All David MacLeod village Events (12)
June 15Saturday
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Wendy Jenahara Tremayne: The Good Life Lab
June 15, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books The Good Life Lab is the inspirational story of how one couple ditched their high-powered careers and high-pressure life in New York City to move to rural New Mexico, where they made, built, invented… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
June 12Wednesday
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Rhona McAdam, Digging the City: An Urban Manifesto
June 12, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm – Village Books Join us as we welcome author Rhona McAdam back to our store for an evening presentation about her book, Digging the City. Based in Canada, McAdam writes and studies food and farming in Canada. Her bo… Organized by Christina Claassen | Type: village, books, literature, live
May 18Saturday
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Sarai Stevens, Seeds for a New Day - For Parents and Children
May 18, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – Village Books As a part of Village Books Children’s Book Week, Sarai Stevens, local author/illustrator/community activist, shares her children’s book of papercuts- a book to create dialogue between adults and chil… 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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