Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
February 18, 2011 from 10am to 12pm – Main Street Area Meeting to continue planning the 2011 Summer School on Building Community and to plan the Transition Project Ideas Fair. Organized by Kathryn Cholette and Leslie Kemp | Type: city, wide
March 2, 2011 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre Registration is now full for this event. If you haven't registered with Olive at Greenest City yet (see below), please contact her to get on the waiting list. Talk Green Vancouver - Draft Zero Wast… Organized by Helen Spiegelman of Zero Waste Vancouver, the Greenest City Initiative, and Vilage Vancouver | Type: yaletown, city, consultation, waste, carbon, ecology
May 27, 2011 to June 5, 2011 – Portland, Oregon - The Entire City! Join several of us from June 1-3 (and at other times TBD) in helping to transform this American city into an urban oasis of guerilla urban planning. Check out City Repair, the organization behind th… Organized by Mark Lakeman of City Repair | Type: portland, city, repair, train
June 1, 2011 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Kathryn Cholette's Call 778-329-7459 Coals to Newcastle: Shorter hours, unemployment, energy efficiency, and prospects for labor/environmental alliance* From the frame-breaking "Luddite riots" in 1811-1816 to climate change and degrowth… Organized by Kathryn Cholette | Type: city, wide
June 14, 2011 from 9:30am to 4:30pm – Langara College Setting the Context for Change Exploring the Pathways to Ecological Sustainability Explore the cultural and economic causes of the various Global Crises. We investigate key underlying western values… Organized by Langara College, Register by calling Continuing Studies, 604-323-5322 | Type: city, wide
November 29, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – Kiwassa Neighbourhood House This class will teach the basics of canning and preserving food while focusing on items that are great gift ideas for the coming holiday season. Does your Grandma’s jam live in legend – only? Do you… Organized by Homesteading Mamas | Type: vancouver, city, wide
July 9, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm – Langara Community College, Room A229 An intensive half-day intro to Bioremedial practices. Learn about pragmatic arts-based practices of rehabbing damaged sites, wetlands, and waterways. Bioremedial Ecoart practice: IntroMonday July… Organized by Beth Carruthers (instructor) | Type: everywhere, you, want, to, revive, a, greener, city
July 11, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Stanley Park Ecology Society Wild in the City. Gain in-depth knowledge of local flora and fauna through this daylong journaling workshop in Stanley Park. Based on early Naturalist observation and journaling. With a naturalist fr… Organized by Beth Carruthers | Type: everywhere, people, want, more, knowledge, and, understanding, of, nature, in, the, city
February 17, 2014 from 7pm to 9pm – Urban Winery It has been five years since the Vision Vancouver-led city council set the ambitious goal of making Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020. Together, we've achieved many of the objectives s… Organized by Andrea Reimer | Type: community, townhall, on, the, greenest, city
May 22, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – C680 - HSBC Hall, UBC Robson Square Please join us for Ecologies of Social Difference Social Justice evening panel: Vancouver--The Greenest City? A social justice perspective. Date: Thursday, May 22, 6pm-9pm. Venue: C680 - HSBC Hall, U… Organized by Ecologies of Social Difference Network at UBC | Type: panel, discussion, west, end, social, justice, greenest, city, economics
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Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
Village earns 15% on your book purchases from New Society Publishers. Details here.
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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