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7 Who is having more fun, the kid playing or the kid sitting?
Success! On June 28th we pulled off our very first Sask in motion flash mob!
It was a total experiment with a new tactic for us. Flash mob have been literally popping up out of nowhere all over the world and we wanted to try.
So.. [...]
If you want to take the next step toward empowering yourself you have to let the right people know. You need to show the people you want to learn from, that you are interested in gaining knowledge and skills.
It doesn’t really matter what you’re motivation is, for us it was the competitive spirit, which can be a really amazing force. Look at the World Cup. People from all over the world are coming together. A few of them come to actually compete as world class athletes. Most come to cheer and be entertained by the competition both in person and all around the globe.
John Quincy Adams said, “If your actions inspire other to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Smart man that Mr. Adams, and it makes sense doesn’t it:
If you want people to care about what you care about, they have to know it exists!
You need to make people notice and remember [...]
Thomas Fuller said, “All things are difficult before they are easy.”
If what our buddie Thomas said is true, it stands to reason that people need a good cause to choose to act.
I found a good one; maybe you’ll think so too. Here’s the scoop.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada has launched Pin it for the Planet. It’s simple and broken down into 3 simple steps.
The top 8 reason I bike to work:
I hope they encourage you to try it for yourself or motivate you to continue. After all it is National Bike Month, and May 10-15 is the 2nd annual Bike 2 Work Week Regina.
Recently Active Healthy Kids Canada released the 2010 National Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. For the fourth year running as a nation we receive an F for Physical Activity. The Saskatchewan specific page doesn’t look much better. As a province we’re sitting at 13% of kids getting their 90 minutes/day of physical activity.
Does that sit well with you?
It’s Earth Day today, which is awesome. Any opportunity to turn the world’s attention to the intensifying situation on our planet is good. I personally see being an “environmentalist” and physically active as two intertwined things. So on Earth Day when the focus is so vast and overwhelming, and you’re just looking for some way to participate on a smaller scale here is an idea for you.
If you’ve been reading the blog you’ll know that recently Saskatchewan in motion ran a contest for Saskatchewan’s youth. Part of the contest was the opportunity for Saskatchewan’s youth to submit a blog and win a chance to be featured here on Generation Action as a guest blogger. Ogema’s own Katie Bacon was selected by the staff here at basecamp as our winner! So here is a little about Katie and her thoughts on the physical inactivity crisis, enjoy.
I’m convinced that if you looked hard enough you could find “a day” for everyday of the year. There are the classics like Canada Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and some fascinating others that pop up year after year. Today however, is World Health Day. I’ve done some investigation to educate myself and sum it up for you. For what it’s worth, I’m on board with this day.
My name is Kenji and I work with Saskatchewan in motion, where our goal is to help make Saskatchewan one of Canada's most active provinces! [read more]
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