Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
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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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Join Village Vancouver Transition Society
General Inquiries : info@villagevancouver.ca
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Village Vancouver is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
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Special Announcements
Happy Holidays from Village Vancouver!
We wish you a peaceful and fulfilling holiday season, and a just, sustainable, and resilient 2019.
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Village Vancouver Events for December
Sun Dec 2 1-3pm West End Urban Gardening Club - Holiday Celebration (West End Community Centre)
Thu Dec 6 6:30-8:30pm Fermented Root Beer (False Creek Community Centre)
Sat Dec 8, 10am-12pm, Planning Your Spring Garden (Riverfront Community Garden) FREE RSVP Ross
Sat Dec 8, 2-4pm, Planning Your Spring Garden (Garratt Wellness Centre) FREE
Sun Dec 9, 2-4pm, Planning Your Spring Garden (Charleson Community Garden) FREE RSVP Ross
Sun Dec 9 1:30-3pm Let's Make Kimchi (Hillcrest Community Centre)
Thu Dec 13 6-7pm Kits Village November Recycling Depot and Seed Library (Kitsilano Community Centre)
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Volunteer with Village Vancouver
We garden together in Kits, Pt. Grey, and Strathcona. If you're interested in gardening with us: gardening@villagevancouver.ca.
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For more info on VV events: events@villagevancouver.ca
To find previous News Blasts and Special Announcements, go to this page.
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Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Village Vancouver's event was featured*Let's Make Kimchi! at Hillcrest Community Centre, Arts and Crafts Room
VV Events's event was featured*Free Workshop - Planning your Spring Garden! at Garratt Wellness Centre, multipurpose room
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Interested in participating in a VV garden? Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca.
Interested in getting involved with VV in other ways? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Southern BC Permaculture Design Certificate March 11, 2018-June 9, 2019
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