Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
McBridePark Field House Residency Blog/VV Newsletter
McBride Park Field House Residency Blog
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse is generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board's Fieldhouse Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focuses on arts, culture, sports, environment, local food and social encounters.
The Transition Movement
Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network in 45 countries of:
- 479 official Transition Town Initiatives in 23 countries, 29 official initiatives in Canada, including 11 in BC
- ...and over 750 "mullers", including 56 in Canada and 12 in BC. (Click on the map.)
Want a quick peak into a bible of Transition, The Transition Companion?
Click on this image to open the book and you'll be able to read several chapters.
Get involved
Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community resiliency, regeneration & self-reliance, and social well-being in Vancouver? To connect with others in your community to create positive local responses to things like climate disruption, depletion of natural assets and economic instability and inequity? Grow more food? Learn how to fix your bike or prepare for an emergency? Get your Permaculture Design Certificate? Share a meal or swap stuff with your neighbours? Save heritage seeds? Engage in placemaking in your neighbourhood ? Participate in a more localized economy and consume less? Bioremediate your community?
Check out our Villages, Groups, Networks, and Projects -- including Neighbourhood Food Networks -- VV's centres of creativity where constructive dialogue leads to connection, collaboration, and inspired action in fun and satisfying ways!
We run on people power - join our website and/or the Village Vancouver Transition Society and get involved. Don't wait for an invitation; find folks on your own and "grab the reins." (We can help! - contact projects@villagevancouver.ca.)
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Upcoming Village Vancouver Activities
November 4, Saturday: Holiday Workshop DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
November 8, Wednesday: Holiday Workshop Mini-Macrame Wall Hangings
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
November 9, Thursday: Crafted Tea Making
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kensington Community Center
November 12, Sunday: Planting with the Moon Phases
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at West End Community Center
November 15, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver November Meetup: Sprouting Seeds (@McBride)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
November 16, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
November 16, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Center
November 18, Saturday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Beeswax Wraps
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
November 19, Sunday: WE Garden Club: Looking Ahead to 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Center
November 22, Wednesday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Crochet Dishcloths
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Center
November 23, Thursday: Crafted Tea Making
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
November 25, Saturday: Grow Your Own Microgreens
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
November 25, Saturday: Mini-Macrame Wall Hangings
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Center
November 26, Sunday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
December 1, Friday: Growing Superfoods
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
December 2, Saturday: Gardening in a Changing Climate
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
December 2, Saturday: Planning Your Spring Garden
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM at West End Community Center
December 3, Sunday: West End Urban Garden Club Holiday Celebration
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Center
December 3, Sunday: Holiday Workshop: Edible Holiday Gifts in Mason Jars
2:45 PM - 4:45 PM at Coal Harbour Community Center
December 5, Tuesday: Intro to Indoor Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Center
December 6, Wednesday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Beeswax Wraps
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
December 7, Thursday: Grow Your Own Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
December 8, Friday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Crochet Dishcloths
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kensington Community Center
December 9, Saturday: Holiday Workshop: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM at False Creek Community Center
December 12, Tuesday: Holiday Workshop: Edible Holiday Gifts in Mason Jars
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
December 14, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
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Want to join our community gardens?
Aberthau Community Garden
Every Saturday 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Kitsilano Community Garden
Every Saturday 1:45PM - 3:45PM
Kits Village Collaborative Garden Every Sunday 3:00PM - 5:30PM
VV garden plots at Cottonwood Community Garden various times
VV/WENFN garden boxes at Robson Community Garden various Sunday's 10:30-noon
Vertical garden at McBride Fieldhouse, Community Planter Boxes at Premier David Eby's office, garden plots at Woodland Community Garden, various other gardening spaces.
We garden together in Grandview Woodland, Kits, Pt. Grey, Strathcona, and the West End. If you're interested in joining us: gardening@villagevancouver.ca
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For more info on VV events: events@villagevancouver.ca
To find previous News Blasts and Special Announcements, go to this page.
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Latest Activity
Ongoing Activities
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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