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McBridePark Field House Residency Blog/VV Newsletter
McBride Park Field House Residency Blog 2019-2024
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse was generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board's Fieldhouse Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focuses on arts, culture, sports, environment, local food and social encounters. The residency has now ended.
The Transition Movement
Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network in 45 countries of:
- 479 official Transition Town Initiatives in 23 countries, 29 official initiatives in Canada, including 11 in BC
- ...and over 750 "mullers", including 56 in Canada and 12 in BC. (Click on the map.)
Want a quick peak into a bible of Transition, The Transition Companion?
Click on this image to open the book and you'll be able to read several chapters.
Get involved
Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community resiliency, regeneration & self-reliance, and social well-being in Vancouver? To connect with others in your community to create positive local responses to things like climate disruption, depletion of natural assets and economic instability and inequity? Grow more food? Learn how to fix your bike or prepare for an emergency? Get your Permaculture Design Certificate? Share a meal or swap stuff with your neighbours? Save heritage seeds? Engage in placemaking in your neighbourhood ? Participate in a more localized economy and consume less? Bioremediate your community?
Check out our Villages, Groups, Networks, and Projects -- including Neighbourhood Food Networks -- VV's centres of creativity where constructive dialogue leads to connection, collaboration, and inspired action in fun and satisfying ways!
We run on people power - join our website and/or the Village Vancouver Transition Society and get involved. Don't wait for an invitation; find folks on your own and "grab the reins." (We can help! - contact projects@villagevancouver.ca.)
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Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2026 from Village Vancouver!
Community Gardens
March 14-April 25th Saturday- Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 14-March 28th Saturday-Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
Winter Workshops & Events
January 15, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
January 28, Wednesday: Sauerkraut
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
February 3, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre
February 6, Friday: Hot Water Bath Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
February 10, Tuesday: Cardboard Frame Weaving Loom
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
February 11, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
February 12, Thursday: Cardboard Frame Weaving Loom
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
February 19, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
February 21, Saturday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
February 22, Sunday: WE Garden Club (Topic TBD)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
February 23, Monday: Quick Pickles
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
February 25, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
February 27, Friday: DIY Soup in a Jar
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 3, Tuesday: Sauerkraut
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
March 4, Wednesday: Planning Your Spring Garden
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 5, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 7, Saturday: Planning Your Spring Garden
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre
March 12, Thursday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 15, Sunday: WE Garden Club (Topic TBD)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 15, Sunday: Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Information Session
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM at West End Community Centre
March 17, Tuesday: Pressure Canning Workshop
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 18, Wednesday: Sauerkraut
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 19, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at False Creek Community Centre
March 19, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 21, Saturday: Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Information Session
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 25, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver Meetup – 2026 Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 26, Thursday: Cardboard Frame Weaving Loom
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 14, Tuesday: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 23, Thursday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
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Events
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Latest Activity
Ongoing Activities
Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.org/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre)
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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