Join the Town of Canmore and the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley on Friday, May 9, 2025 from 4pm-9pm at Elevation Place for a fun, educational day promoting a circular economy Canmore. After a highly successful pilot event in Banff, we look forward to continuing this journey as a community!
What will the day look like?
Join us from 4pm-9pm for a free clothing swap, light snacks, live music, on-site repairs, workshops, a trash pageant, prizes, and more! Explore booths, products and information from 13 local businesses and organizations:
Fixit Bow Valley (phone repair)
Fyne Products (selling upcycled clothing)
Bow Valley Food Alliance
Elements Patagonia Banff (on-site repairs, off-site repair intake, and selling Storm Care Wash products)
Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley (free bear spray available)
Community Cruisers (bicycle repair and maintenance)
Bow Valley Climate Action Society
Yarrow Environmental
Canmore Public Library (Library of Things)
Kumpfy Shoes and Repair
REDEAL (selling upcycled clothes and purses)
Bow Valley Waste Commission
What should I bring?
Clothing items that require small repairs. Visit one of our community sewers who can help you sew or patch items.
Patagonia products to be repaired or taken in for repairs by Patagonia.
Shoes that require mending to the Kumpfy Shoes workshop or booth (4pm workshop).
Phones that require some fixing to Fixit Bow Valley booth.
Gently-used clothing items to contribute to the clothing swap.
Gently-used denim to donate to Melissa at Fyne.
A bicycle tube that needs mending or minor bicycle repairs/questions (5:30pm workshop).
Pants that you would like to turn into shorts (4:30pm workshop).
Your curiosity for our awesome line-up of workshops!
RSVP for free to save your spot and be entered to win a prize!
Free Workshop Schedule:
Free Workshop Schedule (Limited spots available. Pre-register here for free to save your spot. Drop-ins also welcome).
🛠️ 4:00pm – Can I Fix My Shoes? Or Should I Just Accept Defeat? with Kumpfy Shoes
✂️ 4:30pm – Upcycle Pants into Summer-Ready Shorts with Fyne Products
🚴 5:30pm – How to Patch an Inner Tube with Community Cruisers
👑 6:00pm – Trash Pageant! starring Ms. Wiebe & her incredible Grade 5s
6:30pm - Preserve, Revive & Regenerate: Rethinking Your Grocery List
🌱 7:00pm – Worms at Work! Make Your Own Home Compost with Shannon Ripley & Yarrow Environmental
7:30pm - Winter Wind Down: Clean like you mean it! (Elements Patagonia Banff)
What is a circular economy?
Circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems.
RSVP here for free to save your spot and be entered to win a prize!
Interested in volunteering? Click here to sign up for a volunteer role.
Further questions, comments or concerns? Contact tanya@biosphereinstitute.org