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May 1, 2011 at 9am to May 24, 2011 at 7pm – parks, gardens and alleys around Vancouver Designed for simplicity and depth, this course looks at 1 medicine plant each month for 8 months, balancing time in the field with the Living Plants and time in the kitchen working the raw material i… Organized by garliq | Type: educational, &, playful, workshop, series
May 1, 2011 from 12pm to 3pm – Under the skytrain tracks at Hull Street and Victoria Drive Join members of Cedar Cottage Garden for our third annual celebration of gardens and community, happening in the garden plaza located at Hull Street, Victoria Drive and Stainsbury Street (below West… Organized by Cylia | Type: cedar, cottage
May 1, 2011 from 1:30pm to 5pm – Burns Bog Join us for a pilgrimage to Burns Bog, a free multifaith event to see and understand the significance and sacredness of Burns Bog. Everyone is welcome. Event Details 12:30.......Registration opens at… Organized by Karl Perrin | Type: delta, transportation, watershed, celebration
May 1, 2011 at 6pm to May 3, 2011 at 5pm – Sthrathcona Community Centre, SOLEFood Farm, Cottonwood Community Gardens, and more Join Sara Dent and Erin Innes for a 72-hour Permaculture Design Course in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The course begins and ends with weekend intensives, and runs one Saturday a month (two in Au… Organized by Sara Dent | Type: strathcona, /, downtown, eastside
May 1, 2011 at 6pm to May 14, 2011 at 7pm – Grace MacInnis Housing Co-op We are planning to build some tumbling composters and invite you to build one (or more) for yourself! Please see the discussion on the Grandview-Woodlands village page: http://www.villagevancouver.c… Organized by Cabot Lyford | Type: grandview, woodland
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to June 21, 2011 at 6:30pm – Canada Way Education Center If you are concerned about where your food comes from, what’s in it (or on it), or simply getting the best nutrition possible for your family – growing your own vegetables and fruit is the answer. In… Organized by Burnaby Continuing Education / Gaia College | Type: workshop, gardening
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to May 5, 2011 at 8pm – Jericho Beach, Stanely Park, Burnaby Lake, Cumosun Bog. Community Garden What do you see in the green? Identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver This class is all about identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver. Using some basic botany, stude… Organized by garliq | Type: plant, identification, course, educational, food, security, diy, self, sufficency, connection, to, earth
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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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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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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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