June 2013 Calendar of Events
VILLAGE
VANCOUVER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Village
Vancouver and members of the Village Vancouver community organize dozens
of events, including workshops, potlucks, discussion circles, film screenings,
work parties and more every month! Find out what’s happening in your
neighbourhood – take a look at our complete Events Calendar online. Or
why not organize an event of your own? Be it a simple social gathering in your
neighbourhood or a workshop in which you share your knowledge and skills with
others, Transition is driven by people taking the initiative to do something.
VILLAGE VANCOUVER EVENTS
June 1, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Gordan
Neighbourhood House and WE Community Centre
Every
Saturday from 10am-noon. June dates: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
June 2, 2013
from 5:30pm to 7:30pm – Kits
Monthly
gathering. This group is full, but if you're interested in starting another
group in Kits - or elsewhere, please contact me. (Date might change this
month.)
June 6, 2013
from 4pm to 6pm – Bear Creek Park
- northeast entrance picnic tables
Thursday,
June 6, 4-6 pm at Bear Creek Park (by the northeast entrance).
Topics:
1)
How to make Village Surrey Transparent and Decentralized (continued)
2)
Basic Transition Projects (continued)
For
more details refer to the Village Surrey page.
June 8, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Gordan
Neighbourhood House and WE Community Centre
Every
Saturday from 10am-noon. June dates: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
June 9, 2013
from 3:00pm to 6:00pm – Kits
3-6
pm, followed by our monthly Kits Village potluck from 6:30-8:30. New volunteers
of all gardening skill levels welcome, please contact Ross at
ross@villagevancouver.ca.
June 9, 2013
from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kits, near beach
Bring
something yummy to share. KV Collaborative Garden work party before the potluck
from 3-6 pm. New volunteers welcome - help grow some food in the afternoon,
then share a meal in the evening.
June 11, 2013
from 10am to 11:30pm – Kits near beach,
RSVP for location (to be sent a couple days before)
Planning
Summer activities and tabling activities, discussing the brochure and what
seeds to add to the library, swapping seeds, growing seeds for seed bank, etc.
June 13, 2013
from 5pm to 8pm – Kits
5-8
pm. With our Demo Sustainable Village at the Main St. Car Free Day this Sunday,
this week we're holding our work party on a weekday.
New
volunteers welcome (with any level of gardening experience). Please contact
Ross at ross@villavancouver.ca.
June 15, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Gordan
Neighbourhood House and WE Community Centre
Every
Saturday from 10am-noon. June dates: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
June 15, 2013
from 10am to 2pm – Marpole Place
neighbourhood House
Introductory
workshop. Not everyone has access to garden space in the ground, but if you
have a balcony, you can grow some of your own food - and it's easier than you
think!
Topic
include: how to make the most of small gardening spaces, vertical gardening,
options for containers, what to look for in good quality soil, companion
plants, high density gardens and compact veggie varieties, and shade tolerant
varieties.
As
part of this workshop, we'll plant a demonstration garden for the use of the
Marpole Place Kitchen where community meals are made.
The
garden will also be used to teach children about growing food and provide
inspiration to community members to grow their own edible gardens.
Please
bring lunch, a pen, gloves and if it looks like it might rain, raingear.
FREE.
Taught
by Jen Clark. Limited space, advance registration required.
See
you there!
Marpole
Neighbourhood Food Network is co-sponsored by Village Vancouver
and Marpole Place Neighbourhood House. Join MNFN here.
This
workshop is generously supported by a Green Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Vancouver
Foundation.
Kits Car Free Days Block Parties
VV Demo Sustainable Transition Village at Main St. Car Free Day Fest
June 16, 2013 all day – intersection at Main and 13th
VV Tabling at West End Car Free Day Festival
June 16, 2013 all day – West End Community Centre
Car Free Day Festivals!
June 18, 2013
from 6:30pm to 9pm – Main St. Village
June
meeting.
From Here to There 3: Stories of Food, Energy, and Transitioning to Resilient Communities
June 19, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – Museum of Vancouver
June 19, 2013
from 6pm to 8:30pm – Surrey City
Centre Library
The
Village Surrey Transition Initiative presents a free public screening of “Mad
City Chickens” on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Free organic eggs will be given
away while supplies last!
The
screening takes place at the City Centre Library, Dr. Ambedkar Room, 4th Floor.
Doors open at 6:00pm, screening starts at 6:30pm. The screening will be
followed by a community dialogue on backyard chickens, food security and
sustainability.
Participants
will also have a chance to meet members of the Surrey Backyard Chickens group
and ask questions about backyard chickens in Surrey.
Mad
City Chickens 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 or an inexperienced family that decides to take the
poultry plunge—and even a mad professor and giant hen taking to the
streets—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard
chickendom.
This
event is organized by the Village Surrey Transition Initiative and co-sponsored
by Surrey Libraries and the Surrey Urban Farmers Market. Organic eggs are
provided by Surrey Backyard Chickens & True North Hatchery.
June 20, 2013
from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Surrey City
Centre Library, Room 306
We
will begin the process of developing a Village Surrey Team Charter on Thursday,
June 20, 6:30-8:30pm in Room 306 at the Surrey City Centre Library, 10350
University Drive, Surrey.
The
process of developing a Team Charter involves identifying team members, doing a
team member skill inventory, identifying team goals, identifying potential
barriers to the achievement of these goals, and agreeing on ground rules and
conflict management processes. This is a very important meeting for anyone
interested in being involved in Transition work in Surrey.
The
process will be facilitated by Deirdre Goudriaan, an experienced group
facilitator. All are welcome. For more information, please contact David at
davidanderin@dalley.ca or (604) 502-8661.
