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July 12Thursday
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*Prepared or Not Prepared: Are you Ready
July 12, 2012 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Room B009, Langara College Windstorms, floods, economic dislocation, earthquakes – you buy insurance against some of these, but have you taken steps to increase preparedness in your home and community? Come learn simple steps… Organized by Village Vancouver, Ann Pacey, Sarah St. John, Ross Moster, | Type: workshop, emergency_preparedness
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*Building Resilient Neighbourhood Food Networks
July 12, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Room L208, Langara College We’ll explore how neighbours are connecting around food related activities locally and elsewhere to build formal and informal Neighbourhood Food Networks. Then we’ll think about what kinds of food re… Organized by Village Vancouver, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, food
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TaxiSaver Cuts Community Forum
July 12, 2012 from 10am to 1pm – Vancouver City Hall, Town Hall Room Please join us on Thursday, July 12, from 10am to 1pm, to discuss the importance of TaxiSavers and why they should be re-instated. The Chair of the TransLink Board, Nancy Olewiler, will be at the for… Organized by Jill Weiss | Type: education, and, advocacy
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*Bees in the City: An Introduction to Backyard Bee Keeping
July 12, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – TBD A whirlwind tour of beekeeping essentials! Where to place your bees, what equipment to start with, how to find bees, bylaw requirements, resources, and a discussion of what is sustainable bee managem… Organized by Village Vancouver, Brian Campbell, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, bees, food
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Arts Collaborative Green Infrastructure – An Intensive Workshop
July 12, 2012 at 9:30am to July 13, 2012 at 4:30pm – Room A229, Langara College Arts Collaborative Green Infrastructure – An Intensive Workshop Learn the value of collaborative, arts-collaborative, community-embedded “green” infrastructure. Through presenting ideas and examples… Organized by Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, art, ecology
July 11Wednesday
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*How to Start a Collaborative Community Garden
July 11, 2012 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Room L208, Langara College Sick and tired of being on an endless waiting list to join a community garden? Perhaps it’s time to take matters in your own hands and start one for yourself. In this workshop we will discuss how to… Organized by Village Vancouver, Rob Miksza, Sarah St. John, Ross Moster | Type: workshop, gardening, collaborative
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*Village Surrey Meeting
July 11, 2012 from 3pm to 6pm – City Center Library Cafe - ground floor Our first Village Surrey meeting was very promising. Seven enthusiastic villager were in attendance. We assessed our current situation globally and tried to brainstorm about ways that we could transi… Organized by Behrouz | Type: surrey
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Wild in the City – Drawing, Nature, and Knowledge
July 11, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Stanley Park Ecology Society Wild in the City. Gain in-depth knowledge of local flora and fauna through this daylong journaling workshop in Stanley Park. Based on early Naturalist observation and journaling. With a naturalist fr… Organized by Beth Carruthers | Type: everywhere, people, want, more, knowledge, and, understanding, of, nature, in, the, city
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*Everything (almost) you need to know about community currencies
July 11, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Room A229, Langara College Community currencies (cc) have many forms and many benefits. This workshop will describe the main types of CCs and their features. Participants will discover how to use them effectively and without t… Organized by Village Vancouver, Sarah St. John, Jordan Bober, Michael Linton, Ross Moster | Type: workshop, community, currency
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*Food Systems Dialogue
July 11, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Room L208, Langara College There is a global food system and a local food system. There is a food system for the rich and another for the rest of us. Food – where it comes from and where it goes – affects everyone. Through dia… Organized by Village Vancouver, Herb Barbolet, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, dialogue, food
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Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd or 4th Wednesdays)
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July 4th Thursday.
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