Invitation to the VV Community Become a member of the Village Vancouver Transition Society!
"You're raising the bar for all the other initiatives with your extensive range of activities."
-Ben Brangwyn, co-founder of the Transition Network
Village Vancouver turned four years last month, and we continue to enjoy very healthy growth. The worldwide Transition Movement, of which we're a proud member, has spread like wildfire, and currently includes over 950 initiatives in more than 30 countries. Our Village community numbers in the thousands and we're one of the largest and most active Transition initiatives on the planet.
As the official Transition Hub for metropolitan Vancouver, we've accomplished a lot in just four years, including:
- Growing the Transition Movement locally, Building relationships with other Transition Initiatives around the world, and forging connections and partnerships with over one hundred local community groups and organizations.
- Holding several hundred workshops, gatherings and other events and playing a leading role in helping thousands acquire new skills.
- Widespread recognition as a leader in the sustainable food movement in Vancouver including strong support for the establishment and development of Neighbourhood Food Networks, creating Beekeeping, Seed Saving, Gardening and Backyard Chicken Networks, initiating work on a Community Food Resiliency Plan (FED-AP), promoting urban agriculture, coming together on hundreds of occasions to celebrate food and build community, and much more.
- Playing a leading role in building stronger connections between neighbours and creating healthier and more resilient communities through the formation of several neighbourhood Transition Villages in Vancouver, as well as working to establish new Transition initiatives elsewhere in the region, such as Village Burnaby and Village North Shore.
- Actively promoting Permaculture as a great way to build more sustainable communities.
- Working to create vibrant local economies and greater community connectivity and self-reliance, and increased energy reduction and less dependence on fossil fuels through numerous projects and activities, including Meetups, Community Activist Gatherings, Demonstration Transition Neighbourhood Villages at fairs and festivals, a Community Currency initiative, Emergency Preparedness groups, a Plastic Recycling Depot and a Food Scraps Composting program (starting in June), Transition Trade Initiatives and Social Enterprises, a Right Livelihood Circle Project, Macy Monday's, a Permaculture Village, our Transition School and Transition Training Workshops, and other undertakings.
Village Vancouver took the step of becoming a nonprofit Society a year ago, and now we'd like to extend an invitation to you to become a member of the Village Vancouver Transition Society. If you like what we're doing, this is a great way to show your support. By doing so, you'll be helping VV expand its' capacity to create meaningful change.We believe that membership in the Society should be accessible to all, so we're leaving it up to you to contribute whatever amount you can afford, from $1 on up. (Why member dues? Because, while thousands of hours of volunteer activities go into making Village what it is, it's also good to sometimes have a little money available to help make things happen!)
Become a member today!
- regular annual membership ($25 or higher)
- low income/student category membership (from $1 – 24)
- organisational membership $50
Please consider becoming a member of Village Vancouver Transition Society today, and join a community that is passionate about realising a positive future for our city and our world!
With warmest regards,
Your Village Vancouver Board of Directors:
Ann Pacey, Beth Carruthers, Dana Wilson, Jacquie Miller, Jason Mertz, Jordan Bober, Leslie Kemp, Randy Chatterjee, Ross Moster and Shelby Tay