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June 21, 2015 all day – intersection at Main and 13th and the block between 13th and 12th On Saturday and Sunday, June 20- 21, there's no better place to be than Car Free Vancouver Day. On Commercial (Venables-Grandview) on the 21st, Denman (Robson- Davie) in the West End on the 20th, all… Organized by Ross Moster, Village Vancouver, and lots of volunteers! | Type: main st., demo village, festival, car free day, cultivating community resilience, fun, food
June 4, 2015 at 10am to June 25, 2015 at 12:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden **NOTE: This class runs every Thursday for four weeks. Capture the summer season using watercolour, with VanDusen’s summer flowers and foliage as inspiration. We will explore a variety of techniques… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: watercolour, painting, garden
June 6, 2015 at 10am to June 27, 2015 at 12pm – West End Community Centre Every Saturday our volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take since June 2012 now totals over 50 tonnes of food scraps for composting to be recycle… Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Recycling Alternative, and Village Vancouver | Type: west end, compost, food scraps
June 16, 2015 at 5:45pm to July 7, 2015 at 7pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden **NOTE classes run every Tuesday for four weeks. Enjoy yoga outdoors, under the trees. This class will practice gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques and plenty of deep relaxation. Suitable for… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: yoga, garden, vandusen
June 21, 2015 from 7am to 9:30pm – Main St. Car Free Day Weekends are a great time to get involved with Village! June's Volunteer Sunday focuses on our Demo Sustainable Village at Main St. Car Free Day. Join us anytime on Sunday between 7am and 9:30 pm to… Organized by Ross Moster and Village Vancouver | Type: strathcona, kits point, gardening, collaborative gardening, seeds, seed saving, seed library, permaculture, potluck, community resilience
June 21, 2015 from 10am to 12pm – Second beach parking lot Matthew Beatty will be making his second ascent of some of the biggest trees in Stanley Park. He will climb the trees to investigate the ecological systems sustained in their canopies. Using rope and… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: nature, outdoor, education
June 21, 2015 from 12pm to 7pm – Main and 13th This year our Demo Sustainable Village includes a music stage! Join us at 13th and Main for a great afternoon of music by local musicians. Lineup: 12:00 - Grant Elgaard 12:50 - Allen Forrister 1:40 -… Organized by Ross Moster, Chris Ronald, and Village Vancouver | Type: main st., car free day, demo sustainable village, music
June 21, 2015 from 2pm to 4pm – Stanley Park Hollow tree Ralf Kelman, big-tree hunter and a member of the Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society, will share the Hollow Tree’s story. Then, adventure deep into the forest to discover some of the Park’s… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: nature, outdoor, education
June 21, 2015 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Vancouver Aquarium All big trees lovers are welcomed to this Father’s Day presentation of the biggest trees in all of Canada. Taller than a 30 storey building, these trees would top many of the skyscrapers in downtown… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: education, nature, presentation
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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