Pedal to Plate Tour

July 9 -- 17, 2011
Ottawa area

Always wanted to be part of an Otesha touring community but couldn't consider two months on the road? The Pedal to Plate Tour is for you! Ten days of tasting your way across the landscape of Ottawa's food systems - meeting local producers, pitching in on farms, connecting with food-oriented organizations and cooking up a storm.

Unlike our Spring & Fall tours, we will consider youth and adult applicants of any age.

*Application deadline: May 1, 2011

Your bike will be your stallion; theatre, your sword. You’ll valiantly 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.

The play that your team performs will educate others, and others will educate you. You will be changing the world. No bike touring, theatre, or other experience necessary: just a willingness to give it your all.

The Otesha Project is now putting together teams of a dozen or more motivated and energetic volunteers who will share in an incredible experience living in mobile sustainable communities. You can be one of them.

Intrigued? Apply at www.otesha.ca. First applied first considered.

”If you are looking for an amazing opportunity to see the country, inspire others and change your life you should be on an Otesha tour.”
– Joel Robison (Otesha Alumni)

Tours Offered in 2011
May to June: People's Performance Tour* - Toronto to Sudbury
May to June: Phenomenal Food Tour* - Toronto to Ottawa
July: Pedal to Plate Tour - Ottawa area
September to October: Sunshine Coast Tour* - Vancouver to Victoria
* volunteers aged 18-30

Why apply? For that feeling you get after about a week on the road, when you realize that this is an amazingly fulfilling experience. Each day you’ll gain experience with sustainable living, community building, theatre, leadership training, activism, and bicycle touring.

What is ‘Otesha’? The Otesha Project uses theatre to mobilize young people to create local and global change through their everyday choices. It’s a national youth-run charitable organization created in 2002. To date, Otesha has reached over 115,000 Canadians through 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.

We look forward to hearing about what you envision for a better world. The Otesha Project is an equal opportunity organization and we value the different expertise and diversity of our participants and employees. We strive to make our programs accessible and will work with committed individuals to ensure participation.

The Otesha Project
72 Riverdale Ave.
Ottawa, ON K1S 1R2
613 237-6065
www.otesha.ca