Transit of Venus last chance to see! at Kitsilano - Vanier Park
June 5, 2012 from 3pm to 8:30pm
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Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community resiliency & 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 in your neighbourhood? Learn how to fix your bike or be prepared in an emergency? Share a meal with neighbours? Participate in a more localized economy?
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Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network of:
- 420+ official Transition Town Initiatives
- in 34 countries
- 20 initiatives in Canada
- 9 in BC
- ...and over 400 more in the works! (Click the map)
Latest Activity
Jill Whitelaw updated an event
Local Culture Rendezvous - think coffee, baked goods, and community at Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, North Room + kitchen
June 2, 2012 from 10am to 1pm
Mary Bennett updated an eventKits Trafalgar Fifth to Sixth Avenue Block Party at 2100 Block Trafalgar
June 16, 2012 from 3:30pm to 8pm
Ongoing Courses/Events
Click on a listing for more information, including how to contact the instructor to ask to visit a single session or find out when the next similar course is offered.
Urban Permaculture Design with Erin Innes: March 14-May 30
2012 Vancouver Urban Permaculture Design Course: April 13 - August 19
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News from Chelsea Green
Special Announcements
Click here for the May Newsletter
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Green Neighbourhood Small Grant Program
Vancouver Foundation and the City of Vancouver have announced a new Green Neighbourhood Small Grant program. Up to $1,000 per grant. Every resident of Vancouver is eligible.
Deadline for applying: May 25.
For further information, click here.
Also currently available:
Community Neighbourhood Small Grants (up to $500)
West End (May 25 deadline, online application)
Surrey - Whalley neighbourhood (May 25 deadline, online)
North Shore (June 8, 4 pm deadline, online or paper)
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Check out this beautiful short, 2-minute video about climate change relating to 350's global Connect the Dots Campaign on Saturday, May 5.
To find previous News Blasts and Special Announcements, go to this page.
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Events
May 4
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May 25
Friday
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Permaculture For Small Farms
May 25, 2012 at 10:30am to May 28, 2012 at 5:30pm – Richmond
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Ornamental Container Gardening Workshop
May 27, 2012 from 1pm to 3:30pm – KJM Country Gardens
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Cultivating Herbal Tisanes
May 27, 2012 from 1pm to 2:30pm – CROWS Point Community Garden
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May 28
Monday
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*Heart & Soul (Inner Transition) Potluck/Gathering
May 28, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kits, RSVP for address
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May 29
Tuesday
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Weeds and Pests in your Food Garden
May 29, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – KJM Country Gardens
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May 30
Wednesday
May 31
Thursday
June 1
Friday
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EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival 2012
June 1, 2012 at 2pm to June 3, 2012 at 5pm – BC Place
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June 2
Saturday
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Growing Food with a Black Thumb
June 2, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Britannia Community Centre
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June 3
Sunday
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Food
Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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Transportation
If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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Housing
A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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