Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
June 12, 2010 from 9am to 5pm – Room C509, Langara College Some of BC's leading experts on sustainability will gather at Langara College on Friday and Saturday, June 11 & 12, to discuss two of the fundamental issues facing humanity: poverty and climate c… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: educational, event, workshop, forum
June 13, 2010 from 12pm to 2pm – Cedar Cottage Garden / Lakeview location Sharon Hanna, a master gardener and writer, will share her knowledge about winter gardening in a workshop at Cedar Cottage Garden on June 13th, from noon to 2 pm. Suggested donation is $5, however,… Organized by Cylia | Type: workshop, educational, vegetable, gardening, winter, fundraiser
April 17, 2011 from 10am to 4pm – Kits Join us for a community "barnraising" in transforming a property using Permaculture design principles. More details to follow. Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Nick Grabovac, Vancouver Permaculture Meetup | Type: kits, permaculture, gardening party, design, educational, transition, community self reliance, lunch
May 1, 2011 at 9am to May 24, 2011 at 7pm – parks, gardens and alleys around Vancouver Designed for simplicity and depth, this course looks at 1 medicine plant each month for 8 months, balancing time in the field with the Living Plants and time in the kitchen working the raw material i… Organized by garliq | Type: educational, &, playful, workshop, series
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to May 5, 2011 at 8pm – Jericho Beach, Stanely Park, Burnaby Lake, Cumosun Bog. Community Garden 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, stude… Organized by garliq | Type: plant, identification, course, educational, food, security, diy, self, sufficency, connection, to, earth
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 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
July 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – The Longhouse Permaculturalists around the world are making a bold statement about our collective future: Sustainability is not enough. Our habitat is threatened by climate change, oil spills, nuclear accidents. O… Organized by Jill Whitebear | Type: hastings, sunrise, educational
August 11, 2012 at 10am to October 14, 2012 at 3pm – Various Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver, the False Creek Watershed Society have teamed up to create a series of 10 “Earth Walks”. We live in the city o… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: all, neighbourhoods, educational, walks
April 8, 2014 at 6pm to May 6, 2014 at 9pm – UBC Robson Square This course is ideal for individuals who work in teams for idea generation, problem solving and design and offers practical advice and exercises on how to increase both personal creativity, and the c… Organized by UBC Continuing Studies | Type: educational, professional, development
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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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