Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
April 23, 2015 from 6:30pm to 9pm – Maple Ridge City Hall, Council Chambers By focusing on immediate profit and ignoring millennia of experience in agronomy, agroindustry is responsible for the unprecedented erosion of soils now occurring around the world. Add climate change… Organized by Cinema Politica | Type: maple ridge, movie, transition, community resilence
April 4, 2015 at 10am to April 28, 2015 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 50 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 23, 2015 from 10am to 12:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden April 23 - May 21. **NOTE this class runs every Thursday for five weeks. Use the delicate art of watercolour painting to capture the beauty of spring flowers growing in the Garden. We will explore a… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: painting, watercolour, flowers
April 23, 2015 from 6:30pm to 8pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden Daily engagement with nature is an essential part of healthy living. The scientific evidence is compelling, permeating professional practice from doctor’s prescriptions to urban design. This interact… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: nature, health, design
April 23, 2015 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Strathcona Community Centre Learn to create a home-made fruit "soda pop" from a water kefir starter culture: from creating the initial sugar mixture to filtering and bottling it. The result is a highly carbonated, healthful fru… Organized by Ross Moster (VV Neighbourhood Food Networks), Lauren Brown (Strathcona CC Food Security Program), and Alyssa Kohlman | Type: strathcona, workshop, kefir
April 23, 2015 at 7pm to May 28, 2015 at 8:30pm – Strathcona Community Centre Please join us for the Spring 2015 instalment of this popular Village Vancouver series. April 23 - rescheduled to April 30th Water Kefir: home-made fermented sodas May 28 Spring Slaw! Fermented Veget… Organized by Ross Moster (VV Neighbourhood Food Networks) and Lauren Brown (Strathcona CC Food Securtiy Program) | Type: strathcona, workshops
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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