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McBride Park Field House Residency Blog
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse is 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.
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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?
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Upcoming Events
March 20, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver March Meetup (@McBride)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at McBride Park Fieldhouse
March 21, Thursday: Depth of Field: Film Screening and Community Event
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM at Community Hall, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
March 22, Friday: DIY Beeswax Wraps and Zero Waste in the Kitchen
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Center
March 23, Saturday: Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Information Session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
March 24, Sunday: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Center
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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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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