Today's episode of Each for All featured bicycle co-operatives! We were lucky to have in the studio Triane Tambay, who works and organizes via both Recyclistas, Victoria's collectively-run community bike shop, and the Bike Lab Society, an associated youth education program.

After kicking off with Toronto-based MC Abdominal's song "Pedal Pusher", we jumped right into a fascinating interview with Nancy, a member of the staff at the Urbane Cyclist, a worker-owned bike shop in Toronto. This interview was followed by a live discussion with Anders, a mechanic and apprentice at Natural Cycle, which is a worker-owned bicycle repair and courier company in Winnipeg. These two interviews were complimented by input from Triane, who contributed her knowledge of local efforts at collective bike projects as well as of bicycle culture.

Overall, it was a great episode with thoughtful insights into sustainable economic alternatives and the distance that a love of cycling can take a community.

Co-ops in the News:

It's the annual fundraiser for the Island Biodiesel Cooperative!

A decade after violist Kenji Fuse created and performed Violapalooza at the Poor Alex Theatre in Toronto, he revives the popular show in Victoria, joined by cellist Laura Backstrom and friends, for an eclectic mix of chestnuts and premieres. There will also be a rare performance of the legendary instrument the Theremin, on which Kenji made his solo debut with the Victoria Symphony last spring performing the soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, Spellbound. This concert is the annual fund-raiser for the Island Biodiesel Co-op, and admission is by donation.

Info: 250.381-6502 or yk120@victoria.tc.ca