*Free Seeds for Gardening and DIY Planter Box Giveaways - May 15 and 30 at *West Point Grey and West End Community Centres
May 15, 2021 at 11:30am to May 30, 2021 at 11am
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.
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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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Village Vancouver - Westside, Marpole Oakridge, and Fairview False Creek South Neighbourhood Food Networks online Winter Workshop Series
Sat Feb 27th 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Growing Superfoods
Thu Mar 4th 6:30-8:30 pm Balcony, Container, and Small Space Gardening
Sun Mar 7th 1-3 pm Intro to Organic Gardening
Wed Mar 10th 5:30-8:30 pm Native Edibles Talk and Walk
Gardening with VV in Grandview Woodland, Kits, Strathcona, West End, and West Pt. Grey 2021 info sessions coming soon.
Additional free/low cost workshops coming in March. Info soon.
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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*Free Seeds for Gardening and DIY Planter Box Giveaways at *West Point Grey and West End Community Centres
May 15, 2021 at 11:30am to May 30, 2021 at 11am
Manure sale March 27 at Hastings Community Center/A.R.Lord parking lot on Pender street
March 27, 2021 from 9am to 1pm
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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