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Past Events (3,773)
May 7Saturday
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Growing Affair
May 7, 2011 from 10am to 4pm – UBC Botanical Garden A Growing Affair, which replaces the popular and long-running annual “Perennial Plant Sale”, is an updated event that includes plants for sale and also features fun, hands-on workshops for both new a… Organized by D King | Type: city-wide
May 5Thursday
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Film - Vanishing of the Bees
May 5, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – St Philips church, 27th St and Highbury, Dunbar This award winning film explores the issues around bee collapse and is being shown as part of Dunbars Salmonberry Days celebration. Thursday, May 5 Organized by Ann Pacey | Type: film
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Kits Village Gardening Collabortative weekly work party
May 5, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm – Kits, near beach, RSVP for location Weekly work party. Currently over a dozen Kits Villagers of all ages participate -- join us! (Contact Ross ross@villagevancouver.ca) This week: finalizing the garden design, maintenance, installing t… Organized by Kits Village gardening collaborative (Angela, Dayton, Derek, Diego, Hart, Lauren, Mark, Marina, Pia, Ross, Tammy and others) | Type: kits, gardening, collaboration
May 3Tuesday
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2011 Permaculture Design Course at Terra Nova
May 3, 2011 at 6pm to May 4, 2011 at 7pm – Terra Nova Farm Park, Richmond Dig in and learn the fundamentals of ecological design theory and practise on a working community farm in Richmond. Explore the crossroads of organic farming, ecological land care, and community buil… Organized by rin | Type: course
May 2Monday
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Local Economy Network Monthly Meeting
May 2, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm – Jordan's place on The Drive The economy isn't just a global or national thing - it's local as well, and strong, resilient communities need strong local economies. If you're interested in how this can be done, join us for our mo… Organized by Jordan B | Type: local economy
May 1Sunday
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See the City GREEN
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to May 5, 2011 at 8pm – Jericho Beach, Stanely Park, Burnaby Lake, Cumosun Bog. Community Garden What do you see in the green? Identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver This class is all about identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver. Using some basic botany, stude… Organized by garliq | Type: plant, identification, course, educational, food, security, diy, self, sufficency, connection, to, earth
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Growing Food in the City
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to June 21, 2011 at 6:30pm – Canada Way Education Center If you are concerned about where your food comes from, what’s in it (or on it), or simply getting the best nutrition possible for your family – growing your own vegetables and fruit is the answer. In… Organized by Burnaby Continuing Education / Gaia College | Type: workshop, gardening
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Composter Construction
May 1, 2011 at 6pm to May 14, 2011 at 7pm – Grace MacInnis Housing Co-op We are planning to build some tumbling composters and invite you to build one (or more) for yourself! Please see the discussion on the Grandview-Woodlands village page: http://www.villagevancouver.c… Organized by Cabot Lyford | Type: grandview, woodland
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2011 Urban Permaculture Design Course
May 1, 2011 at 6pm to May 3, 2011 at 5pm – Sthrathcona Community Centre, SOLEFood Farm, Cottonwood Community Gardens, and more Join Sara Dent and Erin Innes for a 72-hour Permaculture Design Course in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The course begins and ends with weekend intensives, and runs one Saturday a month (two in Au… Organized by Sara Dent | Type: strathcona, /, downtown, eastside
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Pilgrimage to Burns Bog
May 1, 2011 from 1:30pm to 5pm – Burns Bog Join us for a pilgrimage to Burns Bog, a free multifaith event to see and understand the significance and sacredness of Burns Bog. Everyone is welcome. Event Details 12:30.......Registration opens at… Organized by Karl Perrin | Type: delta, transportation, watershed, celebration
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