Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
Kitsilano Transition Village
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Neighbours who share an interest in community, sustainability and resiliency. Potlucks, collaborative gardening, permaculture, demonstration sustainable village, block parties, drop-in spaghetti nights, emergency preparedness, community arts, vegan soup night, seed library/seed collective, canning, plastic recycling depot, sew-op, straw/feed deliveries, dinner groups, slow food/slow everything day, work parties, movie nights, folk festival, 5th Ave. Micro-Village, bees, chickens, Thanksgiving get together, participation in Westside Food Collaborative, sustainability library, Celebration of Light, Salon d'Elan Vital, impromptu gatherings, less consuming and more fun! COMMUNITY RESILIENCE and SELF-RELIANCE.
KITS VILLAGE POTLUCK
2nd Sundays of the month from 6:30-8:30.
Next potluck April 14
VEGAN SOUP NIGHTS (followed by optional story telling)
3rd Sundays of the month from 5-6:30. Storytelling ($6) activity follows nearby.
Plastics recycling depot
Usually every other month on the Thursday before the 3rd Friday. Time varies, appoximately 6:30-8pm
Location: Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory. Please contact Ross (ross@villagevancouver.ca)
Members: 171
Latest Activity: Mar 4
Kits Transition Village Upcoming Events/About Kits Village
We're part of Village Vancouver's Transition Town initiative. The Transition Town movement started in England a few years ago and has quickly spread all over the world. TT's are a way to generate
a grassroots,
community wide response to Climate Change and Peak Oil (have you noticed that we seem to be depleting a lot of our "natural resources" rather quickly?), and to the economic instability and insecurity we seem to facing more and more nowadays.
What it really all boils down to is that connecting with your neighbours can be one simple, but
very effective way of dealing with some of this stuff in tangible (and fun and satisfying) ways.
Ongoing activities...
KItsilano Neighbourhood Food Network
Kits Village is one big neighbourhood food network.
Gardening and other workshops. Details posted on the events page and here as they're scheduled. We refer to these as "Reskilling" workshops because these are skills we've collectively tended to have more of in years past. Learning and relearning (and applying) these skills helps us to reconnect to healthy, nuturing food, and to grow and preserve more of our own food and become more self reliant as a community. This in turn helps creates a more sustainabe and resilient neighbourhood in very tangible ways.
Neighbourhood potlucks and work parties We gather to share and celebrate around food on the second Sunday of each month starting around 5:30pm. (These are "on hold" awaiting hosts. May start up for the summer again as picnics and backyard bbqs).
A feature of the potlucks are work parties, where we get together before the potluck to help our host out. We often meet at 4 pm and help out with gardening, clearing some junk out, and with helping setup for the potluck. A good time to set up a "free store" if you're cleaning up - or bring things for giveaways.
If you'd like to host a future potluck/work party, please contact Mary Bennett (maryinvancouver@gmail.com or on her VV page).
How does our garden grow?
Do you know of opportunities or potential opportunities to garden collaboratively (growing together and sharing the harvest) in Kits? Imagine if this was going on in a number of locations. Have a front lawn or a back yard you're not using? Know of a strip between the sidewalk and street where food could be grown? Other ideas for growing spaces?
There are lots of other ways to potentially plug in around food and other areas of interest...
Interested in helping start a neighbourhood seed saving collective or a chicken coop co-op or a beekeeping group or a dinner co-op? Holding a block party? Hosting a drop-in spaghetti night or the next monthly potluck/workparty? Swapping plants? Do you have space in your yard to offer to someone who's looking for gardening space? Starting something new in Kits that will help us become a more sustainable and resilient neighbourhood? Helping each other figure out how to make a transition to living well while using substantially less energy? Or?
Transition is not a spectator sport! One of the beauties of Village Vancouver is that there's room for just about everybody..
Bring your ideas and interests and join the party!
Discussion Forum
Kits In home concert: Jess Reimer from Winnipeg Tomorrow Evening (Tuesday, March 6)
Started by Ross Moster Mar 4. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Tuesday, March 6, 2013 from 7pm to 9:30pm Location: Kits Point Street: Walnut Ave.City/Town: VancouverPhone: Judy Milliken 604 261-4951 or email judithmilliken@telus.netThis is an upcoming folk/blue grass/country duet-singer/songwriters from…Continue
Community Drop in "Spaghetti" Night Celebration Potluck this Friday Evening!
