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Past Events (3,773)
July 10Tuesday
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*How to Build a Village in a City
July 10, 2012 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Langara College, Room A229 We’ll explore some of the exciting activities taking place in our local neighbourhoods and elsewhere to build healthier and more sustainable communities. Then we’ll collaboratively envision what our… Organized by Village Vancouver, Sarah St. John, Ross Moster | Type: workshop
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Preserving and Storing Food
July 10, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – KJM Country Gardens By preserving food at the height of freshness, your family will be able to enjoy saving money along with living a more sustainable lifestyle. We discuss different preservation options including ferme… Organized by Emi Do | Type: workshop
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*Introduction to Transition
July 10, 2012 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm – Room A229, Langara College 100 49th Ave, Vancouver In just six years, the community based Transition Movement has spread around the globe to include several hundred (or more) Initiatives. In just 4 years, Village Vancouver has become one of the large… Organized by Village Vancouver, Sarah St. John, Ross Moster, Ann Pacey | Type: workshop
July 9Monday
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BIOREMEDIAL Ecoart practice 1/2 day workshop: Recovering Habitats and Sustaining the City
July 9, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm – Langara Community College, Room A229 An intensive half-day intro to Bioremedial practices. Learn about pragmatic arts-based practices of rehabbing damaged sites, wetlands, and waterways. Bioremedial Ecoart practice: IntroMonday July… Organized by Beth Carruthers (instructor) | Type: everywhere, you, want, to, revive, a, greener, city
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*Balcony and Container Gardening
July 9, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Room C509, Langara College Want to grow food but you live in an apartment? In this course we will cover the techniques and challenges specific to gardening indoors and on balconies in containers. We'll look at soil, fertilizin… Organized by Village Vancouver, Grant Watson, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: gardening, workshop, food
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*Composting Made Easy
July 9, 2012 from 5pm to 6pm – Room C509, Langara College In this course we will look at the fundamentals of composting and what factors to watch for when designing and maintaining your system. What are the pros and cons of vermicompost? Do those black plas… Organized by Village Vancouver, Grant Watson, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, compost, garden
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*Setting the Context for Change: Exploring the Pathways to Ecological Sustainability
July 9, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – Room B149, Langara College Explore the cultural and economic causes of the social, economic and ecological crises facing us today. We will investigate key underlying western values, beliefs and institutions in order to better… Organized by Village Vancouver, Kathyrn Chollette, Ross Moster, Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, ecology, social-change
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Passport to Permaculture: An Urban Ag Summer Camp 2012
July 9, 2012 at 9am to July 27, 2012 at 3pm – West 57th & East Blvd, Vancouver Passport to Permaculture: An Urban Ag Summer Camp 2012 July 9-13 or July 23-27 9am-3pm @ The World In A Garden West 57th & East Blvd, Vancouver For Ages 6-12 $245 with t-shirt / $225 without t-sh… Organized by The World In A Garden | Type: kerrisdale, summer camp
July 8Sunday
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*Kits Village July Potluck
July 8, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kits, RSVP for address (to be sent out over the weekend) Bring something yummy to share! Organized by Ross Moster and Kits Village | Type: kits, food, potluck
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*Free fermentation workshop on the Drive!
July 8, 2012 from 1pm to 5pm – Lion's Den Recreation Centre **SPACE LIMITED - REGISTER AT http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3797530516** Fermentation is an age-old food preservation technique used by cultures around the world, but that has fallen into relative… Organized by Jordan B | Type: grandview-woodland, fermentation, food, preservation
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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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