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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.)
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Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2026 from Village Vancouver!
Community Gardens
July 4 – August 22, Saturdays: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
July 4 – August 22, Saturdays: Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
Summer Workshops & Events
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: Village Vancouver Booth at Frog Hollow Harvest Festival
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Clinton Park
August 20, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
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 Centre
Fall & Winter Workshops & Events
Find sign-up forms for the following workshops HERE; available SOON.
September 5 – October 31, Saturdays: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
September 5 – October 31, Saturdays: Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM at Aberthau Community Centre
September 5, Saturday: Village Vancouver Booth at Car Free Days of Summer on Commercial Drive
12:00 AM – 7:00 PM on Commercial Drive (Grandview to 1st Ave)
September 10, Thursday: Cordage and Coiled Basket
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
September 13, Sunday: Village Vancouver Booth at Car Free Days of Summer on Main Street
12:00 AM – 7:00 PM on Main Street (10th Ave to 24th Ave)
September 15, Tuesday: Introduction to Seed Saving
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
September 16, Wednesday: Cardboard Frame Weaving Loom
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
September 17, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at West Kitsilano Community Centre
September 18, Friday: Healing Skin Salve Making Workshop
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
September 20, Sunday: WE Garden Club
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
September 23, Wednesday: Quick Pickles
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
September 24, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at False Creek Community Centre
September 25, Friday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
October 2, Friday: Wild Herbal and Mineral Vinegars
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
October 4, Sunday: Hot Water Bath Canning
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
October 6, Tuesday: DIY Canning Soup in a Jar
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
October 7, Wednesday: Grow Your Own Sprout and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
October 14, Wednesday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
October 15, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
October 18, Sunday: WE Garden Club
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
October 20, Tuesday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
October 21, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver October Meetup
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
October 26, Monday: Quick Pickles
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
October 29, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprout and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
November 1, Sunday: Hot Water Bath Canning
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre
November 3, Wednesday: Sauerkraut
6:45 PM – 8:45 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
November 4, Wednesday: Pressure Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
November 12, Thursday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
November 15, Sunday: WE Garden Club
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
November 16, Monday: Quick Pickles
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at False Creek Community Centre
November 19, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
November 22, Sunday: Sauerkraut
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
November 23, Monday: Growing Superfoods
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
November 24, Tuesday: Planning Your Spring Garden
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
November 26, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
December 2, Wednesday: Holiday Workshop: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
December 3, Thursday: Holiday Workshop: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
December 4, Friday: Holiday Workshop: Introduction to Indoor Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
December 6, Sunday: West End Urban Garden Club Holiday Celebration
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
December 7, Monday: Holiday Workshop: Kimchi
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
December 8, Tuesday: Holiday Workshop: Pressure Canning
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
December 9, Wednesday: Holiday Workshop: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
December 11, Friday: Holiday Workshop: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at West End Community Centre
December 13, Sunday: Holiday Workshop: Mason Jar Fermenting
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
December 17, Thursday: Recycling Depot
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
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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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