Started by Ross Moster Jan 30. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Drop in "Spaghetti" Night Celebration PotluckFriday, Feb 1 from 6pm to 8pmSt. Marks1805 Larch Street in KitsilanoVillage Vancouver, the Drop in Spaghetti Night Team and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House are collaborating to bring you a celebration of…Continue
(Reposting, as some people didn't receive) Six more Kits Village Drop-in "Spaghetti" Nights in January! Community-wide DISN celebration Feb 1
Started by Ross Moster Jan 16. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi all,I'm reposting, as some Kits Villagers reported not receiving this yesterday. Our apologies if you received it more than once.Over 40 people have signed up for the upcoming spaghetti nights, but there's still plenty of room and we hope to see…Continue
Six more Kits Village Drop-in "Spaghetti" Nights in January! Community-wide DISN celebration Feb 1
Started by Ross Moster. Last reply by Ross Moster Jan 16. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Join us at an upcoming "spaghetti" night.Share a meal w/neighbours, prepared by a neighbour.A series of neighbourhood Drop-in "Spaghetti" Nights (DISN's) hosted by Kits Villagers around Kits, followed by a large community-wide DISN celebration at…Continue
Reminder: Kits Village November Potluck Sunday evening
Started by Ross Moster Nov 9, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
6:30-8:30 pm.For further details, and to RSVP: http://www.villagevancouver.ca/events/kits-village-novemeber-potluckCheers, RossContinue
*Impromptu Chili and Salad get together in Kits tonight (Sunday) at 6
Started by Ross Moster Oct 14, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
In lieu of tonight's drop-in spaghetti night (moved to Nov 23). Mary has generously offered to feed us veggie chili at her place.If you feel like it, bring a salad or bread -- or just yourself.RSVP on events page or to ross@villagevancouver.ca for…Continue
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Comment by Marika Hall on July 6, 2012 at 7:28pm -
Hi Folks
I am about to start up a medicinal herb garden on the traffic circle on Maple st and 13th ave which has been funded by the community neighbourhood grants. We will not be needing some of the current resident plants and wanted to offer them to anyone who may like them. They are Iris, Heuchera, Heather, Sedum, Caentauea Montana, Hardy Geranium, Helleborus, Crocosmia, Eryngium. Please let me know if you would like any of these asap. We will be working in the garden tomorrow morning from 8:30 t0 10:30, sunday afternoon and monday or tuesday evening.
Bless
Marika
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Comment by Janet on March 29, 2012 at 1:58pm -
Hello neighbors,
Please join me next Wednesday for crane folding in support of making ecocide illegal. I will provide spaghetti (or possibly some other meal). Sign up on the events page so I can keep you posted on the menu and send you my address. So far all the people coming can walk! Nice feeling of locality. But don't let it dissuade you from coming if you have to pedal or drive. Last crane folding we had so much fun that people stayed until the hour was well into the double digits. And kept folding cranes! Hope to see you there.
Janet
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 5, 2012 at 3:33pm
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We'll have the Kits Village Seed Library at the potluck tonight. Please feel free to take some seeds, including a bunch of new seeds. And to bring some to replenish the library now (and later in the season as your plants grow.)
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Comment by Zsuzsi Fodor on January 31, 2012 at 2:19pm -
Join us for a FREE community kitchen pilot session being held this Friday at St. Mark's Anglican Church from 6-8 pm at Larch and 2nd. Registration is open to all but you must register in advance as space is limited.
We will prepare and enjoy a vegetarian meal together. No need to bring anything with you, just your hungry selves!
You can contact me at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 604-736-3588 ext. 31 or zsuzsi@kitshouse.org. Please do register ASAP so we can ensure we have enough participants to run the session.
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Comment by Zsuzsi Fodor on January 25, 2012 at 3:13pm
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Kitsilano Neighbourhood House is on the search for youth aged 15-18 who are already or ready to be the next generation of movers and shakers in their communities! Although hosted on the west side youth from anywhere can register.
Youth Volunteer Skills for youth aged 15-18 with little to no previous volunteer experience will begin on February 7 and run for 10 weeks. Workshops and 15 hours of volunteer experience will engage youth in team building, communication, self-reflection, and community engagement among other topics.
Youth Leadership is for youth aged 16-18 who have volunteer experience already and are looking for some extra challenges and skill building. Program starts on January 31. Work on community volunteer projects for 20 hours and engage in topics like social inequality, the environment, the food system, and multiculturalism.
Register in person at 3683 West 4th, office hours are 9am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday. Cost is $25 including Kits House membership.
- Youth must be available at least one day after school other than Tuesdays. Tuesdays is when we run the programs.
-Both programs will be at St. Mark's Anglican Church at Larch and 2nd
- Youth must be able to attend AT LEAST 7 of the skill building workshops (Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:30pm). Youth Volunteer Skills starts on February 7 for 10 weeks. Youth Leadership starts on January 31 for 9 weeks.
- Friendly and enthusiastic attitude
For more information on Youth Volunteer Skills contact Julie Rieter 604-736-3588 ext. 33 or julier@kitshouse.org.For more information on Youth Leadership contact Zsuzsi Fodor 604-736-3588 ext. 31 or zsuzsi@kitshouse.org
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Comment by Zsuzsi Fodor on July 25, 2011 at 2:24pm
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A community conversation and potuck all about food happening in Kits on August 3rd! See the full details on the blog below.
http://www.villagevancouver.ca/profiles/blogs/building-a-westside-k...
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Comment by Ross Moster on April 16, 2011 at 6:55pm
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Hi all,
The Permaculture PET (blitz) day (see events page) is at my place tomorrow. It looks like we have a pretty good crowd coming, but if anyone else wants to join us or just stop by to say hi, you're more than welcome to.
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Comment by Ross Moster on March 27, 2011 at 12:55am
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Movie night is being rescheduled to Monday evening. For the address, please RSVP on the event page.
Reminder: Dropin spaghetti night this Wednesday. Please RSVP, so Derek knows how much food to make.
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 27, 2011 at 8:12pm
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 26, 2011 at 5:26pm
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Our host Pia is getting over a cold, so we've decided to cancel Sunday's movie night and reschedule In Transition to the next movie night. (March 27).
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