June 20, 2013
from 10am to 1pm – Kits
10
am - 1 pm. New volunteers of all gardening skill levels welcome. Please contact
Ross at ross@villagevancouver.ca
June 20, 2013
from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Rising Star
Co-op common room
Join
us for our June potluck and workshop on the Drive.
Potluck
(6:30-7:30pm):
Bring something yummy for the potluck.
Workshop (7:30-8:30pm) – Backyard
chickens.
We'll walk one block over to
backyard chicken farmer Alyssa Kohlman's place to learn the basics of backyard
chickens.
What: Commercial Dr. VV Potluck
& Workshop: Backyard chickens
When: Thursday, June 20th: 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Rising Star Housing Co-op (1556 E. 5th Ave.) common room
Why: Build community, eat good food and learn about backyard chickens!
Cost: Free!!!
Where: Rising Star Housing Co-op (1556 E. 5th Ave.) common room
Why: Build community, eat good food and learn about backyard chickens!
Cost: Free!!!
June 22, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Gordan
Neighbourhood House and WE Community Centre
Every
Saturday from 10am-noon. June dates: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
June 23, 2013
from 6pm to 9pm – Eastside Family
Place (upstairs), Britannia Community Centre
June 25, 2013 all day – Earth
June 26, 2013
from 7pm to 9:30pm – Meet at Trees
Coffee (425 Granville St) at 7pm; we will move to a private boardroom at 7:10pm
sharp.
Village
Vancouver's Applied Ecological Economics 1001 course meets on the fourth
Wednesday of every month.
For
more information about this or upcoming related courses, please write to
jordan@villagevancouver.ca.
June 29, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Gordan
Neighbourhood House and WE Community Centre
Every
Saturday from 10am-noon. June dates: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
June 30, 2013
from 3pm to 6pm – Kits
3
- 6 pm. New volunteers of all gardening skill levels welcome. Please contact
Ross at ross@villagevancouver.ca.
June 30, 2013
from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Kits
Monthly
gathering. This group is full, but if you're interested in starting another
group in Kits - or elsewhere, please contact me.
June 30, 2013
from 10:30am to 12:30pm – Queen Elizabeth
Park
Meet
at the water fountains at the top of Little Mountain right next to the Parking
Lot at 10:30 AM. Enter at Ontario and 33rd and go up the Mountain to the
parking lot at the top. The Parking lot entrance is accross from Seasons in the
Park Restaurant.
Queen
Elizabeth Park is a jewel of green in the middle of our city. In the 1950s some
visionary people at the Vancouver Parks Board planted a beautiful arboretum and
we can appreciate their foresight today. There are many water features in the
park, some rock outcrops, lots of unique plant and tree specimens and some very
tall older conifers. We will discuss the human history of the area before and
after settlement.
By
donation.
Rain
or shine. Please wear footwear for possible slippery surfaces.
Celia
Brauer is an Artist, an Educator and the founder and Staff of the False Creek
Watershed Society (FCWS). She has organized community walks for FCWS for years
and is very knowledgeable about the natural and First Nations history of
Vancouver.
Register
here: http://earthwalks1littlemountain-affiliate1.eventbrite.com
NOTE:
"Earth Walks" are created by community leaders for the False Creek
Watershed Society - a non profit group. We are very lucky to have these
knowledgeable people lead us. We would love to have you join us. However, we
ask that you please register for the walks only if there is a very good chance
you will be able to join us, as numbers are limited. Thanks and hope to see you
there!
Other
Events Organized by our Friends and Allies
June 1, 2013
from 10am to 12pm – Kensington
Community Centre
June 6, 2013
from 10am to 1pm – Mt Pleasant
Community Center
June 8, 2013
from 10am to 5pm – Strathcona
Community Centre
June 8, 2013
from 2:30pm to 6pm – Mount Pleasant
Neighbourhood House
June 8, 2013
from 7pm to 11:45pm – Kits
June 9, 2013
from 11am to 6pm – HERITAGE HALL
3102 Main Street Vancouver BC V5T 3G7
June 11, 2013
at 6pm to June 27, 2013
at 9pm – UBC Robson
Square
June 11, 2013
from 7:30pm to 9pm – Oakridge United
Church Lounge
June 13, 2013
from 10am to 1pm – Mt Pleasant
Community Center
June 15, 2013
from 1pm to 3pm – Wired Monk
Coffee shop - we meet there then head out
June 15, 2013
at 3pm to July 13, 2013
at 5pm – First and
Trafalgar
June 18, 2013
from 7pm to 9pm – Hastings
Community Centre
June 20, 2013
from 10am to 1pm – Mt Pleasant
Community Center
June 25, 2013
from 7:30pm to 9pm – Oakridge United
Church Lounge
June 27, 2013
from 6pm to 8pm – Britannia
Community Centre
Other
Upcoming Events
July 7, 2013
from 1pm to 3pm – Robson Park
July 9, 2013
from 9:30am to 11:30am – Hastings
Community Centre
July 9, 2013
from 10am to 11:30am – Kits near beach,
RSVP for location (to be sent a couple days before)
Do the Math
July 17, 2013 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Surrey City Centre Library
July 25, 2013
from 12pm to 3pm – Downtown
Vancouver
July 27, 2013
at 9am to July 28, 2013
at 5pm – Van Dusen
Gardens
July 28, 2013
from 11am to 6pm – Foxglove Farm
July 28, 2013
from 1pm to 3pm – Moberley Road,
False Creek
August 5, 2013
at 9am to August 9, 2013
at 3pm – Foxglove Farm