Events

When: Sunday, February 20, 7:00 p.m. (Circle at 7:30)
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
 
Come nourish and rejuvenate your Heart and Soul in an atmosphere of singing, sharing, poetry and meditation. We will sing songs from across the devotional landscape, and bask in the joy, love and community of being together in a heart space. 
This month’s theme is LOVE!
This monthly event is specifically intended as a way to come together with our hearts. As we share in this way, we stabilize and grow our love in these times of greater concerns.

Bring your instruments, songs, poems and heartfelt expressions as you feel inspired, or just come and follow along. This is a sacred space event, facilitated to hold a deep and loving space for us to share.

Socializing will be before and after the event.

Bring snacks or drinks to share, firewood for the fire and cushions/blankets to sit on.

Free event/optional discussion following the screening.
 

A new film featuring acclaimed environmentalists, scholars and authors including, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, accomplished Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu, and the first Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile Samdhong Rinpoche among others.

The Economics of Happiness demonstrates that millions of people are already engaged in building a better world.  The film shows that countless small scale initiatives around the world are exploring potential solutions to the multiple crises we face—climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering such as stress, loneliness, and depression. These initiatives are united around a common cause: rebuilding more democratic, human scale, ecological and local economies – the foundation of an “economics of happiness”.

A Wisdom Council Discussion Group of Transition Sebastopol 

Calling All Elders, Earth Elders, Wannabe Elders, Soon-to-become Elders, or Interested Baby Boomers on up! 


The Elder Salon is a nonhierarchical circle of peers. We’ll introduce the discussion with some thoughts from an elder voice or thought-provoking instigator to kick off our own discovery of what it is WE think and believe about the topic; what WE want and need now and in our future; what WE think should be the course of action and attitudes as we progress into and through our older years

WHY: There are a lot of new ideas about aging, staying youthful in body and spirit, and our role in society and local life. What have our generational contributions been and what is left undone? What are our mistakes and triumphs?

If we don’t want others to determine what becomes of us in very old age, we need to be proactive and begin making conscious, thoughtful choices about our future, how we want to live and be regarded. What role do elders want to play in the coming changes; what wisdom can we offer?

Reminder to all: the Elders Salon is regular and ongoing.

When:
Usually the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Location:
Sequoia Village Cohousing Common House
459 Sequoia Lane, Sebastopol —
(off Covert Lane, opposite Pacific Market (Fiesta) and west a little, before Pleasant Hill Rd.)
Please PARK ON THE STREET!

see more about this group here: http://transitionsebastopol.org/aboutelderssalon

When: Saturday, February 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
 
9 to 10:30- work party cleaning seed from our garden
10:30 to 12- class on Crop Rotations in the home garden
Seed Bank open from 10 to 1- we offer locally grown seed free to gardeners, with the intention that those who take seed will grow some seed  and return seed to the seed bank.
 
Contact Sara 829-5234, westcountyseedbank@gmail.com
westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com <http://westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com/>

**Note Location Change!**

Theme of the Month:  Food Production

This weekend will focus on Food Production…The how, what and where we can grow food for ourselves! Whether you want to grow sprouts, a windowsill garden, or a food forest around your home, this class will cover the practical aspects and options for food production, teaching you how to assess your home, develop a plan and optimize your time involvement while implementing it. We will be looking at what can be grown at our home... like sprouts, mushrooms, bees for honey, chickens, fruits, veggies, etc. We will also cover the various necessary components of producing food, i.e. the garden plan, soil testing, soil amendments, irrigation, composting, worm bins, animal husbandry, insectaries, etc.

We have 3 wonderful guest speakers/instructors this month; Courtney Dellello, Robin Burton and Julia Valentine. Courtney Dellello designs beautiful and bountiful food gardens that provide for the exquisite cuisine of a well-known winery restaurant in Napa, and who also teaches a myriad of gardening and growing classes for the Santa Rosa Junior College at Shone Farm. She will help you design a garden that provides for the exquisite cuisine of your home dining. Robin Burton from Sonoma State University teaches Native Plants and Agroecology. She is also a certified organic grower who you may have seen at our local farmers market in Sebastopol. She will walk us through each element of producing food in our gardens. Julia Valentine teaches Permaculture, and is also on the initiating team for Transition Sebastopol. She will be hosting us at her home in the late afternoon, after we have toured a couple of gardens along the way. There she will talk about transitioning the land around a home, show you how she built her hoop house, the seasonal sowing therein, and give you hands on instruction of the different techniques for handling soil, planting and optimizing growth yields.

