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June 11, 2011 at 9am to June 12, 2011 at 5pm – Langara College TRANSITION IN VANCOUVER workshop this weekend The Permaculture-inspired Transition Town movement was initiated over five years ago in Totnes, UK so citizens could take action and adapt their lives to… Organized by Village Vancouver and Langara College Continuing Studies | Type: langara college, transition, resiliency, sustainability, community self-reliance, peak oil, climate change, economic instability, permaculture
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to June 21, 2011 at 6:30pm – Canada Way Education Center If you are concerned about where your food comes from, what’s in it (or on it), or simply getting the best nutrition possible for your family – growing your own vegetables and fruit is the answer. In… Organized by Burnaby Continuing Education / Gaia College | Type: workshop, gardening
May 31, 2011 at 7pm to June 21, 2011 at 8:30pm – Beautiful Parks and Community Gardens around Van What do you see in the green? Identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver This class is all about identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver. Using some basic botany, stud… Organized by garliq | Type: herb, walk, series, workshops
June 9, 2011 at 7pm to September 15, 2011 at 7pm – KJM Country Gardens 7226 Blenheim St. Vancouver, B.C Due to high demand, we’ve added a second 8 Week Urban Beekeeping Course. This is an in-depth hands-on program to learn the basics of backyard or small-scale beekeeping. During the eight 2.5-hour sess… Organized by Brian Campbell | Type: south, dunbar
June 11, 2011 at 9am to June 12, 2011 at 5pm – Langara College TRANSITION IN VANCOUVER workshop this weekend The Permaculture-inspired Transition Town movement was initiated over five years ago in Totnes, UK so citizens could take action and adapt their lives to… Organized by Langara College Continuing Studies and Village Vancouver | Type: workshop
June 11, 2011 at 7pm to June 12, 2011 at 4:30pm – Foxglove Farm http://www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/programs/program-descriptions-2011/ http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html Organized by Sharon Zvonar | Type: educational-fungi, soil
June 11, 2011 at 7pm to June 12, 2011 at 4:30pm – Foxglove Farm Author, mycologist, and eco-innovator Paul Stamets will bring his vision and practical knowledge to a rare workshop at Salt Spring Island’s Centre for Arts, Ecology, & Agriculture. Fungi, particu… Organized by Foxglove Farm | Type: educational, talk, and, workshop
June 11, 2011 at 9:30pm to June 18, 2011 at 5pm – Langara College A week of events and activties, including several VV "Transition School" workshops and presentations. For a complete list of workshops, visit: http://www.langara.bc.ca/social-cultural/summer-school/… Organized by Langara College Continuing Studies and VV Learning Opportunties working group | Type: langara college, workshops, activities, transition, resiliency, sustainability, community self-reliance, peak oil, climate change, econmoic instability, permaculture
June 12, 2011 from 11am to 1pm – MOBY garden Learn how to make colourful mosaics for the garden. While learning you are helping MOBY with their garden mosaic pathway. If you would like to make a mosaic for yourself the fee is $5. Come enjoy mak… Organized by MOBY | Type: cedar, cottage, educational, workshop, fundraiser
June 12, 2011 from 11am to 2pm – 51st and Balaclava The Friends of Southland are hosting a neighbourhood urban farm market starting June 12th and running every Sunday from 11-2 at Southlands Heritage Farm - 6767 Balaclava St. at the corner of 51st and… Organized by Ann Pacey | Type: southlands, farmers, market
June 12, 2011 from 1:45pm to 3:45pm – VanCity Theatre How many dollars do you spend on food in one day? On Sunday, June 12 at 1:45PM, The World In A Garden & the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival will screen Food Stamped, a documentary film that follow… Organized by The World In A Garden | Type: fundraiser
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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