Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
May 3, 2014 at 10am to May 31, 2014 at 12pm – 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
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
April 20, 2014 to May 27, 2014 – South Burnaby A wonderful little Garden Group in South Burnaby may have a few spots open this year. We share one large garden (1000 sq ft) with a 200 sq ft greenhouse, share the costs, the work, and the fabulous o… Organized by Chris Mann | Type: south, burnaby
April 25, 2014 at 7pm to June 12, 2014 at 9pm – Various Free sharing events for community gardens to connect, learn and share best practices about community gardens that are inclusive and welcoming, animated, growing, safe, and self managed. Each session… Organized by Cinthia and Can You Dig ItI | Type: renfrew-collingwood, mt. pleasant, burnaby, kits, surrey, sharing events, gardening, community gardens
May 8, 2014 at 6pm to June 4, 2014 at 9pm – Vancouver Village Vancouver is pleased to be a Community Partner for 100 in 1 Day Vancouver On June 7, Vancouver will host 100 in 1 Day Create an intervention that will make Vancouver a better place. What if h… Organized by Presented by Evergreen Cityworks | Type: vancouver, urban interventions
May 15, 2014 to May 27, 2014 – OUR Ecovillage To Register Immerse yourself in the world of natural building by taking one of OUR Ecovillage’s short internships this summer. With 2–6 week options and the Opportunity to bundle your Permaculture… Organized by Our Media | Type: natural, building, internship
May 16, 2014 at 6pm to June 1, 2014 at 7pm – OUR Ecovillage -Ready to start your journey towards living sustainably, supporting the Earth, and bringing Permaculture into your life? OUR Ecovillage in Shawnigan Lake offers a Permaculture Design Certificate in… Organized by Our Media | Type: pdc
May 24, 2014 to December 6, 2014 – Greater Vancouver Langara Permaculture Design Certificate Course Connect with others who want to become more conscious global citizens, deepen their understanding of how nature is designed, and learn how to become mor… Organized by Delvin Solkinson | Type: vancouver, permaculture
May 27, 2014 from 10am to 11:30am – Kits near beach, RSVP for location (to be sent a couple days before) Monthly meeting to further the activties of KV Seed Savers and the KV Seed Library. . Organized by Ross Moster and Kits Village Seed Savers | Type: kits, seed, saving, resilience, community, self-relience
May 27, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – Gordon Neighbourhood House, West End Consuming Conversations is a weekly Collective Kitchen and Food Access working group for people 30 and under. Each Tuesday evening at 6 pm, we learn to prepare a fast, inexpensive meal, and discuss F… Organized by Andrew Christie | Type: volunteer, opportunity, collective, kitchen, food, access
May 27, 2014 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Share some good food and conversation with neighbours. Bring something yummy to share and a cup, bowl spoon, etc. if you're able to, and find out the latest with Village Vancouver. Everyone welcome!… Organized by Ross Moster, West End Transition Village, and VV | Type: west end, potluck, west end transition village
May 27, 2014 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Want to grow food but you live in an apartment? In this course we'll cover the techniques and challenges specific to gardening indoors and on balconies in containers. We'll look at soil, fertilizing… Organized by Ross Moster and VV Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: west end, workshop, gardening, balcony and container gardening
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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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