Events

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

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 

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

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:

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

 Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol 

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 

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 

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

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 

Dear Friends,

This month's Sustainable Living Course with Angel Rodriguez is CANCELLED.

The next module of the course will be held on the second weekend of September. Details to follow in our next newsletter.

Again, the following event, which was listed in yesterday's newsletter, is CANCELLED for this month:

About the Program:
The Model of Transition for Sustainable Living (MTSL) program consists of twelve modules—one of which will be covered each month in 2011. Together they will provide an overall perspective on current thinking and technology, as well as practical skills for everyday sustainable living. The MTSL program includes a Workbook/Planner, a Reader, a Resource Directory, a Journal, and a series of Visual Aides.

The program has been designed to work in concert with local participating businesses and organizations. The mission of the program is to empower you to act; to transition you from wherever you are today, to a lifestyle that is highly sustainable, within the one-year time period of the course. Therefore, the program consists of 20% theory and 80% practical application.

The course, if completed, will:

· dramatically lower your carbon emissions
· save you money on utilities
· reduce your demand on resources
· assist you in becoming more socially responsible
· help you to become a steward of the environment.

2011 Schedule

September 10 & 11 Emergency Preparedness/CERT Training
October 8 & 9 Energy
November 12 Technology
December 10 Home Environment

TICKETS for TRANSITION STYLE can be purchased at the door or in advance at FUNK & FLASH, 228 So. Main, Sebastopol; donation $10 - $20 to benefit Transition Sebastopol. Event begins at 3 pm (for audience) and Transition Sebastopol FEAST group will be serving delicious locally-sourced food that day, with separate pricing.

Check out these links to SONOMA WEST TIMES & NEWS (p. A13) and the WEST COUNTY GAZETTE (p. 57) for stories about the event and pictures of Nalani Genser & Natalie Rogers and Millard Murphy, respectively.

Also, the WINDOW at COPPERFIELD'S USED BOOKS and outside the MASONIC HALL for Makaila Allen's signs and the Transition Style Banner created by the TRANSITION ART BRIGADE.

Instead of the regular HeartSing this month, our efforts will combine with the special event "Transition Style" on Aug 21st (see above event listing) and we will meet after the fashion show for extra HeartSing fun and frolic. Stay tuned for more details!

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