Village Vancouver

Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities

VV in the News

Read about Village Vancouver in these local media articles:
  • My Essentia Blog, 22 June 2011: This blog entry extolls the numerous activities and actions taken by members of Vilage Vancouver through its web site.(Original article here.)
  • CBC Radio Canada, 14 June 2011: Jordan Bober explains the importance of local currencies and previews the upcoming launch of the Dunbar Dollar (in French).
  • Dunbar, June 2011: Jordan Bober writes a feature article on the upcoming Dunbar Dollar launch for this Dunbar Residents Association periodical. (link to DRA site)
  • Westender, 18 May 2011: Jessica Barrett looks at Parks Board policies regarding green roofs on public buildings and partnerships with Village Vancouver in "Where does your Garden grow?" (original article posted online here)
  • Open File, 2011 March 22: Jessica Barrett writes on our local currency initiative in Dunbar set to get its own dollar (original article posted online here)
  • Westender, 2011 March 9: Jessica Barrett attends a VV Meetup and deftly captures the essence of Transition.  (original article posted online here)
  • Vancouver Observer, 2011 March 8: Olivia Fermi interviews Ross Moster and Randy Chatterjee about VV and the Greenest City Initiative. (original article posted online here)
  • Georgia Straight, 2010 Nov 11: Carlito Pablo interviews VV Member Brennan Wauters.
  • Vancouver Sun, 2010 Sep 8: Randy Shore interviews VV Director Ann Pacey.
  • Vancouver Sun, 2010 Jul 8: Randy Shore has a look at VV's promotion of urban chickens.

More links to past articles to be added soon.

Archived News Blasts from our Home Page are located here, starting from July 2010.  Come see what we were saying, and when.
 

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Latest Activity

Soeine Bac updated their profile
Dec 4, 2023
Megan Vancouver joined Village Vancouver's group
Nov 14, 2023
Megan Vancouver updated their profile
Nov 14, 2023
Megan Vancouver is now a member of Village Vancouver
Nov 9, 2023

Ongoing Activities

Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out https://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 [email protected]. 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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