All live Events (30)
August 14Tuesday
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Larry Korn and MASANOBU FUKUOKA on Ultimate Food Security
August 14, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Masanobu Fukuoka In Masanobu Fukuoka's last major work, Sowing Seeds in the Desert, the earth is in great peril due to the corporatization of agriculture, the rising climate crisis, and the ever-in… Organized by Village Books | Type: village, books, literature, live
September 8Saturday
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Renee Wilkinson, Modern Homestead: Grow, Raise, Create
September 8, 2012 from 4pm to 5pm – Village Books Missed your chance to see Renee at the Farmer's Market as part of the Whatcom County Farm Tour? Come hear her talk in the Readings Gallery of Village Books about Modern Homestead. Everything you ever… Organized by Village Books | Type: village, books, literature, live
October 4Thursday
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Andrew Nikiforuk: The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude
October 4, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Village Books Literature Live - Co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom Ancient civilizations routinely relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and… Organized by Village Books | Type: village, books, literature, live
October 30Tuesday
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Literature Live: Dylan Tomine, Closer to the Ground
October 30, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Closer to the Ground is the deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures, but directly, palpably, by expl… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: literature, live
February 3Sunday
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Rhona McAdam, Digging the City: An Urban Manifesto
February 3, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – Village Books At the last census in 2006, just over 80 per cent of Canada's population lived in urban centres. How we feed and protect the food sources of that population is an enduring subject of debate in food s… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
April 27Saturday
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Jennie Grant, City Goats
April 27, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Goats, chickens and cows were common in cities until the early 1900s, at which time, all across America, they were banished to the rural outlands. Today, the idea of keeping chickens and goats in an… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
May 7Tuesday
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Rebecca Lerner, Dandelion Hunter
May 7, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books In Dandelion Hunter, forager-journalist Rebecca Lerner sets out on to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. The result is engaging, uplifting, and often humorous. After a di… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
May 13Monday
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Daphne Miller, Farmacology
May 13, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Disillusioned by mainstream medicine's mechanistic approach to healing, and fascinated by the farming revolution that is changing the way we think about our relationship to the earth, Dr. Daphne Mill… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
May 18Saturday
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Children's Book Week: Katherine Pryor, Sylvia's Spinach
May 18, 2013 from 11am to 12pm – Village Books Sylvia Spivens always said 'no' to spinach. But one day, Sylvia's teacher gives her a packet of spinach seeds to plant for a school garden. What to do? In the garden, Sylvia discovers the joy of grow… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
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Children's Book Week:Rick Swann, Our School Garden
May 18, 2013 from 1pm to 2pm – Village Books Our School Garden! is a fictional story about how young Michael, new to the city and the school, experiences the garden through the changing seasons of the school year. He discovers not just how vege… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
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