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Past Events (3,773)
June 19Saturday
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UBC Farm Market Festival - Family Day at the Farm!
June 19, 2010 from 9am to 1pm – UBC Farm More details to come regarding our Family Day at the Farm Festival in next week's email, however here is a sneak peak! * Farm Biodiversity Tours - Featuring cows, chickens, bees, soils and more! Tou… Organized by UBC Farm | Type: farm, market
June 18Friday
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Mad City Chickens: Coming to a Backyard Near You! Encore Screening
June 18, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Langara College Mad City Chickens (79 min. film) is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Food Group | Type: film, followed by discussion
June 17Thursday
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Edo Period of Japan as a Model of Sustainable Society
June 17, 2010 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Langara College, A122b Edo period of Japan, from 1600 to 1868, was a time in which Japan was closed to the outside world. No significant amount of material came in or went out and the only input was solar energy. They had… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: presentation
June 16Wednesday
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How to Start Your Own Craft Collective
June 16, 2010 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm – Langara College, Room A 310 Creativity multiplies when people get together! Create a crafting community and benefit from the sharing of skills and stories with other hands‐on 'DIY' folks. Participants will have a chance to netw… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop., crafts
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Make Light Work
June 16, 2010 from 9am to 4pm – Langara College, Room C121 Come learn simple, practical innerwork techniques relevant to all areas of your life. This experiential, participatory course introduces quick ways to check intuition, set energy, make decisions, and… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop, innerwork
June 15Tuesday
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How to Create a Village in a City
June 15, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Langara College Getting to know your neighbours can be a lot of fun and can also be a powerful way of responding to issues of climate change and depletion of finite natural resources. This session will discuss how t… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop, dialogue, neighbourhood
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Introduction to Transition Towns – the movement and the model
June 15, 2010 from 9:30am to 12:30pm – Langara College How do you engage a whole community in a transition driven by energy descent? What are the lessons from the Transition Town model and movement after 5 years? The workshop will be open and interactive… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop, transition, resilience, energy, descent
June 14Monday
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Making Change Happen
June 14, 2010 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Langara College This evening dialogue explores the million‐dollar question: how can we make the world a better place? We examine what turns conservatives into progressives and what inspires people to action. We look… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop, dialogue, making, change
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Setting the Context for Change: Exploring the Pathways to Ecological Sustainability
June 14, 2010 from 9:30am to 4:30pm – Langara College Explore the cultural and economic causes of the various Global Crises. We investigate key underlying western values, beliefs and institutions, and the blocks to social change. Is the fundamental root… Organized by Leslie Kemp | Type: workshop
June 13Sunday
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Kits Village Potluck - Sunday, June 13 6-9pm
June 13, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – Trafalgar Co-op Common Room We're hoping to set a regular date for a Kits Village Potluck - and share hosting.The June 13 one will be at my housing co-op common room (Trafalgar and Fifth) - 2035 Trafalgar. If you get late or lo… Organized by Mary Bennett maryinvancouver@gmail.com | Type: kits village, potluck
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