*Composting at Virtual workshop
December 28, 2020 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
McBridePark Field House Residency Blog/VV Newsletter
McBride Park Field House Residency Blog
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse is 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 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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Happy Holidays from Village Vancouver!
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Village Vancouver Youth (15-30 years) Employment Opportunities
January 4-February 28, 2021
Administrative and Programming Assistant
Assistant Seed Librarian and Community Gardener
Promotion and Outreach Assistant
Application deadline: Monday, December 28th at noon
Details here.
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Village Vancouver Westside Neighbourhood Food Network online Winter Workshop Series
December 4-28
Friday Dec 4 6:30-8:30 pm Planning Your Spring Garden
Sunday Dec 13 1-2:30 pm Introduction to Indoor Vertical Gardening
Both classes are free. Registration required.
in collaboration with Marpole Oakridge and Fairview False Creek South Neighbourhood Food Networks:
Thursday Dec 17 7-9 pm Native Edibles
$10 (free for seniors 50 and over) Registration required.
Monday Dec 28 6:30-8:30 pm Composting
$10 (free for seniors 50 and over) Registration required.
More free/low cost workshops coming in January.
Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be resilient.
We garden together in Grandview Woodland, Kits, Pt. Grey, Strathcona, and the West End. If you're interested in gardening with us: gardening@villagevancouver.ca.
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*Composting at Virtual workshop
December 28, 2020 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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 resumes in February/March
Kits Village Recycling Depot (2nd or 3rd Thursdays Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, December 17th (if COVID protocols allow)
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: Wednesday,J anuary 20, 2021 (if COVID protocols allow)
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre) Currently on hold due to COVID
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