| Receive updates on local transition events: |
| Email: |
| Visit this group |
Events
Monday September 12, 2011
Start: Sep 12 2011 8:00 am
End: Sep 12 2011 9:00 am
Registration:
Informative, inspiring and engaging events like this one are made possible through donations from those who benefit most ... people like you. We just want to thank you advance for your support. The suggested donation for this event is $10 but we are grateful for any amount, larger or smaller.
Descripton:
Join us for an insightful conversation with Rob Hopkins, author, Permaculturist and founder of the Transition Towns Movement.
In this conversation we will be asking Rob to go more deeply into the "ingredients of Transition" as well as answering questions supplied by participants. Transition US board member, author and visionary Vicki Robin will be the host for this call.
In July our call with Rob, hosted by Richard Heinberg has been listened to by well over 1,000 people in just a few short weeks. If you have not heard that yet - listen to a recording of our last call with Rob here >>
Start: Sep 12 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
Friday September 16, 2011
Start: Sep 16 2011 3:30 pm
http://transitionsebastopol.org/sites/default/files/color/pixture-d71754...); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(245, 249, 232); min-width: 800px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; ">
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
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.
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
Saturday September 17, 2011
Start: Sep 17 2011 10:00 am
End: Sep 17 2011 12:00 pm
In this class we will talk about the origins of stress in our nervous systems as a way of understanding why we feel stressed out. Additionally, we will discuss specific plants that can be helpful to address nervous system issues such as anxiety, depression and insomnia. Learn how you can incorporate medicinal herbs into your wellness toolkit.
When: Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m.--Noon
Where: Sonoma County Herb Exchange Barn at Laguna Farm, 1764 Cooper Road, Sebastopol
Cost: $10 donation—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 email suzie@suziegruber.com.
Monday September 19, 2011
Start: Sep 19 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
Thursday September 22, 2011
Start: Sep 22 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
Friday September 23, 2011
Start: Sep 23 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
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.
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
Saturday September 24, 2011
Start: Sep 24 2011 9:00 am
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 September 26, 2011
Start: Sep 26 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 September 28, 2011
Start: Sep 28 2011 7:00 pm
When: Wednesday, September 28, 7- 9 p.m.
Please join Transition Sebastopol for our screening of the film DIVE!- a humorous and informative about food waste in America. (this film was originally slated to be shown last month, but was postponed due to technical difficulties.)
Joining us for our discussion following the movie will be Paul Kaiser- local food activist and director/farmer at Singing Frogs Farm, Jaques Ropert of the Dumpster Dive Network, and a rep from the Redwood Empire Food Bank. All of these community members are actively involved in local food security on a grassroots level. We hope you come to add your voice, and find out how YOU can plug in to our efforts to relocalize!
About the Movie:
"Inspirired by a curiosity about our country's careless habit of sending food straight to the landfill, the multi-award winning documentary DIVE! followsJeremy Selfert and his friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys, and gated garbage recepicals of LA's supermarkets. In the process they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food- resulting in an inspiring documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism, and a call to action."
Please stay with us after the movie, and lend your voice to our lively and interesting discussion directly following the movie.
See you there!
FREE EVENT
~donations appreciated~
Come early and enjoy dinner!
Location:
The French Garden Restaurant
8050 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol
Google map: http://tinyurl.com/frenchgardenmap
Friday September 30, 2011
Start: Sep 30 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
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.
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
Monday October 03, 2011
Start: Oct 3 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
Friday October 07, 2011
Start: Oct 7 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
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.
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
Saturday October 08, 2011
Start: Oct 8 2011 9:00 pm
End: Oct 8 2011 9:00 pm
When: Saturday, October 8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol, CA
COST: $20 No one turned away for lack of funds
Please email angel@wegreenyou.com or call Angel @ 477-4564 in advance to RSVP.
THEME OF THE MONTH: Emergency Preparedness
Are You Prepared for Emergencies?
Community helping our community to prepare for the unexpected. The best offense is defense.
Practical applications: Health, home and community strategies/preparations to gain resilience.
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.
