*West End March Food Scrap Drop Spots at Gordon Neighbourhood House & WE Community Centre
March 3, 2015 at 6pm to March 31, 2015 at 7:30pm*Kits Village Collaborative Garden Weekly Work Party
March 1, 2015 from 3:30pm to 6pm
Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
VV Newsletter
The Transition Movement
Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network in 45 countries of:
- 472 official Transition Town Initiatives in 23 countries
- 32 official initiatives in Canada, including 10 in BC
- ...and over 700 "mullers", including 57 in Canada and 14 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.)
Connect
Join Village Vancouver Transition Society
General Inquiries : info@villagevancouver.ca
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Special Announcements
Village is looking for additional Board members application deadline: March 15
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Permaculture and other Gardening Opportunities in Village Vancouver
Sunday, Feb 8th at Strathcona Community Centre
Work parties on Feb 14,15, 21
Work parties continue on Feb 28 and Mar 1 in Strathcona, Kits, & Kits Point
Coming up in March and April -- Permaculture blitzes in Pt. Grey and Kits
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Volunteer with Village Vancouver
Over 20 ways you can help
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West End Food Scrap Drop Spots
3x/week: Tuesday, Feb 3 -- Saturday, Feb 28
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To find previous News Blasts and Special Announcements, go to this page.
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Events
January 29
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February 3
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Mindful Nature Walk in the Tropics
February 28, 2015 from 10am to 11:30am – Bloedel Conservatory, nature, wellness
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Tree Fruit Pest and Disease Solutions
February 28, 2015 from 10am to 12:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden
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Grow Tree Fruits in Containers
February 28, 2015 from 1:30pm to 4pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden
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*Kits Village Collaborative Garden Weekly Work Party
March 1, 2015 from 3:30pm to 6pm – Kits, near beach
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*Kits Village Dinner Group #2 March Gathering
March 1, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Kits
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Landscape Design Basics
March 4, 2015 from 6pm to 8:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden
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Photography at Bloedel
March 7, 2015 from 10am to 3pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden
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Ross Moster's 2 events were featuredRoss Moster updated an event*Kits Village Green Streets garden work party at Kits, please RSVP for location
March 7, 2015 from 1pm to 3pm
Ross Moster updated an event*Kits Village Collaborative Garden Weekly Work Party at Kits, near beach
March 7, 2015 from 3:30pm to 6pm
Ongoing Courses/Activties
Winter 2015 Cultivating Food, Cultivating Community Series January 29 to March 26.
Drop-in "Spaghetti" Nights are back! Spaghetti nights resume in January.
Gaiacraft: Low-cost, flexible Permaculture Design Courses December 14, 2014 to November 17, 2015
Permaculture for Parents and Educators November 6, 2014 to June 27, 2015
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