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March 16, 2014 to April 7, 2014 – Lower Mainland Neighbourhood Small Grants and Greenest City Small Grants Deadline for Applications April 7th Visit www.neighbourhoodsmallgrants.ca for more information or to apply Neighbourhood Small Grants are fun… Organized by Danielle Gauld | Type: grassroots, grants
February 7, 2014 at 6:30pm to May 27, 2014 at 6:30pm – Public Talk: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Placemaking pioneer Mark Lakeman returns to Vancouver to anchor and guide a 9-month placemaking course designed to empower and facilitate community leaders in creatively reimagining the way space can… Organized by Dana Wilson | Type: village building
March 3, 2014 at 6pm to May 13, 2014 at 9pm – Victoria Series: 3787 Cedar Hill Rd., Vancouver Series: 375 West 10th Ave. VV is pleased to be a sponsor of this series. For more information: http://spiritoftheland.ca/ Registration: http://spiritoftheland.ca/registration/ All evenings run from 6-9 pm. Whether we are of I… Organized by | Type: vancouver and victoria
March 25, 2014 at 12pm to April 16, 2014 at 12am – Council Chamber Third Floor, City Hall On April 15th, Vancouver city councillors will be voting on the redevelopment of Heather Place, 86 units of truly affordable family housing in central Vancouver. Many tenants of Heather Place are at… Organized by Karen Elaine Gilchrist | Type: community, engagament
March 30, 2014 at 8:30am to April 5, 2014 at 5:30pm – OUR Ecovillage with Jude Hobbs Empower yourself to advocate for change through whole systems design and teaching! In this dynamic and interactive course, you will learn significant teaching techniques to communicat… Organized by events@ourecovillage.org | Type: shawnigan, lake, sustainability
April 1, 2014 at 10am to April 29, 2014 at 7:30pm – Gordon Neighbourhood House and West End Community Centre Every Tuesday and Saturday our volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take since June 2012 now totals over 40 tonnes of food scraps for composting t… Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Recycling Alternative and Village Vancouver | Type: west end, compost, food scraps
April 5, 2014 from 11am to 1pm – Vancouver Public Library - Kensington branch Join us for another event in our Seedy Saturday series. During this workshop, participants will learn about the growing cycles of plants, including when to directly sow seed and when to transplant se… Organized by Cedar Cottage Food Network + Vancouver Public Library | Type: kensington-cedar, cottage, workshop
April 5, 2014 from 12pm to 6pm – Strathcona First Nations land walk; the way of council; shared space from a cultural perspective; sacred spaces; space and community. Join us for a day of stories and traditional communication techniques. Cease… Organized by Dana Wilson | Type: across, villages
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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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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