Events

Please note that this training will run on Friday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 25th with a special free, open-to-the-public Energy Descent Planning Session Oct. 23rd, 6 to 9pm.

Saturday, the 24th will NOT be a training day as there are climate action activities underway (see below).

Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World

The Transition movement is a set of inspiring ideas for creating an attractive and enticing vision of how our communities could be. The converging crises of climate change and oil depletion and economic instability cannot be solved separately, and they cannot be solved with technological miracles, but only by lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. This doesn’t mean a bleaker future. The heart of transition is the belief that if we engage with enough imagination and ingenuity to unlock the collective genius of our communities, we can choose a future that is more satisfying, just and sustainable than what we have now.
 
Participants in the training will:

• explore the opportunities for personal and social transformation presented by the challenges of peak oil, climate change and economic instability
• learn the key concepts of the Transition model, including how to set up and foster successful Transition groups., Permaculture principles and community visioning
• understand how to raise awareness of the need for transition through public talks and events
• form contacts with other change leaders in your local area
• establish a plan of action for yourself and your community

Co-sponsors of this training

• Pilgrims Way Book Store, www.pilgrimsway.com, participants receive 20% off coupon
• Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County, www.sustainablemontereycounty.org
• Tomorrow Matters, www.deborahlindsay.com , Sundays 4 -5pm, KRXA 540 AM

 
Climate Action
Join forces with folks around the globe to raise awareness through creative action by promoting the number 350. www.350.org  Some of us will optionally join in participating in a 350 Climate Action Event in Big Sur, Pacific Grove and other locations. You are encouraged to create your own action too!

Download the event flyer here.

Trainers:

Kat Steele
Scott McKeown
To register contact Deborah Lindsay, decal@deborahlindsay.com

Registration fee is $135 before October 1st • $155 after October 1st.

Please note that this training will run on Friday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 25th with a special free, open-to-the-public Energy Descent Planning Session Oct. 23rd, 6 to 9pm.

Saturday, the 24th will NOT be a training day as there are climate action activities underway (see below).

Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World

The Transition movement is a set of inspiring ideas for creating an attractive and enticing vision of how our communities could be. The converging crises of climate change and oil depletion and economic instability cannot be solved separately, and they cannot be solved with technological miracles, but only by lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. This doesn’t mean a bleaker future. The heart of transition is the belief that if we engage with enough imagination and ingenuity to unlock the collective genius of our communities, we can choose a future that is more satisfying, just and sustainable than what we have now.
 
Participants in the training will:

• explore the opportunities for personal and social transformation presented by the challenges of peak oil, climate change and economic instability
• learn the key concepts of the Transition model, including how to set up and foster successful Transition groups., Permaculture principles and community visioning
• understand how to raise awareness of the need for transition through public talks and events
• form contacts with other change leaders in your local area
• establish a plan of action for yourself and your community

Co-sponsors of this training

• Pilgrims Way Book Store, www.pilgrimsway.com, participants receive 20% off coupon
• Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County, www.sustainablemontereycounty.org
• Tomorrow Matters, www.deborahlindsay.com , Sundays 4 -5pm, KRXA 540 AM

 
Climate Action
Join forces with folks around the globe to raise awareness through creative action by promoting the number 350. www.350.org  Some of us will optionally join in participating in a 350 Climate Action Event in Big Sur, Pacific Grove and other locations. You are encouraged to create your own action too!

Download the event flyer here.

Trainers:

Kat Steele
Scott McKeown
To register contact Deborah Lindsay, decal@deborahlindsay.com

Registration fee is $135 before October 1st • $155 after October 1st.

As many of you know, there is a relatively new movement to make the entire world aware of the number 350.  350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.

Please note that this training will run on Friday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 25th with a special free, open-to-the-public Energy Descent Planning Session Oct. 23rd, 6 to 9pm.

Saturday, the 24th will NOT be a training day as there are climate action activities underway (see below).

Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World

The Transition movement is a set of inspiring ideas for creating an attractive and enticing vision of how our communities could be. The converging crises of climate change and oil depletion and economic instability cannot be solved separately, and they cannot be solved with technological miracles, but only by lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. This doesn’t mean a bleaker future. The heart of transition is the belief that if we engage with enough imagination and ingenuity to unlock the collective genius of our communities, we can choose a future that is more satisfying, just and sustainable than what we have now.
 
Participants in the training will:

• explore the opportunities for personal and social transformation presented by the challenges of peak oil, climate change and economic instability
• learn the key concepts of the Transition model, including how to set up and foster successful Transition groups., Permaculture principles and community visioning
• understand how to raise awareness of the need for transition through public talks and events
• form contacts with other change leaders in your local area
• establish a plan of action for yourself and your community

Co-sponsors of this training

• Pilgrims Way Book Store, www.pilgrimsway.com, participants receive 20% off coupon
• Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County, www.sustainablemontereycounty.org
• Tomorrow Matters, www.deborahlindsay.com , Sundays 4 -5pm, KRXA 540 AM

 
Climate Action
Join forces with folks around the globe to raise awareness through creative action by promoting the number 350. www.350.org  Some of us will optionally join in participating in a 350 Climate Action Event in Big Sur, Pacific Grove and other locations. You are encouraged to create your own action too!

