Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Will your Community Apply to be Recognized this Year?
The Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging awards recognize communities that have excelled in strategies, planning and programs that support active aging and smart growth. The Achievement Award, the top honor, is awarded to communities for overall excellence in building healthy communities for active aging. The Commitment Award recognizes communities that have developed and begun to initiate a specific plan to implement smart growth and active aging principles.
Communities self nominate for the award. A panel of judges selects the winners each year. Applications for 5th annual Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging the 2011 are due July 11, 2011. For more information, see: http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/awards/2010/index.html
2011 Rachel Carson Poetry, Essay, Photography and Dance Contest
Teams will share through one of these distinct mediums their own interactions and reflections on the wonders of nature. Mixed media entries are also welcome, such as a photo accompanied with a poem or essay. Dance video entries can be of performers or capture movements and visible changes in nature from dawn to dusk. This year, we invite entries in Spanish. The deadline for entries is Friday, June 10, 2011.
The contest is sponsored by the U.S. EPA; the National Center for Creative Aging; Creative the Dance Exchange; the Rachel Carson Council, Inc; and Generations United. For more about the contest and to see previous winners please see http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm
International Conference on Age-Friendly Cities
The first international conference on age-friendly cities will be held this Sept. 28-30, 2011, in Dublin, Ireland.
http://afc-internationalconference.ie/
International Federation on Aging 11th Global Conference on Aging
It's time to start thinking about the International Federation on Aging’s Global Conference on Aging. It will be held Prague, Czech Republic, May 28-June 1, 2012.
Deadline: December 2011.
http://www.ifa2012.com/abstracts/call-for-abstracts