Events

YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN IN CO-CREATING COMMUNITY …
The world is changing. Any move that responds to the changing conditions of a world in transition calls for
a similar internal shift. People who are committed to Transition are of necessity making this kind of shift. Sustainability depends upon it. Being in the vanguard means learning new ways of being together. We need to try things out to develop the internal skills that accompany these colossal changes.

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE is an organic form of growth. It requires the hearts and minds of the most committed to create a new response to the challenges we face. This will be a facilitated learning community with the intention of discovering the forms of consciousness that best serve our times, allowing us to become more effective.

• Meets twice a month, no fees charged
• Learn together
• Form bonds that make community resilience a living thing
• Focus is more upon growth than on psychological issues

Facilitated by Sandra “Sandy” Scotchler and David “Lucky” Goff for the Transition Sebastopol Community

About the Facilitators:

In 2003 Lucky Goff, Ph.D., M.F.T., had a brain aneurism. As a result of his stroke and the onset of a rare brain syndrome, he nearly died and ended up permanently disabled. This experience had a transformational effect on David, which cued him into how radically connected all things are.

Sandy Scotchler M.F.T. —Drawn to the healing arts from childhood, she has learned to walk the path of a wounded healer. Becoming an elder at this time calls her
to join with others who care deeply about the earth and want to ollaborate in bringing the needed transformation.

Becoming Change, beginning June 12, will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of each month from 7 – 9 pm.
at the Sequoia Village Commonhouse
(459 Sequoia Lane, just two driveways east of Pleasant Hill, off Covert).

Please park on the street. 

 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 

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.

First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!

-- Alexandra & Lucky  

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! 

We're celebrating LEO BIRTHDAYS

(This means NO Coffee Catz Informal on Friday Aug. 3rd)

BYO Dishes, Utensils, and Beverages and FOOD TO SHARE

It's a TRUST POTLUCK (we trust the food will work out without assigning things).
You might want a chair or blanket or pillow, but there are picnic tables & benches.

We're trying something new.
As we begin to feel like a real community of geezers, we thought that we should hang out together, share food, have an unstructured relaxed time together. Shelaara, Arlene and Larry stepped forward to make this happen for us:

AT IVES PARK, SEBASTOPOL
7400 Willow Street - by which address I'd have been stymied: 
It's bounded by So. High Street, Willow St. (up from the post office), and Jewell Street. 
Find us on the west side of Ives Pool.

If you need help getting there, call Shelaara at 829-6333.

 Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.

First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!

-- Alexandra & Lucky

YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN IN CO-CREATING COMMUNITY …
The world is changing. Any move that responds to the changing conditions of a world in transition calls for
a similar internal shift. People who are committed to Transition are of necessity making this kind of shift. Sustainability depends upon it. Being in the vanguard means learning new ways of being together. We need to try things out to develop the internal skills that accompany these colossal changes.

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE is an organic form of growth. It requires the hearts and minds of the most committed to create a new response to the challenges we face. This will be a facilitated learning community with the intention of discovering the forms of consciousness that best serve our times, allowing us to become more effective.

• Meets twice a month, no fees charged
• Learn together
• Form bonds that make community resilience a living thing
• Focus is more upon growth than on psychological issues

Facilitated by Sandra “Sandy” Scotchler and David “Lucky” Goff for the Transition Sebastopol Community

About the Facilitators:

In 2003 Lucky Goff, Ph.D., M.F.T., had a brain aneurism. As a result of his stroke and the onset of a rare brain syndrome, he nearly died and ended up permanently disabled. This experience had a transformational effect on David, which cued him into how radically connected all things are.

Sandy Scotchler M.F.T. —Drawn to the healing arts from childhood, she has learned to walk the path of a wounded healer. Becoming an elder at this time calls her
to join with others who care deeply about the earth and want to ollaborate in bringing the needed transformation.

Becoming Change, beginning June 12, will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of each month from 7 – 9 pm.
at the Sequoia Village Commonhouse
(459 Sequoia Lane, just two driveways east of Pleasant Hill, off Covert).

Please park on the street. 

 Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.

First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!

-- Alexandra & Lucky

Chicken Processing Workshop
with Nathan Feileacan and Brian Gaberman

Location: 1965 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol.

Cost: $15

Meet the pasture-raised roosters, learn how to handle,process and ranch-butcher the birds.  Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting wet.

Session #1 of the Homesteading Weekend Workshop all day Saturday 9-6 pm and Sunday 9-4 pm.  (Pay individually per session or full-weekend: $70.  Ask about family discounts)

Register by Paypal to Michelle@Feileacan.com or email to pay by check or cash.  Include Name of all participants and which workshops you’ll be attending.

Food Preserving and Lacto-Fermentation Basics
with Nathan Feileacan

Location: 1965 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol.

Cost: $15

Learn the basics of home canning and preserving while making a batch of pickles.  Also learn the basics of lacto-fermentation whilemaking a simple sauerkraut (samples will be on hand to demonstrate each stage in the process).

Session #2 of the Homesteading Weekend Workshop all day Saturday 9-6 pm and Sunday 9-4 pm.  (Pay individually per session or full-weekend: $70. Ask about family discounts)

Register by Paypal to Michelle@Feileacan.com or email to pay by check or cash.  Include Name of all participants and which workshops you’ll beattending.

Earthen Oven and Cob Bench Building
with Kevin Karmendra Rossi

Where: 1965 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol.

Cost: $60 (includes lunch)

Learn to build an outdoor wood-fired oven using local,natural materials.  Get your hands dirty and leave with a working knowledge to create your own beautiful earthen oven. 

Session #3 of the Homesteading Weekend Workshop all day Saturday 9-6 pm and Sunday 9-4 pm.  (Pay individually per session or full-weekend: $70. Ask about family discounts)