City Repair's 10th Annual VillageBuildingConvergence - Portland Oregon
This great green event is over now!
| Date: |
Fri May 28 2010
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Sun June 6 2010
Friday, May 28 - Sunday, June 6 |
| Where: |
St. David’s Church (Central Venue)
2800 SE Harrison
Portland
Oregon, 97214 [ Map it!] |
Event Type: |
Workshops/Conferences/Retreats/Symposiums |
| Web Site: |
http://cityrepair.org/vbc/ |
Intersections - Reclaiming the Crossroads
Everyone is invited to participate for in the 31 community placemaking sites that will be in creation all across the city and beyond. Learn about cob and natural building, permaculture, public art, and much more as you help bring these communities projects from an idea into a reality!
Download the VillageBuilder, official guide to the VBC, and check out our Site Pages for project information and the most up-to-date schedules. Presenters will also be offering featured VBC workshops throughout the week. See the Featured Workshop section for more info. All on the website linked above, or contact vbc@cityrepair.org for more information. Ticket packages are available online in the Ticketing Section.
In the evening, we encourage everyone to join us at St. David’s church 2800 SE Harrison, our central venue, where will join other village builders as well celebrate all the things we’ve accomplished and the sustainable world that we’re creating together!
Each evening will include a healthy, vegan meal prepared with love, an astounding presentation or performance by renowned experts on the forefront of world regeneration, and to top it all off, a spirit lifting musical performance! Each evening will be filled with knowledge, nourishment, and celebration! Come be a part of our village and share YOUR story!
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VBC is an annual ten-day placemaking event that brings communities together with resources, volunteers, and local leaders in the field of placemaking and sustainability. For the last ten years, we have worked with hundreds of projects all over the city. Projects are conceived, planned, and created through collaborative group participation and support from our core team of placemakers. The process begins for community sites in early February and culminates in late May, when the public event takes place and all the dreams that have been set into motion become a reality. VBC10 will include hands-on education in permaculture design and construction, ecological building, and public art. All projects are built through collaboration, community conversations and commitment of a neighborhood to strengthen itself. Everyone is invited to attend evening events at a central location, to participate in workshops or listen to visionaries speak about various aspects of sustainable culture.
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Larry says:
Participate for free at community placemaking sites and/or sign up to take the VBDC during the day. Attend free site workshops or featured VBC workshops. Get tickets, or pay at the door, to join us for evening celebrations with food, presentations and musical performances. Contact vbcvolunteer@cityrepair.org for worktrade opportunities! Visit vbc.cityrepair.org or contact vbc@cityrepair.org for more information!
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Larry says:
This year we’re excited to be taking our village building to the next level with our advanced Village Building Design Course. This 40 hour workshop series is aimed to take placemakers and aspiring community leaders to the next level of urban village building, by empowering you with a deeper knowledge and understanding of placemaking as well as the ability to organize a VillageBuildingConvergence in your own city or community.
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Larry says:
One of the main ingredients in a healthy village is PARTICIPATION! Everyone can have a part to play so contact vbcvolunteer@cityrepair.org to find out how you can help! The placemaking sites will all need our help, but we can’t forget the organizing lifeforce behind the event (us!). We’ll need help with building out the central venue, picking up food donations by bike, promotion and publicity, dishwashing, etc.
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