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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.)
Connect
Join Village Vancouver Transition Society
General Inquiries : info@villagevancouver.ca
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Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2026 from Village Vancouver!
Community Gardens
April 4 – June 27, Saturdays: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 2 – June 27, Saturdays: Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
July 4 – August 22, Saturdays: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
Spring & Summer Workshops & Events
June 10, Wednesday: Growing Superfoods — CANCELLED
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
June 11, Thursday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 12, Friday: Mason Jar Fermenting
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 13, Saturday: Kids Playing in the Dirt
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 13, Saturday: Kids Planting Herbs
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 14, Sunday: Wild and Edible Plants
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 17, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
June 18, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 19, Friday: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 23, Tuesday: Drip Irrigation for a Waterwise World
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 24, Wednesday: Pickling
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre.
June 24, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver June Meetup
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 25, Thursday: Hot Water Bath Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
June 28, Sunday: WE Garden Club: Topic TBD
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
June 28, Sunday: DIY Canning Soup in a Jar
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 29, Monday: Plant Walk
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
June 30, Tuesday: Flavored Vinegar
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
July 2, Thursday: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre.
July 3, Friday: Water Bath Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
July 6, Monday: Sauerkraut
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
July 7, Tuesday: Fall and Winter Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre.
July 8, Wednesday: Fall and Winter Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
July 9, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 AM – 8:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
July 15, Wednesday: Pickling
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
July 16, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
July 23, Thursday: WE Garden Club: Topic TBD
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
July 27, Monday: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre.
July 28, Tuesday: Pressure Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
August 13, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre.
August 20, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Garden.
August 20, Thursday: Water Bath Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre.
August 24, Monday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at West End Community Centre.
August 27, Thursday: DIY Canning Soup in a Jar
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Garden.
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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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