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Past Events (3,773)
June 11Saturday
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Solutions from the Underground: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
June 11, 2011 at 7pm to June 12, 2011 at 4:30pm – Foxglove Farm http://www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/programs/program-descriptions-2011/ http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html Organized by Sharon Zvonar | Type: educational-fungi, soil
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The wonders of working and weaving with cedar
June 11, 2011 from 1pm to 5pm – UBC Farm Workshop Description: Cedar is an important part of many First Nations People's cultural traditions in BC, and is used in a variety of ways from potlatch cedar bark ceremonies, to carved canoes with… Organized by UBC Farm Community Engagement | Type: ubc, farm
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Natural Pest Control
June 11, 2011 from 10am to 12pm – Nancy Styles Hall, Orchard Park Don't feel discouraged by insect damage in your garden! Join Estelle Bogoch, horticulturist, for a hands-on workshop in which we'll make two natural products, a soft-bodied insect spray and slug dou… Organized by Food Security Project of SVNH | Type: free, workshop, south, vancouver
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Transition in Vancouver
June 11, 2011 at 9am to June 12, 2011 at 5pm – Langara College TRANSITION IN VANCOUVER workshop this weekend The Permaculture-inspired Transition Town movement was initiated over five years ago in Totnes, UK so citizens could take action and adapt their lives to… Organized by Langara College Continuing Studies and Village Vancouver | Type: workshop
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Transition Town workshop: Training for Transition
June 11, 2011 at 9am to June 12, 2011 at 5pm – Langara College TRANSITION IN VANCOUVER workshop this weekend The Permaculture-inspired Transition Town movement was initiated over five years ago in Totnes, UK so citizens could take action and adapt their lives to… Organized by Village Vancouver and Langara College Continuing Studies | Type: langara college, transition, resiliency, sustainability, community self-reliance, peak oil, climate change, economic instability, permaculture
June 10Friday
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MP Breakfast Connections on Canada’s sustainable urban agriculture MP Breakfast Connections:Sustainable Urban Agriculture -- A Conversation on Food Security in Canada
June 10, 2011 from 7:30am to 9am – Enigma Restaurant Joyce Murray, MP for Vancouver Quadra presents MP Breakfast Connections on Canada’s sustainable urban agriculture MP Breakfast Connections: Sustainable Urban Agriculture -- A Conversation on Food Sec… Organized by Joyce Murray | Type: vancouver, breakfast, urban agriculture, food security
June 9Thursday
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Grandview-Woodland meet-up
June 9, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm – Jordan's place at Commercial & Pender There hasn't been a lot of response to this meet-up yet, so I'll just throw this out there: I have made some fresh, homemade, Ukrainian-made vegetarian perogies just waiting to be boiled, smothered i… Organized by Jordan B | Type: grandview-woodland, meet-up
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From the Gulf Coast to English Bay: Protecting our Oceans from Big Oil
June 9, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – W2 Media Cafe From the Gulf Coast to English Bay: Protecting our Oceans from Big Oil A Vancouver Book Launch for Antonia Juhasz's Black Tidewith Ben West, No Tankers campaigner with the Wilderness Committee Thursd… Organized by Wilderness Committee | Type: downtown, vancouver, -, public, event
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Brian Campbell and Blessed Bee
June 9, 2011 at 7pm to September 15, 2011 at 7pm – KJM Country Gardens 7226 Blenheim St. Vancouver, B.C Due to high demand, we’ve added a second 8 Week Urban Beekeeping Course. This is an in-depth hands-on program to learn the basics of backyard or small-scale beekeeping. During the eight 2.5-hour sess… Organized by Brian Campbell | Type: south, dunbar
June 7Tuesday
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Growing Food in Small Spaces Workshop II & Potluck
June 7, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Join Little Mountain Neighbourhood House and the Main Street Neighbourhood of Village Vancouver for the regular first Tuesday monthly potluck, this time with free seeds and plant seedlings for your e… Organized by Randy Chatterjee | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, potluck, movie, seed, sharing
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