Co-designing a better Calgary for everyone
 

Co-designing a better Calgary for everyone!

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We promote, encourage and support community level actions and initiatives that move Calgary towards a sustainable future.

Our work aims to support the long-term health and vitality of Calgary and its citizens, guided by 7 domains in our State of Our City reports.

 
 

Recent Projects

Projects
The Connaught Open Street
The Connaught Open Street

The Connaught Open Street is a collaborative, community-led project that provides a safer way for kids to get to school.

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The Chickadee Challenge
The Chickadee Challenge

Learn from species around you to design healthier, more sustainable ways of living!

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Neighbourhood Streets
Neighbourhood Streets

A collaboration of the City of Calgary, University of Calgary and Sustainable Calgary: rules of thumb for folks planning neighbourhood streets!

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At Sustainable Calgary, we’re on a mission to create healthy, just and and thriving neighbourhoods. The great news? Healthy cities are a win-win! They're beautiful. They make us happier. They drive prosperity.

Here’s our approach: we collaborate with fellow Calgarians, envisioning neighbourhoods that are healthier, more convenient - and a whole lot of fun! We identify community priorities, dive into research, team up with incredible designers, prototype real life changes, and collect metrics of success. Then we amplify our impact by sharing key insights with decision-makers.

 

 
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Keep Up With the Latest

The Blog
2024 Letter from Executive Director
2024 Letter from Executive Director

We’ve been on an incredible journey the last decade at Sustainable Calgary, reimagining what’s possible in the design of our communities so we can lead healthier, more connected lives.

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Accepting Applications for a New Program: Dialogue for a Change
Accepting Applications for a New Program: Dialogue for a Change

Surveys show that most Albertans want action on crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality. But in a culture captured by systems that promote economic growth, polarization, and ecological destruction, it is hard to swim against the current – or even to find information and support for that journey.

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Contract Available: Dialogue for a Change Course Facilitator
Contract Available: Dialogue for a Change Course Facilitator

This fall/winter Sustainable Calgary will offer a course to help Calgarians adopt lifestyle changes aligned to requirements of a sustainable world.

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Kids Reimagine School Streets Receives a National Award
Kids Reimagine School Streets Receives a National Award

Kids Reimagine School Streets is a 2024 National Urban Design Awards recipient this year! Through this program, students in three neighbourhoods worked with Ever Active Schools, Sustainable Calgary and SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism to prototype walkable, safe and fun school streets.

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The calming of Martindale's collector
The calming of Martindale's collector

July marked the completion of our work on the Martindale Calm Collector - and we may have found the most welcoming community in Calgary!

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The Connaught Open Street is Back!
The Connaught Open Street is Back!
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Our publications

Our work is rooted in evidence, and we are always contributing to new research.

 
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View fullsize We are thrilled to share that David Kowel, Project Manager of the Connaught Open Street and frequent Sustainable Calgary collaborator, has been nominated and shortlisted in the Air category at this year's Emerald Awards (@albertaemerald ). For seven
View fullsize We have some fantastic news to share! 🎉 On Tuesday, the Connaught Open Street was approved by Calgary City Council to become a permanent park! This marks an important milestone in the project, as it clears the way to finalizing the design and begin
View fullsize 📸: @masescarlet Many thanks to Robert Crow Chief, Kristina Stephens and Aaron Boulton-Chaykowski for sharing your insights last weekend on water conservation, protecting our waterways, and strengthening our relationship with water. Thank you to
View fullsize Introducing the second panelist for “Understanding Water”, Aaron Boulton-Chaykowski! “I have worked for over 25 years in water resource management, the last 18 of which have been with The City of Calgary. During that time, I have