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June 25, 2011 from 1:30pm to 3pm – Olympic Village, Creekside Community Centre Join curator and scholar Rajdeep Singh Gill and artist, writer, and activist Fabiola Nabil Naguib for this talk, discussion and walking journey in expanding notions of sustainability. This dynamic co… Organized by Holly Schmidt | Type: walk, urban, agriculture, art, sustainability, grow, other, sights
June 30, 2012 from 12pm to 5pm – Kits Beach Walk over Burrard Bridge to Sunset Beach The year was 1982. Against the backdrop of the escalating nuclear arms race, 170 different groups cooperated to create Vancouver's first Walk for Peace. 35,000 people gathered that first year, then 6… Organized by Walk for Peace Vancouver | Type: kitsilano, village, west, end, peace, walk, free, music, speakers, food
August 11, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – Fraser River, South Vancouver, Marpole, Dunbar Please: only for those who are NOT afraid of heights! Meet at the lower level of the Marine Drive Canada Line station at 10:30 AM. You can bring your bike. http://www.translink.ca/~/media/documents/s… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: marpole, south, vancouver, fraser, river, dunbar, walk, education
August 18, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm – Robson Park, St. George`s Street, Kingsway, Main Street Meet at St. George's and Kingsway at Robson Park by the Storyteller's Cob Bench. Greta will walk north from there along St. George's to describe where the creek went and what the plans are for the da… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: main, east, walk, education
August 25, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – Cottonwood, Stathcona, East Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia Ticket Information Type End Quantity Cottonwood Gardens – “Paradise in the City” with Len Kydd Aug 25, 2012 Free Register Who's Going Settings You're the first of your fri… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: strathcona, east, walk, education, garden
September 9, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Grandview Woodlands, Cedar Cottage, East Vancouver, Knight Street Meet at south end of Kingcrest Park, 4150 Knight St. (at E. 26 Ave.) at 2pm. We will walk down Gibson Creek, which was known to be running through this neighbourhood into the 1940s. Gibson Creek was… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: grandview, woodlands, east, knight, walk, education, creek
September 15, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – False Creek, Kitsilano, Granville Island Meet at: Kitsilano Coast Guard Station - just west of the Burrard Bridge on the south side of the entrance to False Creek False Creek used to have many freshwater streams that emptied into it. It use… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: fish, walk, education, kitsilano, granville, island., creek
September 23, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – Point Grey, UBC, Dunbar Meet at entrance to Lily trail oppossite 12th Avenue on Blanca Street Forests work very hard and are of great benefit to all the species that live on Planet Earth. Terry will talk about what a forest… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: point, grey, ubc, walk, education, woods
October 14, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – Wreck Beach, West Vancouver Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver, the False Creek Watershed Society and the Greenest City Action Plan to create a series of 10 “Earth Walks”. Thi… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: point, grey, ubc, walk, education, beach
May 5, 2013 from 1pm to 3pm – Quebec Manor on East 7th Avenue and Quebec Street. Join us for a trip down memory lane with a Heritage Walk in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver's original suburb. Find out about the urban design principles that shaped the evolution of this historic neighbou… Organized by Lewis Villegas | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, mount, pleasant, community, housing, planning, workshop, tour, walk
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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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