is affiliated with 350.org's worldwide initiative: "Moving Planet" - a single day to move away from fossil fuels. | ||
== Louisiana == | == Louisiana == | ||
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City: Louisville, Kentucky
Title: World Car-Free Day
Date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 10:00am-2:00pm EST
Location: University of Louisville, Red Barn plaza, Louisville, KY 40208
Events planned so far: 1. Car-Free Fair with free bike tune-ups, bike-blender smoothies and more! 2. "Biking For Health & Wealth" Lunch-and-Learn at Noon inside Red Barn (co-sponsored by Get Healthy Now!) 3. Car-Free Trip to Gray St. Farmers' Market! 12:30pm meet up in front of the Red Barn. Bring your bike for a 20 minute ride downtown or your UofL ID for a free trip on TARC Route #18 to the market. All attendees will receive a reusable UofL Sustainability shopping bag made in the USA of 100% recycled materials!
Organizer: University of Louisville Sustainability Council
Contact name: Justin Mog, University of Louisville, Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives
Contact e-mail: justin.mog@louisville.edu
Web address: http://louisville.edu/sustainability/events.html
Additional comments: Hundreds of people are killed and injured by cars on Louisville’s streets each year. Nationally, 32,708 people were killed on our roadways last year. It doesn't have to be this way. UofL's Sustainability Council wants to help stop by the violence on our streets and is taking part in an international day to celebrate the possibility of a world without cars! Bring your bicycle, walking shoes, and free bus pass (your UofL ID!) and join us for some fun, healthy, community-building car-free activities on and around campus! This event is affiliated with 350.org's worldwide initiative: "Moving Planet" - a single day to move away from fossil fuels.
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