Village Vancouver

Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities

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  • Outreach

    14 members Latest Activity: Jan 24 VV's communications and outreach team is engaged in connecting to the worldwide Transition movement and our many local partners, drafting press…

  • Local Economy OLD PAGE Please join new Local Economy page

    12 members Latest Activity: Oct 10, 2010

    Local Economy Working Group - old page. Please join new Local Economy Network.

    Next LEN meeting January 13.

  • Urban Market Gardens

    40 members Latest Activity: Oct 7, 2011

    Urban market gardens (urban farms) are social enterprises organized to grow and sell more food in the city. Victory Gardens meet Peak Oil and the…

  • Permaculture Village

    36 members Latest Activity: on Tuesday

    Transition is based on, and inspired by,  Permaculture principles. Permaculture is permanent agriculture and permanent culture. We will be…

  • Kits Village Seed Savers/Seed Library

    12 members Latest Activity: Feb 14

    Details to follow.

  • Local Economy

    49 members Latest Activity: Feb 17 What would a socially just, economically sustainable, low carbon Local Economy look like? How can we work towards this?
    Help create a vision…

  • Energy - OLD, please see NEW Energy page

    12 members Latest Activity: Apr 20, 2010 A new group was created for the Energy Team. Go to the pull-down Tab under Groups above to reach it.

  • Village North Shore

    23 members Latest Activity: 10 hours ago

    Village North Vancouver is the newest Transition community associated with Village Vancouver, forming in early 2012.  If you live, or often find…

  • Guerilla Gardeners

    8 members Latest Activity: Nov 12, 2011 Brand new group for all things related to Guerilla Gardening! Help us thrive: Join. Invite your friends. Post a discussion or a comment. Plan an…

  • New Villages? discussion page

    4 members Latest Activity: Nov 29, 2011 If you're in a neighbourhood or community which doesn't have a Transition Village or Initiative yet, use these pages to discuss starting one.

  • Food Foragers

    15 members Latest Activity: Jan 12 Join Food Foragers to get a discussion going in VV about foraging edible herbs and flowers, fruit, mushrooms, etc as well as DIY herbal medicines.

  • Collective Houses BC

    6 members Latest Activity: Jul 22, 2011

    A FORUM for collective housing sharing of skills, experiences, and fun!

    vancollectivehousenetwork-subscribe@yahoogroups.com…

  • Kits Car Free Day block parties

    7 members Latest Activity: Jun 13, 2011

    Interested in helping organize Kits Car Free Day (whether you live in Kits or not) or a block party in Kits on your block on Car Free Day (June…

  • Vancouver Watersheds

    8 members Latest Activity: Aug 12, 2011

    Supporting the long-time work of the False Creek Watershed Society, VV can promote neighbourhood "Blueways" and invent new ways of capturing the…

  • Nanaimo Renfrew village

    14 members Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2011 VV group for the area ruffly bound by Nanaimo, Renfrew, 12th Ave & Kingsway.

  • Fraser Valley Farmers

    13 members Latest Activity: Jul 2, 2011 Farmers and farm supporters exploring fossil fuel reduction in farming

  • Hastings Sunrise Village

    55 members Latest Activity: Feb 17

    Interested in yard-sharing, food networking, block parties, community action, creative living? Help the Hastings Sunrise Village get…

  • Family Support

    8 members Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2010 A website where information can be shared by families who have a person with a disability. Join VV and then this page to participate in this group.

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Forum

Food

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.

42 discussions

Transportation

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.

5 discussions

Housing

A human right? After food, many feel shelter is our second most important need. Community lies in there somewhere. This category is for all things relating to home, shelter, housing, affordable housing, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.

10 discussions

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