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McBridePark Field House Residency Blog/VV Newsletter
McBride Park Field House Residency Blog 2019-2024
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse was generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board's Fieldhouse Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focuses on arts, culture, sports, environment, local food and social encounters. The residency has now ended.
The Transition Movement
Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network in 45 countries of:
- 479 official Transition Town Initiatives in 23 countries, 29 official initiatives in Canada, including 11 in BC
- ...and over 750 "mullers", including 56 in Canada and 12 in BC. (Click on the map.)
Want a quick peak into a bible of Transition, The Transition Companion?
Click on this image to open the book and you'll be able to read several chapters.
Get involved
Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community resiliency, regeneration & self-reliance, and social well-being in Vancouver? To connect with others in your community to create positive local responses to things like climate disruption, depletion of natural assets and economic instability and inequity? Grow more food? Learn how to fix your bike or prepare for an emergency? Get your Permaculture Design Certificate? Share a meal or swap stuff with your neighbours? Save heritage seeds? Engage in placemaking in your neighbourhood ? Participate in a more localized economy and consume less? Bioremediate your community?
Check out our Villages, Groups, Networks, and Projects -- including Neighbourhood Food Networks -- VV's centres of creativity where constructive dialogue leads to connection, collaboration, and inspired action in fun and satisfying ways!
We run on people power - join our website and/or the Village Vancouver Transition Society and get involved. Don't wait for an invitation; find folks on your own and "grab the reins." (We can help! - contact projects@villagevancouver.ca.)
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News from The Grist
Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2025 from Village Vancouver!
Winter Workshops & Events
January 16, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
January 20, Monday: DIY Beeswax Wraps and Zero Waste in the Kitchen
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
January 22, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
January 23, Thursday: Gardening in a Changing Climate Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
January 23, Thursday: Planning your Spring Garden
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Marpole Neighbourhood House
January 24, Friday: Growing Superfoods
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
January 26, Sunday: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at West End Community Centre
February 05, Wednesday: Growing Superfoods
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
February 10, Monday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
February 12, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
February 13, Thursday: Drip Irrigation
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Marpole Neighbourhood House
February 18, Tuesday: Mandala of Dreams and Nature
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
February 20, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
February 20, Thursday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at West End Community Centre
February 23, Sunday: WE Garden Club: What are you growing this Year?
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
February 24, Monday: Mini-Macrame Wall Hangings
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
February 25, Tuesday: Healing Skin Salve Making Workshop
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
February 26, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver February Meetup- Westside permaculture corridor
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
February 26, Wednesday: Growing Superfoods
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 01-March 29, Saturday: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 01-April 26, Saturday: Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 04, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 05, Wednesday: Planning and Planting Your Spring Garden
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 09, Sunday: Planning Your Spring Garden
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre
March 10, Monday: Balcony, Container and Small Space Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
March 11, Tuesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 12, Wednesday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 14, Friday: Menu Planning, Meal Prep and Mason Jar Salads
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 16, Sunday: WE Garden Club: Sourcing Good Seeds
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 18, Tuesday: Mini-Macrame Wall Hangings Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
March 19, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver March Meetup-Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Info Session
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 20, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 24, Monday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 25, Tuesday: DIY Crochet Dishcloths
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 29, Saturday: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
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*Depth of Field: Film Screening and Community Event at Community Hall, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
March 21, 2024 from 5pm to 8pm
Ongoing Activities
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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