1 / 10

CULTIVATING HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS

CULTIVATING HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS. Ross Moster Village Vancouver Transition Society SustainABLE Cities November 27, 2013 .

corin
Download Presentation

CULTIVATING HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CULTIVATING HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBOURHOODS Ross Moster Village Vancouver Transition Society SustainABLE Cities November 27, 2013

  2. Transition Towns Started in 2006 Totnes, England Thousands of Transition Initiatives around the world Focus on community-led responses to climate change, peaking “resources” (ecological assets), and economic instability & inequality

  3. Village Vancouver Transition Hub for metro Vancouver 300 activities/year & thousands of members Focus on building community resilience & connecting-neighbours-in-community

  4. Neighbourdriven People power Members engage in projects & activities of interest, both as participants and active initiators VV helps folks connect and can provide support

  5. Positive Vision/Practical Actions Fun and celebratory Imagine your ideal neighbourhood, city, bio-region Head, heart, hands

  6. Lots of stuff going on! Seed libraries, collaborative gardening, community meals, food scrap drop spots, NeighbourSavour Plastic recycling depot, workshops, film fest, demo sustainable villages, Transition School, FED-AP, community DIY, Slow Food/Slow Everything Day Emergency preparedness, permaculture, Ecological Economics, right livelihood, neighbourhood food networks

  7. Neighbourhood Villages/Neighbourhood Food Networks Hubs of activity

  8. Drop-in “Spaghetti” Nights Garlic Bread Solutions Connecting neighbours Local food

  9. Citywide Collaborations Community Groups, Neighbourhood Houses, Community Centres Universities and Colleges Food Energy Descent Action Plan, Parks Board Local Food Assets Task Force, Neighbourhood Food Networks, Sustenance Festival, Living the New Economy, Just Film, New Economy Summit

  10. www.villagevancouver.ca

More Related