Monday October 10, 2011
Start: Oct 10 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 October 12, 2011
9:30 am - 10:45 am |
|
• Inner Tools for the Transiton
|
While we are learning skills for supporting our home and health, let us not forget some of the age old tools for accessing our inner home! There are some very practical and simple techniques you can do to become more calm, centered and clear, even while the world around you seems to be in chaos. In this demonstration, we will guide you in a taste of Joanna Macy's work and reconnecting with nature-- as well as some potent tools for reconnecting with your own inner wisdom. You will learn how to more reliably access that wise part of yourself, your intuition. Accurate, quick information is extremely valuable in countless scenarios. Use these 'inner reskilling' tools of nature and your intuition to navigate through the uncertainty and stress in our lives, and our world and for deeper sense of peace, clarity and joy.
|
• Felting with Hazel Flett |
Learn some basic felting techniques taking it from raw fleece to a finished piece. You can make almost any part of your wardrobe with this locally available and sustainable fiber. Hazel Flett has been working with sheep and wool all of her life. As part of Bodega Pastures, she brings her beautiful wool products to the Farmer’s Market.
|
• Cheesemaking- Basic Mozzerella
|
Learn one of the simplest cheeses to make in a short period. Very few people make a goat mozerella, a rare treat! Patty Karlin has been making cheese as Bodega Artisan Cheeses since 1984. They produce cheese with smallscale, sustainable practices.
|
• Gopher Control
|
Gophers make growing your food in West County more difficult, learn some basic techniques to help keep them under control. Sara McCamant has been a gardening teacher for over 20 years. Gophers have been a more recent arrival in her gardening life, but she has had lots of experience in trapping, cages, and raised beds.
|
11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
|
• Backyard Chickens
|
In this course we will go over the basics of starting your own backyard chicken operation. We will cover coop styles, sizes, roosters or not, feed, clean up, disease basics, raising chicks, laying boxes, runs, fencing, nutrition and anything else that comes up. After this course you will be ready to start producing your own eggs.,
Mike Stokes is a Green Builder and Designer. He founded Lush Planet Design Build, the Holistic House Doctor and Stokes Sustainable Builders. His Construction and Design company now focuses on designing and building the infrastructure for self reliance. He currently lives on his own 1/4 acre micro farm which he designed and built that includes 13 chickens, 3 goats, a mini fruit orchard, 3 bee hives, an annual food garden, a perennial permaculture garden and a medicinal herb garden.
|
• Brining Olive
|
The Olive curing workshop will cover all aspects of the Olive from the trees, the different varieties, the two world's (table Olives and Olive Oil) of Olives, when to pick, and three ways to de-bitter Olives. Water cure, Greek style brine cure and dry salt cure. Storage and flavoring will touched on ,too. Followed by tasting Olives with cheese and crackers and some Tapenade. Don will be available for questions afterward for a while. Recipe handouts for all interested.
Don Landis has been eating Olives his whole life. The green ones stuffed with that red stuff and the black ones kids put on their finger tips. Then at a pot luck a friend's friend brought her uncles home made Olives. WOW!!! Since then Don starting making Olives. For about 10 year's he has giving presentations about Olives. Talking about the history of the Olive, the history of the Olive in California and a thorough description of how to make Olives edible with no lye. (they are disgustingly bitter on the tree).
|
• Herbal First Aid from the Kitchen and Garden
|
Join Larkin for a fun and informative session about herbs and common ailments. Learn of helpful first aid plants that may already be residing in your kitchen, garden or even lurking as weeds in the back yard. Then, join the mass of people who are saving the world . . . one dandelion at a time. Larkin has cultivated a passion for plants and healing since her youth. As a child she developed a very personal connection with the yarrow, nettle, and raspberry growing wild around her Alaskan home. These same friends became the healing companions Achillea millefolium, Urtica dioica and Rubus idaeus of her adulthood. Larkin has been a student, medicine maker and teacher in Sonoma County for 13 years. Her practice focuses on education and empowerment. It is her joy to introduce people to the ordinary weedy plants that are always under foot. Helping people build connections with plant allies, in support of their health and care of their community, is Larkin's labor and art.
