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June 26, 2011 from 11am to 4pm – Riley Park Community Centre This free festival will include art, music, games, food, and activities for the community. We will have a multicultural main stage with a line-up of local and culturally diverse entertainers and musi… Organized by Little Mountain Neighbourhood House | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, culture, arts, music, children, family
June 9, 2011 at 7pm to September 15, 2011 at 7pm – KJM Country Gardens 7226 Blenheim St. Vancouver, B.C Due to high demand, we’ve added a second 8 Week Urban Beekeeping Course. This is an in-depth hands-on program to learn the basics of backyard or small-scale beekeeping. During the eight 2.5-hour sess… Organized by Brian Campbell | Type: south, dunbar
June 25, 2011 at 7pm to June 26, 2011 at 4pm – Foxglove Farm Saturday evening, June 25th, 7:00pm – 9:30pm Sunday, June 26th, 2011, 8:30am – 4:00pm instructor: Brian Harris and Michael Ableman cost: $145 + HST (lunch included) Observation is one of the most imp… Organized by Foxglove Farm | Type: workshop
June 26, 2011 from 10am to 2pm – A backyard between Clark Dr. and Woodland Dr. A hands-on learning opportunity to participate in building a clay-based, insulated outdoor pizza oven. Building arches, vaults, and more; mad science clay mixtures - building with the earth under our… Organized by Brian Osterlin | Type: workshop, clark, park, kensington, cedar, cottage, grandview
June 26, 2011 from 11am to 1pm – The World In A Garden Join The World In A Garden for Companion Planting and use the most of those mutually beneficial relationships found in your garden! On Sunday, June 26, 11am-1pm, TWIAG's Companion Planting Workshop,… Organized by The World In A Garden | Type: kerrisdale
June 26, 2011 from 12:30pm to 4:30pm – The World In A Garden This spring, The World In A Garden was awarded a matching fund by the City of Vancouver to plant a First Nations themed native edible garden along our boulevard! Now we need YOUR help to plant it! Vo… Organized by The World In A Garden | Type: kerrisdale, volunteer, day
June 26, 2011 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm – Strathcona Community Centre with Grant Watson An extremely important topic in organic gardening is soil health and fertility. Healthy soil is a vibrant community. Learn how to be an ally, not an enemy of your soil. We’ll also c… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre | Type: strathcona
June 26, 2011 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm – Strathcona Community Centre An extremely important topic in organic gardening is soil health and fertility. Healthy soil is a vibrant community. Learn how to be an ally, not an enemy of your soil. We’ll also cover some key tech… Organized by Grant Watson | Type: strathcona, food, workshop
June 26, 2011 from 8pm to 10pm – MOP Garden, North China Creek Park You are invited to A FREE COMMUNITY GARDEN ART PARTYTwilight Tea Party June 26th, 8pm to 10pmBring a flashlight and celebrate the long days and the setting sun with solar powered lanterns and phosp… Organized by MOPARRC | Type: east, vancouver, eco-arts, installation
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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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