**Note Location Change!**

Theme of the Month:  Food Production

This weekend will focus on Food Production…The how, what and where we can grow food for ourselves! Whether you want to grow sprouts, a windowsill garden, or a food forest around your home, this class will cover the practical aspects and options for food production, teaching you how to assess your home, develop a plan and optimize your time involvement while implementing it. We will be looking at what can be grown at our home... like sprouts, mushrooms, bees for honey, chickens, fruits, veggies, etc. We will also cover the various necessary components of producing food, i.e. the garden plan, soil testing, soil amendments, irrigation, composting, worm bins, animal husbandry, insectaries, etc.

We have 3 wonderful guest speakers/instructors this month; Courtney Dellello, Robin Burton and Julia Valentine. Courtney Dellello designs beautiful and bountiful food gardens that provide for the exquisite cuisine of a well-known winery restaurant in Napa, and who also teaches a myriad of gardening and growing classes for the Santa Rosa Junior College at Shone Farm. She will help you design a garden that provides for the exquisite cuisine of your home dining. Robin Burton from Sonoma State University teaches Native Plants and Agroecology. She is also a certified organic grower who you may have seen at our local farmers market in Sebastopol. She will walk us through each element of producing food in our gardens. Julia Valentine teaches Permaculture, and is also on the initiating team for Transition Sebastopol. She will be hosting us at her home in the late afternoon, after we have toured a couple of gardens along the way. There she will talk about transitioning the land around a home, show you how she built her hoop house, the seasonal sowing therein, and give you hands on instruction of the different techniques for handling soil, planting and optimizing growth yields.

Do you want to add your energy and ideas to new Reskilling classes and events! Join us at this meeting!

At this organizing meeting, we will be working on a class series on resilient gardening. We are also exploring tours for the spring and maybe a compost class for international compost week.

Location:
St Stephen's Church
500 Robinson Way in Sebastopol

 
Attend the first Community Kick-off for the County-wide 350 Home & Garden Challenge.
Grow Food, Conserve Water, Save Energy, Build Community!

The 350 Home & Garden Challenge is happening again this year May 14th & 15th, 2011.  Last year, we succeeded in mobilizing 628 gardens in a single weekend, 60% of which were new gardens! We have changed the name to the 350 Home and Garden Challenge to bring in an important element: home energy efficiency & energy use reduction. This specifically highlights the need for holistic and integrated solutions. Learn more about this, and other exciting information about this year's challenge by attending the Kick-off on March 15th!

When:  Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.
Where: Sonoma County Water Agency Meeting Room, 404 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa
 
Transition Sebastopol is the organizing group for the 350 Challenge in Sebastopol and hopes to build a strong team to do some great projects around the area.  If you are interested in getting involved and can't make the kick off meeting in Santa Rosa , contact Sara McCamant at outreach@350challenge.net

A Collaborative Day of Co-Creating the New Leadership and Organizational Structure of Transition Sebastopol

When: Sunday, March 20, 1 to 6 p.m.
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
Suggested Donation: $10 to $20--No one turned away for lack of funds! 
 
Designing and launching Transition Sebastopol 2.0
 
This event is open to the participants of all Transition Sebastopol working groups. Please register for this important, not-to-be-missed event through the working group leaders. 
 
If you do not belong to a working group, but feel you should be at the event, please contact Wendy Taylor at 824-8989.
 
Transition Sebastopol is entering its cocoon. On this day TS participants will create the butterfly that will emerge.

When: Sunday, March 20, 7:00 p.m. (Circle at 7:30)
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
 
Come nourish and rejuvenate your Heart and Soul in an atmosphere of singing, sharing, poetry and meditation. We will sing songs from across the devotional landscape, and bask in the joy, love and community of being together in a heart space. 
This month’s theme is "Equinox: Death and Rebirth"!
This monthly event is specifically intended as a way to come together with our hearts. As we share in this way, we stabilize and grow our love in these times of greater concerns.

Bring your instruments, songs, poems and heartfelt expressions as you feel inspired, or just come and follow along. This is a sacred space event, facilitated to hold a deep and loving space for us to share.

Socializing will be before and after the event.

Bring snacks or drinks to share, firewood for the fire and cushions/blankets to sit on.