What is it?
Is a week-long event during Canadian Environment Week (June 1–7, 2014)
- Is a friendly competition between Canadian cities and workplaces
- Encourages Canadians to leave their cars at home
- Rewards walking, cycling, carpooling/ride-sharing, taking transit and telecommuting
- Celebrates active and sustainable transportation
How it Works
You register your workplace and/or yourself before the Commuter Challenge week (June 1-7, 2014)
- You walk, cycle, carpool, take transit or telecommute during the event week
- To be included in the final results you need to make at least one sustainable commute during Commuter Challenge week; of course you can commute sustainably every day
- You log your commute by first signing-in starting June 1, 2014
- Registration and logging will be accepted until Wednesday, June 11, 2014
- On your log page, you will see your impacts adding up
- As a workplace coordinator, you will see all of your workplace results and impacts.
- Tracked impacts are emission reduction, calorie consumption, distance and fuel cost savings
- Results are updated daily so you can see which workplaces and cities have the highest percentage of healthy commutersAmanda Kinden 204-925-3779
See how Manitoba is doing against other Provinces: http://app.commuterchallenge.ca/commuter/results/
For more information:
Website: http://commuterchallenge.ca/
Manitoba Contact: Amanda Kinden at the Green Action Centre/P. 204.925.3779/email: commuterchallenge@greenactioncentre.ca