Transition Sebastopol | March 12 2010- April 11 2010

First Meeting of the TS Energy Group
2010-03-23 01:30 UTC
The Energy group is having its firstgathering Monday March, 22nd, 6:30 @ Laguna Farm.

Goals for the group and a mission statement will be discussed.

For questions contact: Scott Mathieson at scott@lagunafarm.com

TS Re-Skill: 350 Gardens Challenge organizing meeting
2010-03-25 02:00
Help us organize the 350 Garden Challenge!!

Transition Sebastopol is hosting an organizing meeting for the 350 Garden Challenge on Wednesday March 24th at 7pm. The 350 Garden Challenge's goal is to create (or expand) 350 waterwise food gardens in Sonoma County on the weekend of May 15-16.

Every community in the county will be organizing their area and Transition Sebastopol is taking on the West County. We hope to bring together local food, water conservation, and community and tie it into the 350 movement to cut greenhouse emissions. We need help in doing outreach and publicity, organizing a couple model, higher profile gardens and coordinating logistics and volunteers.

Heart & Soul Collective Meditation
2010-03-26 01:30 - 02:15
Every Thursday
6:30-7:15
optional potluck afterward

Dhyana Center
7740 Atkinson Rd.
Sebastopol
For more information contact: karmendraji@yahoo.com

Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives. This non-sectarian, unguided, collective meditation will draw on the insights and inspiration from various spiritual traditions to support personal meditation practice.

TS Elder Salon
2010-03-26 01:30
The Transition Sebastopol Elder Salon will be meeting on March 25th and every last Thursday of the month.

Location:

Sequoia Village
459 Sequoia Lane
(located across the street south from Pacific Market, and before Pleasant Hill)
~ Please park on the street ~

Read more about the Elder Salon here.

For questions contact Alexandra Hart at ahart@sonic.net.

West County Community Seed Bank: Seed Saving
2010-03-27 17:00 - 20:00
Happy Spring Equinox!!!

The next West County Community Seed Bank is on Saturday March 27th from 10 to 1 at the Salmon Creek School Garden. With the warm weather this week everyone should be in their gardens, a good time to come get some seeds or bring some to share, bring extra plants to share also.

There will be a class from 10:30 til 12 on Seed Saving by Yedi Seed. Yedi is a long term seed saver with loads of experience- he will go over the basic concepts and techniques you need to understand for successful seed saving. Rain or shine, we will be in the greenhouse if it is raining.

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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
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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

TS Movie Night: \"No Impact Man\"
2010-04-01 02:00
Come join us at our next Transition Sebastopol Movie Night at the French Garden Restaurant!

About the Movie:
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Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year.

It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage.

No problem – at least for Colin – but he and his family live in Manhattan. So when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own.

Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation, while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from Colin and Michelle’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change.

Watch the trailer here:

FREE EVENT
~donations appreciated

H&S Special Event: The Truth Mandala
2010-04-06 02:00 - 04:30
Transition Sebastopol Heart & Soul group invites you to a special evening of Joanna Macy's "The Work that Reconnects."

The Truth Mandala

Community ritual for supporting the transformation of grief into compassion, fear into love and separation into celebration! with Kari Stettler and Stefanie Schulte

Truth-telling is like oxygen: It enlivens us. Without it we grow confused and numb. It is also a homecoming, bringing us back to powerful connection and basic authority - Joanna Macy
Emotions can be a trap, and they can be potent energy for new creation!