Download the event flyer here.

Trainers:

Kat Steele
Scott McKeown
To register contact Deborah Lindsay, decal@deborahlindsay.com

Registration fee is $135 before October 1st • $155 after October 1st.

Location:
Himalayan Tandoori
969 Gravenstein Ave
Sebastopol, CA

This screening was scheduled for September 30th, but due to a scheduling conflict, we need to postpone this month's movie night to October! Sorry for any inconvenience and we hope to see you at our September 24th event with Vicki Robin!

Come join us at our next Transition Sebastopol Movie Night or the debut of the documentary film about the Transition movement at the French Garden Restaurant!

About the Movie:
In the film you will see the stories of communities creating their own currencies, setting up their own pubs, planting trees, growing food. You’ll see local authorities getting behind their local Transition initiatives, and get a sense of the scale of this emerging movement. It is a story of hope, and it is a call to action.

The film is the work of director Emma Goude, with production by Smith and Watson, and with input from Transition communities around the world.

Watch the trailer here.

FREE EVENT
donations appreciated

And please support our event hosts by bringing your appetite and ordering some of their wonderful restaurant or bar menu.

2-3 miles
Walk from the Plaza through Sebastopol’s Spooky neighborhoods,
including a stop at the Sebastopol Senior Center for hot cider and Halloween treats on the way back to the Plaza. All ages welcome!

Leader: Kathleen Shaffer, member,
Sebastopol City Council.

Download the full 2009 Sebastopol Walks schedule here.

Like to excercise & create community at the same time? The Sebastopol Walks series is a great way of doing both!

You can also visit the iWALK site which lists other scheduled Sonoma County walks and allows you to add to the calendar, too.

Inviting all interested gardeners to join in cultivating a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with free, locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO-free seed.

Seed and Plant exchange all morning with local food potluck at 12:00 pm.
Class on Garlic from 10:30 - 11:30 am.

We will be having a garlic exchange- please bring any varieties of garlic you would like to share.

West County Community Seed Bank meets monthly on the last Saturday of the month to share seeds, plants, resources and local gardening and food information.
All are welcome, including children.

For more information contact Sara at 829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org

What you could bring:
… Plants or seeds to share
… Coin envelopes
… Books or resources for sharing with others
… Local food potluck item!

Location:
Salmon Creek School Garden
1935 Bohemian HWY
Occidental

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West County Community Seed Bank

Vision:
To create a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO free seeds. Anyone can become a member of the West County Seed Library, we ask for a donation of $5.00-$20.00 and a commitment to grow out and donate back seed following the library's protocol for growing clean seeds.  No on is turned away for lack of funds.   The West County Seed Library will be housed at the Salmon Creek School Garden and will be open to the public monthly for classes, resource sharing and a seed and plant exchange. The West County Seed Library will have resources available to members on growing and processing seeds.
 
Why save seed and why a local seed bank?
Our rapidly changing world gives us all the more reason to strengthen our local resources and our ability to be self-sufficient.  Local seed saving allows us to cultivate plants that do well in our region, with each generation adapting more to the local environment.   It also lets us preserve heirloom seeds that are being lost as the seed industry is being concentrated into fewer and fewer large corporations.  Seed banks are a great investment; with some plants one seed can return up to 40.000.  The abundance seed savers experience should be shared with the community and helps to model a different economic system.    We hope to cultivate a network of seed savers in the region to support each other and the seed library, which will be a resource for the expanding community of gardeners and help strengthen our local food system.

For more information contact Sara McCamant 829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org

The quarterlly neighborhood meeting will be Thursday, November 5.  The location will be City Hall.  Kathleen Shaffer will greet you at the back, east side door, and the time will be 6:00 - 7:30pm. 
 
This meeting serves as a discussion of both problems or issues you may have in your neighborhoods, and to talk about general interest items and news.
 
There will also be a representative from the Sebastopol Police Services to discuss Neighborhood Watch, and we will hear about the Neighborhood CERTification program which is our disaster preparedness group.

Time is running out.  With each year that passes, our ability to prevent catastrophic climate change diminishes. Voluntary action is great, but we really need a mandatory economy-wide system.  Cap and Share is a framework for reducing greenhouse gases fairly, and returning profits back to people if prices go up.  You actually get paid as we all reduce emissions, and it’s based on democratic principles: One person – One share.  In 1 hour, we’ll discuss the carbon market in California’s AB32 law, the right and wrong way to do cap and trade, the pending bill in Congress, what could happen at the international climate talks in Copenhagen, and how you can get involved.

Mike Sandler is a former Sebastopol resident and a co-founder of the Climate Protection Campaign in Sonoma County.  He putting on this presentation and discussion in the run-up to Copenhagen. 

Location:
Sebastopol Public Library
7140 Bodega Ave
Sebastopol, CA