We are excited to be able to share this calendar again this year!

AWA member Kristina Moore started this for herself in 2022 with the aim to help her prioritize purposeful daily movement. The idea is that you colour/mark a circle a day as you move your body each day. Since movement and nature are two of the keys to everyone’s wellbeing – she thought the AWA was a perfect fit for directing donations!

In the past two years, over $3,300 dollars has been donated through this calendar to the Alberta Wilderness Association in honour of Kristina’s 99 year old grandma (Mary Kettenbach) who was a AWA Wilderness Defender’s Award recipient in 2022.

At a quick glance the calendar can be a reminder to plan your movement for the day and it is a simple visual to track all the days that you do move your body.  There are no rules, movement is as you define it – it can be a hike, a walk, a stretch, a run, a workout etc.

Each Monday is highlighted, as well as new months, seasons and some holidays to help you track through the year.

Special to this 2025 edition are 60 AWA icons to help celebrate the Alberta Wilderness Association’s 60th anniversary of Defending Wild Alberta! Register online for our “What’s your 60” challenge for 2025 and use this calendar to help you reach a goal of 60 days of being active in nature in 2025! Just look for the circles featuring “60” and an Alberta animal. On those days, find yourself some nature – something as simple as your local park, or something further from the city – and go for a walk, bike, paddle, ski or whatever your favourite way is to enjoy Wild Alberta. Moving your body makes you feel great and so does being in nature, so it is a double win for your mental and physical health!

We suggest printing your poster at Staples as a 20×30 inch glossy poster and use a sharpie to mark each day of body movement.

A minimum donation of $15 is asked in exchange for the JPEG version of the calendar (please note you must print the poster yourself).

Here’s to a great year of mindful movement ahead!