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Dec 10 | Terra Madre Day

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Slow Food Vancouver celebrates local food—and the people who produce it —with Terra Madre Day, December 10, at the Italian Cultural Centre

Meet the people who grow your veggies, find out about Community Supported Agriculture, and enjoy samples dished up by local chefs using home grown ingredients.

Learn about this year’s international Terra Madre conference, held in Torino, Italy from our knowledgeable delegates Mark Bomford, Heather Pritchard, Joanne McKinnon and many more.

Admission by donation. Find out more at slowfoodvancouver.com.

Co-sponsored by FarmFolkCityFolk and the Italian Cultural Centre.

Date:  December 10, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Location:  Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocal Street (at Grandview Highway between Renfrew and Nanaimo)

3075 Slocan Street (at Grandview Highway between Renfrew and Nanaimo), 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Nov 27 | Fields of Fauna: Hands On Scientist Workshop

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Learn how well managed old-field habitat supports an amazing diversity of grasslands species.

Free, but registration required: call 604-224-5739 Ages 13+

Date: Nov 27, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Location: Boundary Bay Regional Park – Cammidge House
Contact: Vanessa Lee, 604-224-5739. Email: vanessa.lee@metrovancouver.org

Nov 20 | Introduction to Geocaching

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Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by treasure seekers with GPD devices.

The idea is to locate outdoor hidden containers, called geocaches, and then share your experience online.

GPS’s will be provided.

Ages 16+, families with kids ages 5+ welcome.

$10/person/session

Presented in partnership with the Geocaching Association of British Columbia.

Date: Nov 20, 2010
Time:     2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Kanaka Creek Regional Park
Contact: Metro Vancouver, 604-432-6359. Email:  programs.info@metrovancouver.org

Nov 20 | Family Day-Living Dinosaurs of the Fraser River

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Did you know there is a fish in the Fraser River that can grow to be 6m long and weigh 800kg.

It is a prehistoric fish that has lived on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs.

This elusive fish is the White Sturgeon. Come to the Discovery Centre today to view specimens, play a survival game, see a puppet show, and make cool sturgeon crafts to take home.

Celebrate the amazing Fraser River White Sturgeon!

Date: Nov 20, 2010
Time :   1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: Fraser River Discovery Centre, 788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
Contact: Kathleen, 604-521-8401. Email: info@fraserriverdiscovery.org
Website:  fraserriverdiscovery.org

Nov 17 | Food in a Globalized World

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Lecture by Margo Chapman-Kendall

Join us for the 55th Langara College Community Lecture series, “Globalization, eh?”. Lecture by Margo Chapman-Kendall.

Sheexplains how there is no single global food crisis, nor is there a single food movement. Rather, there are many diverse food issues facing the globalized world.

A remarkable variety of social movements have emerged in response to these challenging and important issues.

We will survey a number of these, starting globally and finishing locally.

Free admission.

Seating is limited.

Co-sponsored by Langara College.

Date: Nov 17, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms
Contact: Marketing & Communications Department 604-331-4044

Nov 17-Dec 29 | Silver Sneakers Hiking Club

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Join instructor Olga and other hearty seniors on this series of moderate to advanced level hikes along the forested trails of Lynn Headwaters Regional Park.

Rain or shine!

Ages 50+ $10/person per series

Date: Wednesdays, November 17 to December 29
Time: 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Location: Lynn Headwaters Regional Park
Contact Information: Metro Vancouver, 604-432-6359. Email programs.info@metrovancouver.org

Nov 13 | Fresh Air Hike: Saddle Ridge Viewpoint

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Take this challenging hike up Buntzen Ridge.

Walk through forest to the spectacular view of the Belcarra and Indian Arm fjord.

Ages 13+, $3.25/youth/senior, $5.50/adult per hike

Registration required, call 604-432-6359.

Time: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Date: Nov 13, 2010
Location: Belcarra Regional Park
Contact Information: Metro Vancouver, 604-432-6359. Email: programs.info@metrovancouver.org

Nov 10 | One World – Travel Photos: Florence Roy

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Join us for the 55th Langara College Community Lecture series: “Globalization, eh?”. Lecture by Florence Roy on November 10.

A small boy races a train in Trinidad, Cuba…Four girls, conservatively dressed, walk down a street in Cairo carrying posters of glamorous women…globalization threatens distinctiveness, yet distinctive ways of life show the commonalities of the human (and feline!) experience.

Admission is free. Seating is limited.

Co-sponsored by Langara College.

Date: Nov 10, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Vancouver Public Library
Contact: Marketing & Communications Department 604-331-4044

Nov 5 | The Clean Bin Project documentary film

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The Clean Bin Project is a feature documentary film about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question “is it possible to live completely waste free?”.

Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year.

Their light-hearted competition is set against a darker examination of the sobering problem waste in North American society. Even as Grant and Jen start to garner interest in their project, they struggle to find meaning in their seemingly minuscule influence on the large-scale environmental impacts of our “throw-away society”.

Featuring interviews with renowned artist, Chris Jordan and marine pollution expert, Captain Charles Moore, The Clean Bin Project presents the serious topic of waste reduction with optimism, humour, and inspiration for individual action.

Contact: Jennifer, email: cleanbinproject@gmail.com
Website: cleanbinmovie.com

Date: Nov 5, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: SFU Woodward’s, 149 W Hastings Street, Vancouver

Aug 29 | Old Growth Trail Walk

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Spend a day exploring pockets of old growth forest in the lower reaches of the Seymour Watershed.

A short bus ride and leisurely guided walk will take you past the Seymour River and views of the Seymour Falls Dam.

This is a flat but unsurfaced trail.

All ages. Sorry, no strollers.

$4/child/youth/senior $7.50/adult, $20/family

Registration required, call 604-432-6430.

Date: Aug 29, 2010
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Lower Seymour Conservation Area
Contact: Metro Vancouver, 604-432-6430. Email: programs.info@metrovancouver.org