Northwest VEG's Viva La Vegan PORTLAND - Metro

Come for the variety of delicious food, and/or stay for the talk on Ecovillages – Living in Harmony with Nature, by Northwest VEG’s own Dr. Ole Ersson. In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought a run-down apartment complex, took out much of the pavement, and turned it into the Kailash Ecovillage, a permaculture-rich apartment space and urban veganic food forest. Now, Kailash has 50 residents who help farm and work to reduce their impact on the environment.

In 2023, the Erssons expanded this pioneering project with the purchase of an additional apartment complex, christened “Annapurna Ecovillage”, bringing the two projects to 160 residents on 5 acres.

Dr. Ersson will tell us about the global ecovillage movement and the many great projects they have carried out at Kailash.

Calling all Vancouver area vegans and the vegan-curious!

The NWVeg Vancouver Happy Hour is back this month! We will meet at the beautiful Waterfront at Twigs Bistro for a 5:30-6:00 Happy Hour, followed by dinner from their vegan menu selections, 6:00-8:00. If we have at least 20 attendees, we will be in a private dining room, with a beautiful glass wall looking out over the river!

Come prepared to join in lively conversation, share with and learn from old friends and new acquaintances, and hear about exciting upcoming events in our area.

While these establishments do have non-vegan offerings, our intent is to thank local restaurants for their clearly marked vegan menus and to encourage more of this by supporting this aspect of their business, so we kindly request that only vegan food be ordered.

We hope to see you there!