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Balcony, Container & Small Space Gardening

February 2, 2016 from 7pm to 9pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Enjoy this workshop presented by West End Neighbourhood Food Network. Want to grow food but don't have much room? In this course Rhiannon Johnson will cover the techniques and challenges specific to… Organized by Ross Moster, Rhiannon Johnson, and West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, gardening, balcony, container, and small space gardening

*Kits Village February Potluck -- Neighbourhood Small Grant opportunities

February 7, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – Kits, near beach Monthly potluck. Enjoy good food and conversation. Meet neighbours, find out what's happening in Kits Village, including community gardening opportunities in Kits. Tonight we'll be discussing Neighbo… Organized by Ross Moster, Laura Lee Coles, and Kits Village | Type: kits, potluck, community gardening, collaborative gardening, permaculture, pollinator, neighbourhood small grants

Valentine Vegetable Fermentation

February 9, 2016 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Strathcona Community Center Learn to make a beautiful red suaerkraut and/or fermented beets (depending on availability - maybe both!) using local produce. Probiotic, raw, vegan, and Paleo-friendly. You will be fully active in c… Organized by Village Vancouver | Type: strathcona, workshops

UBC Reads Sustainability presents Raj Patel

February 11, 2016 from 12pm to 2pm – UBC With a global population of nine billion by 2050, and climate change already taking a toll, how will the world eat in the future? Join award winning author, activist, and academic Raj Patel, presente… Organized by Shannon Lambie | Type: ubc, lecture, discussion
*Just Film Festival: Lowdown Tracks

February 11, 2016 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Vancity Theatre Music is an expression of the spirit for everyone. But for some who survive on the periphery of society, it can also be a life-saving coping mechanism and the last stand of their dignity. Emmy-winnin… Organized by | Type: downtown
*Just Film Festival: The Hand that Feeds

February 11, 2016 from 8:45pm to 10pm – Vancity Theatre At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dan… Organized by | Type: downtown

Ladner Seedy Saturday & Garden Expo 2016

February 20, 2016 from 10am to 4pm – Harris Barn at Hawthorne Grove Park behind the Historic Kirkland House Join us for a day to celebrate the importance of seeds and gardening. Randy Shore from the Vancouver Sun, David Catzel from Glorious Organics and Egan Davis from UBC will be presenting. Bring seeds t… Organized by Kristin Crouch | Type: fundraiser, for, the, ladner, community, garden
Exploring Macro Photography

February 20, 2016 from 10am to 3pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden Instructor: Jenni Rempel Price: Member: $57 / Non-member: $67 Learn how to take great close up pictures, set aperture and shutter speed and how to compose a great macro photo. With the help of a macr… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: shaughnessy, photography

OS Permaculture : Free Social Permaculture Day

February 27, 2016 from 11am to 5:30pm – Richmond “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson OS Permaculture : Free Social Permaculture Day February 27, 2016 11 am - 5:30 pm Join… Organized by Delvin Solkinson | Type: workshop