Greater Vancouver Permaculture Design Certificate Course at Burnaby Community & Continuing Education : Riverview campus
March 29, 2025 at 9am to June 22, 2025 at 5pm
Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
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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General Inquiries : info@villagevancouver.ca
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News from The Grist
Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2025 from Village Vancouver!
Community Gardens
May 3rd - June 28th Saturday- Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 5-June 28 Saturday-Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
Spring and Summer Workshops & Events
May 01, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at West End Community Centre
May 06, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
May 11, Sunday: Growing Tasty Tomatoes
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 12, Monday: Healthy Soil for a Great Garden
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 14, Tuesday: Making Jute and Wool Baskets CANCELLED
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 14, Wednesday: Healthy Soil for a Great Garden CANCELLED
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
May 15, Thursday: Balcony, Container and Small Space Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 15, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 16, Friday: Flavored Vinegar CANCELLED
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
May 20, Tuesday: Making Jute and Wool Baskets
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 21, Wednesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
May 22, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing CANCELLED
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 25, Sunday: WE Garden Club
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
May 27, Tuesday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at False Creek Community Centre
May 28, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver May Meetup
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 29, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 31, Saturday: Flavored Vinegar
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 5, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
June 7, Saturday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM at Collingwood Library (VPL)
June 7, Thursday: VV Table- Marpole Community Day 2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Marpole Neighbourhood House
June 11, Wednesday: Gardening in a Changing Climate
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
June 12, Thursday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
June 14, Saturday: Container and Windowsill Gardening
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 15, Sunday: Playing in the Dirt
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 15, Sunday: Kids Planting Herbs
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 15, Sunday: WE Garden Club
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
June 15, Sunday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM at Fraserview Library (VPL)
June 16, Monday: Growing Tasty Tomatoes
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 17, Tuesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at Champlain Library (VPL)
June 18, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver June Meetup
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 18, Wednesday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
June 19, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
June 20, Friday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
June 21, Saturday: Balcony, Container and Small Space Gardening
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM at Kensington Library (VPL)
June 22, Sunday: Container and Windowsill Gardening
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM at Renfrew Library (VPL)
June 24, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
June 25, Wednesday: Pickling Workshop
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
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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.ca/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) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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