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Monday July 18, 2011
Start: Jul 18 2011 8:00 am
Special Invitation to Transition Initiatives
New Thinking in the Transition Movement >
A Conversation with Rob Hopkins
Dial in and join our live conversation on Monday, July 18th.
Rob needs no introduction really but if you are new to the concept of Transition then this is a great opportunity to learn from the source.
Rob Hopkins is the originator of the Transition concept and co-founder of the Transition Network. He spent many years teaching permaculture and cob building, mostly when living in Ireland. Now based in Totnes, he is a member of Transition Town Totnes, works part time for the Transition Network, publishes www.transitionculture.org, is author of the ‘Transition Handbook’ and generally spends far too much time thinking about Transition stuff. He is also a Trustee of the Soil Association.
Start: Jul 18 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Saturday July 23, 2011
Start: Jul 23 2011 10:00 am
End: Jul 23 2011 12:00 pm
with Suzie Gruber
In this class we will talk about common terms used to describe herbal actions and explore different forms of herbal medicine. Additionally, we will discuss specific plants you might want to include in a basic herbal medicine chest and how to grow them yourself. Learn how you can incorporate medicinal herbs into your family’s well-being toolkit.
When: Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. to noon
Where:
Sonoma County Herb Exchange Barn at Laguna Farm
1764 Cooper Road, Sebastopol
COST: $10; No one turned away for lack of funds
Suzie Gruber, trained by Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes, practices energetic herbalism in Sebastopol. Additionally, she helps run the Sonoma County Herb Exchange, a local growers’ cooperative providing high quality organic medicinal herbs. For more information please call (707) 888-9646 or e-mail suzie@suziegruber.com
Monday July 25, 2011
Start: Jul 25 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Wednesday July 27, 2011
Start: Jul 27 2011 7:00 pm
End: Jul 27 2011 9:00 pm
Please join Transition Sebastopol for our monthly Movie Night at the French Garden Restaurant! This month's movie is Carbon Nation and the Transition-featuring short film "Everything Is Going to be Fine".
free event/optional discussion following the screening
About the films:
Everything Is Going to be Fine is a short 15 minute film by documentary film maker Ryan Malloy that features Transition Sebastopol and its members, especially those in our Energy group!
carbon nation is a documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues. You'll meet a host of entertaining and endearing characters along the way.- carbon nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment.
- Public opinion is sliding the wrong way - far fewer people are concerned about climate change than even a year ago. We’ve made carbon nation to give a majority of people an entertaining, informed and pragmatic primer about why it’s incredibly smart to be a part of the new, low-carbon economy: it’s good business.
- carbon nation's optimism and pragmatism are appealing across the political spectrum. While other good films have been about problems, blame and guilt,carbon nation is a film that celebrates solutions, inspiration and action.
FREE EVENT
~donations appreciated~
Come early and enjoy dinner!
Location:
The French Garden Restaurant
8050 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol
Google map: http://tinyurl.com/frenchgardenmap
Thursday July 28, 2011
Start: Jul 28 2011 6:30 pm
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?
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
Reminder to all: the Elders Salon is regular and ongoing on the fourth Thursday of each month.
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
Saturday July 30, 2011
Start: Jul 30 2011 9:00 am
End: Jul 30 2011 1:00 pm
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
Schedule:
9:00-10:30: Work party in the Community Seed Garden
10:30: Class
9:00- 1:00--Seed Exchange: Free seeds to share. (Seeds and resources are available the whole time.)
Come by and check out our seeds or stay for the whole time!.
All classes and seeds are free to the community!
West County Seed Bank:
Help build our seed saving network! Join Sonoma County Gardeners in expanding our repository of free, locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide-free, non-GMO vegetable, herb, and flower seeds!We meet the last Saturday of each month to swap plants and seeds; and to share ideas and techniques on seeds growing and saving.
For information go to: westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com
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
Monday August 01, 2011
Start: Aug 1 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Monday August 08, 2011
Start: Aug 8 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Wednesday August 10, 2011
Start: Aug 10 2011 7:00 pm
Localize! Sebastopol: The Economics of Happiness at Hopmonk
Join the Localize! Bicycle Tour crew on August 10th for The Economics of Happiness and live music in The Abbey at Hopmonk in Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave. Doors will open at 7:00pm, and admission is $10. All Ages.
The event will begin with a brief overview of the tour, a screening of The Economics of Happiness will follow, and finally, Becky White and her whole band will rock the night away.
From August 1st to August 21st, Becky White and James Miller will pedal hundreds of miles to promote and document the Bay Area’s growing movement for economic localization. Staff from the Berkeley office of The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), Becky and James will screen the award-winning documentary, The Economics of Happiness, in several cities. They will visit community leaders and project sites throughout Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. They hope to show that local initiatives like community supported agriculture, farmer’s markets, strong local businesses, and local renewable energy, are not only good for our sense of well-being, but our economy, and our environment.
Five years in the making, The Economics of Happiness is a global tour-de-force—going beyond identifying problems, it outlines realistic solutions to our most serious crises. Localization, the film argues, is a powerful strategy to help repair our damaged ecosystems, our societies and ourselves. The film draws inspiration from the emerging worldwide movement for economic localization—urban gardens in Detroit, Transition Towns, hands-on education in Japan, community farming in India, cultural preservation in Peru.
The Economics of Happiness features acclaimed economists, environmentalists and scholars including Vandana Shiva, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu, and the first Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Samdhong Rinpoche.
When: August 10, 7 p.m.
Where: Hopmonk, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol
Cost: $10
White and Miller will keep a detailed blog during their ride, and they will release a compilation of video footage after the tour. A short clip introducing the tour, images, fundraising, and details about screening events can be found on the blog:
http://theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com
Contact:
Becky White, Tel: 01 510 684 0215, Email: b.white@isec.org.uk James Miller, Tel: 01 415 246 1512, E-mail: j.miller@isec.org.uk Tour Blog: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com
The Economics of Happiness: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC): www.isec.org.uk
Monday August 15, 2011
Start: Aug 15 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
