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Collective Houses BC
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Collective Houses BC
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Collective Houses BC
A FORUM for collective housing sharing of skills, experiences, and [email protected]://www.facebook.com/groupSee More
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Hastings Sunrise Village Neighbourhood Food Network
A collaboration of community members and neighbourhood groups building community self-reliance and security. Join VV and Hastings Sunrise Village and the HS Community Food Network. See More
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VV Urban Market Garden Team
Urban market gardens (urban farms) are social enterprises organized to grow and sell more food in the city. Victory Gardens meet Peak Oil and the 21st century. Urban homesteaders welcome here too! Part of our Neighbourhood Food Networks.See More
Irene Stupka replied to Irene Stupka's discussion De-Growth (Conference June 3 + 4, 2011, and ongoing) in the group Ecological and New Economics
"Check out the updated schedule for Vancouver De-Growth Conference, 2011. It's so exciting I can hardly wait. My favorite parts are discussion with Tracey Smith http://traceysmith.info/, Saturday, June 4th, 10am - noon, and An Ecology of…"
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Collective Houses BC
A FORUM for collective housing sharing of skills, experiences, and [email protected]://www.facebook.com/groupSee More
Irene Stupka replied to Irene Stupka's discussion Adding new house members in the group Collective Houses BC
"Respect the candidates interested in your house. If you want to consider a respondent, have them meet everyone. This is difficult to arrange when you have 6 people (or more) with different schedules. Taking the time to all meet early in the process…"
Stewart McIntosh, Sara Ross and Ross Moster joined Irene Stupka's group
Collective Houses BC
A FORUM for collective housing sharing of skills, experiences, and [email protected]://www.facebook.com/groupSee More
Irene Stupka added a discussion to the group Collective Houses BC
Adding new house members
Joining a collective house can be easy and fun! But it hasn't always been this way. Talking to different collective house members reveals that determining criteria for a good home is important to seekers on both sides of the merger. This takes time and experience and community members have all been refining their processes as they go. Here are some sample criteria for those seeking a house as well as those seeking a member. Some sample 'advertisements' can be added to this discussion. Using a…See More
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Collective Houses BC
A FORUM for collective housing sharing of skills, experiences, and [email protected]://www.facebook.com/groupSee More
Irene Stupka added a discussion to the group Ecological and New Economics
De-Growth (Conference June 3 + 4, 2011, and ongoing)
The perfect place to talk about economics, with Seth Klein, Marlene Moretti, Cecile Andrews, Bill Rees, Rex Weyler, Richard Wozny.Growth-based economics have started to negatively affect quality of life and environments.Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate for the downscaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies. 'Degrowthists' aim to maximize happiness and well-being through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less, while devoting more time to art, music,…See More
Irene Stupka joined Village Vancouver's group
Ecological and New Economics
This ongoing Village study group and think tank collaborates to develop a new economic development model for Vancouver, BC, and Canada focussed around balancing economic development, ecology, and social equity. A formal applied course in Ecological Economics launched in the fall of 2012 and again in fall 2013 as a…See More
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VV Energy Network
Join VV's Energy Network to help pare our energy "needs" down to the minimum, using only renewable and sustainable sources. We are a network of solutions at every scale, from homes to communities and cities to the globe.
Irene Stupka joined Ross Moster's group
Chicken Coop Co-ops Network
Welcome to the place for all things Backyard Chickens where chicken folk can meet, share knowledge and experience and help each other out with coop sitting, feed sharing... etc. There's lots of information and resources in the Discussion area.On the North Shore: VV North Shore ChickensSee More
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- Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland
- Please tell us which areas of Transition interest you. For example: growing more food/urban agriculture, relocalizing our economy/local currency, Permaculture, transit, energy efficient buildings, the arts, urban homesteading, preserving seed diversity, placemaking, potlucks, outreach, organizing events, community-building, having fun while saving the world, or...
- Collective Housing, Urban Ag, Bicycles, Permaculture, Radical Mental Health, De-Growth,
- There's a saying that "Transition is not a spectator sport". It's true! Village Vancouver runs on people power, and engaging in activities and projects together helps us accomplish more. Which groups, networks, neighbourhood villages, or projects do you think you might be interested in getting involved with? And what knowledge, skills, resources or other assets can you bring to the mix? (Don't be bashful!)
- I'm currently working on Collective Housing. - as a new Group heading, I believe.
- What would you like to see improved in Vancouver or in your community regarding sustainability or resiliency? Do you have an idea for a new Transition project or activity?
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Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 4:26pm on April 4, 2011,
Amy Tran said… Hi Irene!
Thanks for joining up with the Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective! If you're interested in joining us at our next meeting this Saturday from 10am to noon, please RSVP via the event page: https://villagevancouver.ca/events/cedar-cottage-seed-savers-2
Cheers!
Amy
- At 3:48pm on October 8, 2010,
Ross Moster said… - Wecome to Village Vancouver, Irene!
I'm sending you an invite to join the Neighbourhood Food Network.
Cheers,
Ross
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