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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
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
July 5, 2012 at 5pm to July 8, 2012 at 1pm – Camp Fircom, Gambier Island, Coast Salish Territory The BC Food Systems Network is pleased to invite to attend the Network’s 14th Annual Gathering on Gambier Island, from July 5th through July 8th, 2012! The theme for this year’s Gathering is Reclaimi… Organized by Kaleen McNamara | Type: gathering, of, anyone, interested, in, local, food, projects
July 7, 2012 at 9pm to July 8, 2012 at 3pm – Langara College, main cafeteria Join with social justice, environmental and labour activists to discuss challenges and strategies for creating a world in which people and the planet not only survive, but thrive. Speakers Include: I… Organized by Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, sustainability, community
July 8, 2012 from 10am to 3pm – Cottonwood Community Garden Raffle and plant sale, food, tours, demos, plant advice, bees, corsage making, children's area, music. Join us for a day of fun and gardening info!! Organized by Mary Steeves | Type: south, of, strathcona, park, community, gardening, celebration
July 8, 2012 from 1pm to 5pm – Lion's Den Recreation Centre **SPACE LIMITED - REGISTER AT http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3797530516** Fermentation is an age-old food preservation technique used by cultures around the world, but that has fallen into relative… Organized by Jordan B | Type: grandview-woodland, fermentation, food, preservation
July 8, 2012 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm – St. James Community Square, Community Room This interactive workshop focuses on the psychological sense of community—our experience of connection within the groups to which we belong. In this workshop, we examine our own sense of community in… Organized by Justin Ritchie | Type: kitsilano
July 8, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kits, RSVP for address (to be sent out over the weekend) Bring something yummy to share! Organized by Ross Moster and Kits Village | Type: kits, food, potluck
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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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