About
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Village Vancouver inspires individuals and organizations to take actions that build resilient and sustainable communities. We are one of several hundred official Transition Town Initiatives spreading across the globe, the first in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and pleased to join our fellow sustainability pioneers in Victoria, Nelson, Salt Spring Island, and Powell River.
We are first and foremost a hub of knowledge and resources, helping both to spawn walkable neighbourhood Villages within our 115 square kilometre and 612,000 person city, and to assist other cities in our region with Transition. Promoting social, environmental and economic change in the face of profound ecological stresses and economic crisis, we encourage individuals and groups to unite and collaborate in support of common goals and actions.
Most importantly we strive to have fun in the process, proving that doing the right thing can be a holistically profitable and endlessly enjoyable experience.
Please read through the wide array of resources on this site, searchable by keyword at the top of each page, including our public events, discussions, projects, photos, and how-to videos on VVTV.
If you would like to read more about our Working Groups and neighbourhood Villages, respond to anything on this site, or add content of your own, become a member of Village Vancouver by joining this site. You will be asked for your name, gender, birth date (feel free to improvise), local neighbourhood (and/or other home city), and a few questions about your interests in sustainability. We will hold all personal information in strictest privacy, releasing it to no one for any purpose and sending only at most weekly full-group emails about key Transition and Village Vancouver happenings.
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Please also check out our full Mission Statement here, and our current Board of Directors here.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t let the world end because it was too risky to save.
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Mission
Mission Village Vancouver is the official Transition Initiative for the city of Vancouver and a hub for communities throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Village Vancouver coordinates, organizes and facilitates individuals, neighbourhoods and organizations to collaborate in taking actions that build just, sustainable and resilient communities, cities and bioregions. Our Vision for Vancouver (what we are working to achieve) We envision Vancouver as a vibrant city at the leading edge of sustainability, where residents know their neighbours and participate in collective actions to minimize their ecological footprint. The focus is on quality of life issues including local food production, distribution, and euitable access, a full-employment local economy, renewable energy, and low-impact transportation. Residents participate actively in their governance and work with civic, business, labour and voluntary sector groups in planning and carrying out activities that respond to changing conditions and that contribute to a high quality of life for all in Metropolitan Vancouver.  A central focus of our planning work is the creation of an Energy Descent Action Plan, a set of defined milestones on the path toward fossil fuel independence. Village Vancouver inspires a transition to a sustainable culture by encouraging, facilitating and supporting individuals and organizations to take actions that help people to adapt to changing ecological conditions and contribute to a high quality of life for all and a more just and equitable society.  We hold the provisions of The Earth Charter as the core principles of our understanding of sustainability, resileince, and peaceful co-existence. Key Values (Principles) Action: encouraging, facilitating and supporting action towards a just, sustainable, and resilient future for Vancouver Adaptation: anticipating and responding to current ecological circumstances including climate change, peak oil and social and economic instability Innovation: encouraging an exchange of ideas that fosters innovative responses and solutions to current conditions Collaboration: creating the space for those with bridging interests to find common ground and the will to work together in support of just, sustainable, and resilient communities Shared leadership: supporting the emergence of leaders in all walks of life, in local neighbourhoods and throughout Metropolitan Vancouver
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