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Past Events (3,773)
October 19Saturday
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*FREE Beginners and Advanced Seed Saving Workshops This Weekend
October 19, 2013 from 9am to 10:30am – Mt. Pleasant Community Centre - Multi Purpose Room #3 Offered by Village Vancouver as part of the Sustenance Festival. Beginners: The basics of seed saving with a focus on annual and biennial food plants. We'll identify self-pollinators and cross-pollin… Organized by Village Vancouver (Ross Moster), Maria Hunter, Leoni Croy, and Sustenance Festival | Type: mt. pleasant, main st., workshop, seed saving, community resilience, sustenance festival
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Celebrate a Fresh Season at the UBC Farm!
October 19, 2013 from 9am to 1pm – UBC Farm The UBC Farm is excited to announce the return of our Saturday Markets for the 2013 season! This summer, discover a farm market like none other in Vancouver. Join us every Saturday from 9am-1pm for a… Organized by UBC Farm | Type: ubc, farm market
October 18Friday
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*Nicole Foss and Laurence Boomert Lecture: Revitalized Communities as the Pathway to Facing Approaching Limits and Building a New Society
October 18, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – Langara College, Theatre A136a (near entrance to main building and cafeteria) Nicole Foss returns to Vancouver for the 1st time in over a year and a half in collaboration with Laurence Boomert. We are approaching many limits to growth over the next several decades, and are c… Organized by Village Vancouver (Ross Moster) and Langara College Sustainable Communities | Type: langara college, stoneleigh, the automatic earth, lecture
October 17Thursday
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*Taste the Westside Food Community: An Evening of Networking, Stories, and Feasting
October 17, 2013 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kitsilano Community Centre The Westside Food Collaborative is pleased to invite you to Taste the Westside Food Community: An Evening of Networking, Stories, and Feasting, as part of the 2013 Sustenance Festival. Join us for an… Organized by Westside Food Collaborative | Type: kitsilano, networking, event, westside, food, community
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UFFS Workshop - Lacto-Fermentation
October 17, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – YWCA Metro Vancouver Fermentation is a poetic science - artful and experimental at its best. During this workshop we will discuss the health benefits and basic chemistry of lacto-fermentation, why bringing bacteria back… Organized by SPEC | YWCA | Type: kimchi, sauerkraut, fermentation, lactose, bacteria, home, canning
October 16Wednesday
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Eightfold Eats: Gluten and Sugar Free Baking
October 16, 2013 from 6:30pm to 9pm – Britannia Community Centre This workshop includes a baking demo on how to bake gluten, sugar free & diabetic safe; a discussion on macrobiotics and the truth about alternative sweeteners; and a section on body cleanses and… Organized by Ian Marcuse | Type: commercial, drive
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*"Revenge of the Electric Car" - Village Surrey Movie Night
October 16, 2013 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Surrye City Centre Library The Village Surrey Transition Initiative presents a free public screening of “Revenge of the Electronic Car.” The screening takes place at the Surrey City Centre Library, 10350 University Drive, in t… Organized by David Dalley | Type: movie, surrey
October 15Tuesday
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*West End Food Scrap Drop at Gordon Neighbourhood House
October 15, 2013 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Gordon Neighbourhood House Every Tuesday and Saturday (Tuesday evenings at Gordon Neighbourhood House) our volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take each week now totals a f… Organized by Joy Jolie | Type: west, end, compost, food, scraps
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Workshop - Mark Lakeman (Founder of Portland’s City Repair) Social Capital as the Primary Economic Engine of Change, with Erin Innes
October 15, 2013 from 2:30pm to 5pm – Performance Works Theatre Workshop - Mark Lakeman (Founder of Portland’s City Repair) Social Capital as the Primary Economic Engine of Change, with Erin Innes What can the designs and patterns of natural systems and ancient c… Organized by Dana Wilson | Type: gathering
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Workshop - Mark Lakeman (Founder of Portland’s City Repair) Social Capital as the Primary Economic Engine of Change, with Erin Innes
October 15, 2013 from 2:30pm to 5pm – Performance Works Theatre What can the designs and patterns of natural systems and ancient cultures teach us about the ways in which people can collaborate most effectively to generate positive economic and social change? Aft… Organized by Dana Wilson | Type: gathering
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