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June 11, 2010 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Room C509, Langara College Some of BC's leading experts on sustainability will gather at Langara College on Friday and Saturday, June 11 & 12, to discuss two of the fundamental issues facing humanity: poverty and climate c… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: educational, event, workshop, forum
June 12, 2010 from 9am to 5pm – Room C509, Langara College Some of BC's leading experts on sustainability will gather at Langara College on Friday and Saturday, June 11 & 12, to discuss two of the fundamental issues facing humanity: poverty and climate c… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: educational, event, workshop, forum
June 13, 2010 from 12pm to 2pm – Cedar Cottage Garden / Lakeview location Sharon Hanna, a master gardener and writer, will share her knowledge about winter gardening in a workshop at Cedar Cottage Garden on June 13th, from noon to 2 pm. Suggested donation is $5, however,… Organized by Cylia | Type: workshop, educational, vegetable, gardening, winter, fundraiser
April 17, 2011 from 10am to 4pm – Kits Join us for a community "barnraising" in transforming a property using Permaculture design principles. More details to follow. Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Nick Grabovac, Vancouver Permaculture Meetup | Type: kits, permaculture, gardening party, design, educational, transition, community self reliance, lunch
May 1, 2011 at 9am to May 24, 2011 at 7pm – parks, gardens and alleys around Vancouver Designed for simplicity and depth, this course looks at 1 medicine plant each month for 8 months, balancing time in the field with the Living Plants and time in the kitchen working the raw material i… Organized by garliq | Type: educational, &, playful, workshop, series
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to May 5, 2011 at 8pm – Jericho Beach, Stanely Park, Burnaby Lake, Cumosun Bog. Community Garden What do you see in the green? Identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver This class is all about identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver. Using some basic botany, stude… Organized by garliq | Type: plant, identification, course, educational, food, security, diy, self, sufficency, connection, to, earth
June 11, 2011 at 7pm to June 12, 2011 at 4:30pm – Foxglove Farm Author, mycologist, and eco-innovator Paul Stamets will bring his vision and practical knowledge to a rare workshop at Salt Spring Island’s Centre for Arts, Ecology, & Agriculture. Fungi, particu… Organized by Foxglove Farm | Type: educational, talk, and, workshop
June 12, 2011 from 11am to 1pm – MOBY garden Learn how to make colourful mosaics for the garden. While learning you are helping MOBY with their garden mosaic pathway. If you would like to make a mosaic for yourself the fee is $5. Come enjoy mak… Organized by MOBY | Type: cedar, cottage, educational, workshop, fundraiser
July 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – The Longhouse Permaculturalists around the world are making a bold statement about our collective future: Sustainability is not enough. Our habitat is threatened by climate change, oil spills, nuclear accidents. O… Organized by Jill Whitelaw | Type: hastings, sunrise, educational
August 11, 2012 at 10am to October 14, 2012 at 3pm – Various Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver, the False Creek Watershed Society have teamed up to create a series of 10 “Earth Walks”. We live in the city o… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: all, neighbourhoods, educational, walks
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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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