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June 16, 2012 from 11am to 12:30pm – West End Community Centre Food Scraps and Composting Forum(West End, and Vancouver)When: June 16, 2012, 11 am to 12:30 pmWhere: West End Community Centre Purpose: To inspire and inform by providing information and covering th… Organized by Randy Helten | Type: west, end
May 28, 2012 to July 8, 2012 – Elphinstone and Greater Vancouver A short ferry from Vancouver in the tiny village of Roberts Creek comes a unique, low-cost, flexibly scheduled Permaculture Design Course. Meeting once a month over fourteen months in locations on th… Organized by Delvin Solkinson | Type: permaculture, design, course
June 16, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm – Douglas Park Community Centre Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:00pm until 3:00pm Douglas Park Community Centre, 801 West 22nd Avenue The Future of Social Housing in Vancouver: Struggles from Little Mountain to Heather Place | PANEL DISC… Organized by Randy Chatterjee | Type: main, street, douglas, park, roundtable, forum, panel, free, housing, affordability
June 16, 2012 from 1pm to 4pm – E 14th Ave (between Clark and Woodland) Exact address will be emailed to participants. Interested in fresh eggs but not sure how to care for chickens? Learn about backyard chickens, including where to source your hens, pest and disease management, feeds and bedding, choosing the right… Organized by SPEC|YWCA Urban Farmer Field School | Type: workshop
June 16, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – corner of Hull St. and Victoria Diversion, two blocks south of Trout Lake. Cedar Cottage Garden is honoured to have been nominated to receive a Vancouver Heritage Foundation "Places that Matter" plaque. The plaque acknowledges the significance of the site of Lakeview Statio… Organized by Vancouver Heritage Foundation / Cedar Cottage Garden Society | Type: lakeview, cedar, cottage, east, van.
June 16, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm – starts at corner of 5th & Trafalgar RSVP for address Bees Please Parade in Kitsilano – from 5th and Trafalgar to 5thand Cypress and back again http://www.trafifth.wordpress.com Contact: Mary Bennett maryinvancouver@gmail.comor 604-617-0142 for detail… Organized by Mary Bennett | Type: kitsilano, family, ecoarts, potluck
June 16, 2012 from 2pm to 8pm – 2100 Block Trafalgar 2-4pm Come for Mary's 3rd Kits Bee Line walk (and join the facebook group if you want to keep in touch. Meet outside at 2605 W 5th at 2pm and we'll head out by 2:30pm https://www.facebook.com/groups/… Organized by Kits Transition Village West Fifth Folk - Mary and Jane etc. | Type: kitsilano
June 16, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – UBC Farm Flour up your hands and get ready to rise into the world of bread. Artisan baker Florin Moldovan will describe the science behind the perfect loaf, the grains that form it and some of the cultural lo… Organized by UBC Farm Community Engagement | Type: ubc, workshop, food, baking, bread
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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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