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Last Call for Bike Tour Members: Inspire Change
Related to country: Canada


Seeking Cycling and Performing Bike Tour Members
The Otesha Project's 2010 Bike Tours
www.otesha.ca

Teams of a dozen or more motivated and energetic young people, aged 18 to 30, will set off on cycling and performing tours in 2010. You can be one of them.

As a tour member you will share an incredible experience as you live in a mobile sustainable community. You will cycle from performance to performance, connect with communities along the route, brave the elements, and explore all the ups and downs of directly addressing environmental and social justice issues through your every day actions. You will use theatre as a tool for education and world changing. No bike touring or other experience is necessary, just a willingness to give it your all.
Combine sustainable living, community building, theatre, leadership training and phenomenal bicycle touring on an Otesha Project bike tour. Watch this video to see what going on tour is like. (YouTube search: The Otesha Project - Alive Video!)

Apply now!

June 25 to August 26: Coast to Capital (of Saskatchewan!), Vancouver to Regina
Status: A few spots left!

May 3 to June 25: Ferocious Farm Tour, Ottawa to Toronto and back
Status: Waiting list been taken

Sept 7 to Nov 2: Highlands and Islands, Fredericton to Halifax
Status: Waiting list been taken

For more tour info, check out otesha.ca. Questions? Email info@otesha.ca, or call us at (613) 237-6065

The Otesha Project is a national youth-run charitable organization created in 2002. Otesha uses theatre to mobilize young people to create local and global change through their everyday consumer choices. To date, The Otesha Project has reached over 100,000 Canadians directly with our theatre presentations and workshops that inspire youth to re-evaluate their daily consumer choices to reflect the kind of world they want to live in.

March 19, 2010 | 11:03 AM Comments  0 comments



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The Otesha Project’s 2009 cycling and performing tours have just been launched!

Check them out at www.otesha.ca
Learning tours, bilingual tours, one month, two months - the possibilities are endless!
If you or someone you know is interested in applying to go on a tour, now is the time.

The Otesha Project is a youth-run organization that uses theatre to mobilize young people to make local and global change through their everyday consumer choices. The cycling and performing tour offers participants the chance to live in a mobile sustainable community while giving performances to high school students and community groups about how to make sustainability a part of everyday life.

This year we are offering 7 tours departing from four different cities across Canada: Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Moncton. For more information or to apply go to www.otesha.ca or email applications@otesha.ca

Tell your neighbors, tell your dentist, tell your school friends and coworkers. Tell the World.
www.otesha.ca

December 3, 2008 | 11:59 AM Comments  0 comments

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Internship Opportunity - Tour Liaisons - 2008 Otesha cycling and performing tours
Related to country: Canada

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Internship Opportunity—Tour Liaison
Otesha Cycling and Performing Tours
www.otesha.ca

The Otesha Project is seeking dedicated, organized, fun-loving individuals, aged 18 to 30, to serve as Tour Liaisons for its 2008 cycling and performing tours. As part of a team of 15 to 20 performers, you will take care of all administrative and on-the-road logistics for the tour. Successful candidates will support team members as individuals, foster a positive team environment, support teams in achieving tour objectives, keep teams on schedule, and ensure safety on tour. In cycling terms, the Tour Liaison is the bike lube that keeps everything running smoothly!

Check out the full Job Posting and download an Application Form here: http://www.otesha.ca/bike+tours/tour+liaisons.en.html.

Application Deadline: February 29, 2008

The Otesha Project is a national youth-run charitable organization that uses theatre to mobilize young people to create local and global change through their daily consumer choices. For more information about The Otesha Project, check out our website at www.otesha.ca.

February 5, 2008 | 12:46 PM Comments  0 comments

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Join an Otesha Cycling and Performing Tour!
Related to country: Canada

Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

The Otesha Project has announced the routes for the 2008 Otesha Cycling and Performing Tours (http://www.otesha.ca/bike+tours/index.en.html). Applications are now being accepted for seven regional tours throughout Canada that will take more than 120 inspiring young change-makers on the journey of a lifetime. You could be one of them!

Tour members will share an incredible experience as they live as a mobile and sustainable community for two months. They will cycle from performance to performance, braving the elements, connecting with communities along the route, and exploring all the ups and downs of directly addressing environmental and social injustices through their own every day actions.

Tours will start in May, July, and September, departing from Ottawa, Vancouver, and Halifax. These are the tour routes:

Algonquin Tour
May 1 to June 25
Spin from Ottawa through Algonquin Provincial Park, follow the sunny shores of Georgian Bay along the Bruce Peninsula, over to the sandy beaches of Manitoulin Island and onward to Sudbury. Car-free.

Great Lakes Tour
May 1 to June 25
The Great Lakes are calling! Cycle the rocky shores of three of North America's largest fresh water lakes – Huron, Erie and Ontario. Venture from Ottawa through rugged terrain and bustling towns. Destination: Niagara Falls! Car-free.

Northern Appalachian Tour
May 1 to June 25
Cycle from Ottawa through the Eastern Townships, across the border and through the ancient Mountains of Vermont and Maine. Destination: New Brunswick and the red sand shores of the Bay of Fundy. NB: A passport is required, as the team will be traveling through the USA.

Sunshine Coast Tour
July 2 to August 26
Tackle Vancouver Island from tip to tip. Starting in Vancouver, cycle up the Inside Passage, across to the Island, north to Port Hardy and then south again to funky Victoria. Car-free.

Kootenay Mountain Tour
July 2 to August 26
From Vancouver to Calgary, start at the ocean edge, spin through coastal forests, on to the sunny Okanagan, and up and down the silver peaks of southern British Columbia.

Rising Tide Tour
Sept. 2 to Oct. 27
Feel your spirits rise with the highest tides in the world. Starting in Halifax, cycle along the Atlantic Ocean around southern Nova Scotia and the red sand shores of the Bay of Fundy.

Across the Rock Tour
Sept. 2 to Oct. 27
Starting in Halifax, north to Cape Breton, ferry over to Newfoundland and across the Rock to North America's most easterly point. Lots of hills (and possibly snow)!

Apply now! More information available at www.otesha.ca.

Spread the word! Spread the hope!

Peace and bicycle grease,
The Otesha Project

December 18, 2007 | 4:16 PM Comments  0 comments

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