The Silver Skate Festival is happening this weekend in Edmonton. I volunteered last year and this year with the race registration. It is my favourite festival because it hosts a variety of activities such as speed skate races, a winter triathlon (skate, ski, run) for individuals and teams, including families, a snow sculpture competition, ice slides, horse sleight rides, figure skating demonstrations, evening entertainment with music and fires, ...and you can try curling, skating, skiing, snow shoeing, as well as sledge hockey - all for free. The festival gets the kind of people out that aren't "scared" of the winter cold and that are active and open to try things. Unfortunately, too many of the participants and spectators still arrive by car instead of taking the free shuttle service but at least they are not couch potatoes. David Suzuki writes in his last column entry in the Epoch Times about how adults have to set an example for children. We can't expect the next generation to be better than us if we tell them to exercise good behaviour while showing them bad behaviour. He compares living a healthy, active life to caring about the environment. Both should be the norm and not a "special activity". If only people did not come up with a large quantity of excuses to justify why they act in a destructive, ignorant, careless way.
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