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July 7, 2012 at 9:30am to July 13, 2012 at 5pm – Langara College Langara College's Sustainable Communities Summer School Join us to learn skills, gain knowledge, develop strategies, and create visions for creating sustainable communities rooted in social and envir… Organized by Village Vancouver, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, sustainability, community, food, gardening
July 9, 2012 at 9am to July 27, 2012 at 3pm – West 57th & East Blvd, Vancouver Passport to Permaculture: An Urban Ag Summer Camp 2012 July 9-13 or July 23-27 9am-3pm @ The World In A Garden West 57th & East Blvd, Vancouver For Ages 6-12 $245 with t-shirt / $225 without t-sh… Organized by The World In A Garden | Type: kerrisdale, summer camp
July 12, 2012 at 9:30am to July 13, 2012 at 4:30pm – Room A229, Langara College Arts Collaborative Green Infrastructure – An Intensive Workshop Learn the value of collaborative, arts-collaborative, community-embedded “green” infrastructure. Through presenting ideas and examples… Organized by Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, art, ecology
July 13, 2012 from 9:30am to 4:30pm – Room A218, Langara College Join Melanie and Marty to learn ‘Co-op Basics’: history of co-ops, principles, values, types, scope and success factors. The afternoon is ‘Application of the Co-op Model,’ which will provide you with… Organized by Village Vancouver, Melanie Conn, Marty Frost, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, co-ops, cooperatives, business
July 13, 2012 from 9:30am to 4:30pm – Room B009, Langara College Permaculture is the ancient art of studying Natures principles and applying her gardening techniques through systems design to human habitats. Together we will learn the basics of permaculture, and h… Organized by Village Vancouver, Sara Dent, Delvin Solkinson, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: gardening, workshop, food
July 13, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Room L208, Langara College This course introduces three radical yet successful experiments in democracy: Summerhill School: the children’s republic; Semco: upside-down management; Mondragon: a federation of worker cooperatives… Organized by Village Vancouver, Amy Li, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, democracy
July 13, 2012 at 4pm to July 15, 2012 at 11pm – Jericho Beach Join us at the Folk Festival! Stop by and say hi, or hang out on our tarp! (Room for a 12-15 people.) Location details posted each day. Update - Friday evening...VV tarp is about 5 tarps from centre… Organized by Ross Moster and Village Vancouver | Type: jericho beach, music, fun, sun
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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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