|
• Compost Tea
|
details tba |
• Candle Making for Kids
|
details tba
|
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
|
• Beekeeping 101
|
How to obtain and keep local survivor honey bees for pollination and bee products. Importance of beekeeper collaboration pertaining to queen raising with locally evolved genetics. How to modify a standard Langstroth hive for more natural and effective beekeeping. Information on DIY top bar hives. Overview of various beehive products as an indispensable natural pharmacy. Kristin Petrasek has worked at beekind Honey Shop and Beekeeping Supplies in Sebastopol for the past 3.5 years and has kept honeybees for this time. She speaks daily with beekeepers of all skill levels and experience from Sonoma, Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties, and considers herself to be a "keeper of beekeepers," learning what is and what isn't working in the world of natural backyard beekeeping in Northern California. She has sat on the board of Partners for Sustainable Pollination, is a Certified Therapeutic Chef, a plant enthusiast, and desires to create permanent oasis's of medicinal and nutritive gardens for people and pollinators alike.
|
• Greywater Basics with Damian Macanany and Rachel Dawson |
tba Rachel Adair Dawson is an earthling who loves taking steps to make life on this planet beautifully resilient. As a recent transplant from southern California and a native of the Gulf Coast, she breathes with gratitude to be basking in the local abundance of Sebastopol. Because sharing what she's learned is one of her passions, she has been leading workshops and events on sustainability for over a decade. She is a certified Permaculture Designer and published author.
|
• Guerilla Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation with Jay Ma |
Learn basic techniques for growing edible and medicinal mushrooms in your backyard or elsewhere! We will be working with hands-on innoculaton techniques with shitake, reishi, and oyster mushrooms. Participants will leave with a take home oyster mushroom kit that will enable them to grow edible mushrooms at home.
Jay Ma is a permaculture designer, community organizer, former smurf, and director of programs at Living Mandala. He works with regenerative educators and institutions organizing educational courses, workshops, and events for personal and planetary regeneration. Jay has experience with and a passion for outdoor mushroom cultivation, which he loves to share. |
• |
|
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm |
|
• Timber Frame Joinery
|
This class will introduce the craft of joining two or more timbers without metal fasteners. The participants will get the opportunity to lay out the joinery with pencils, measures and squares. They will also get to cut, fit, and finally join the timbers with hand tools. There is no experience required to join in the fun as we craft a useful project together. Brandon Wolf has worked in both finish and timber frame carpentry, after an apprenticeship at the Heartwood Traditional Homebuilding School in Massachusetts. He now works locally as an engineer. He is passionate about the subject of timber joinery and eager to spread the craft to anyone who is interested. |
• Papermaking: Ancient Craft ~ Contemporary Wisdom ~ Playful Medium
|
All Levels….Children welcome 8 and under accompanied by and AdultIn this exploration of paper-making from scratch we will delight in the many aspects of this ancient craft. We will cook and beat fibers, use cambium fibers form Asia and explore combinations of recycled fibers, ancient and contemporary sheet formations techniques, wet collage and express our creativity within this extensive tactile medium, plan to get wet and swim in the fibers of this experience.
Meryl Juniper of TumbleWeed Expression, CreekMonkey Studio and Mama Meryl’s Healing Salve is a visual and performing artist, salve maker, teacher and mother. Meryl delicately encourages the full spectrum of human expression as she brings a core of experience from extensive training in the somatic arts, dance, voice, the visual arts and she hplds a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute and has studied paper-making at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.
|
• Easy Hard Cider
|
Come learn the truth behind Johnny Appleseed and how to make your own easy cider from our county's bountiful apples! Hard cider is arguably the most sustainable and energy efficient fermented beverage that can be made in our bioregion.
Marley Peifer is a local farmer, anthropologist, and homebrewer who teaches workshops and does consulting on sustainable living and home fermentation.
|
• Starting from Seed - Understanding Seed Catalogs and Starting Seeds at Home
|
Curious how to navigate the process from a glossy seed catalog picture to happy little seedlings at home? We will talk about the terms and abbreviations found in a seed catalogs, and then discuss the many options you have at home for seed starting. Containers, soil mixes, proper environment, and transplanting will also demonstrated.
Heidi Herrmann is a farmer and owner of Strong Arm Farm in Healdsburg. She has an Ornamental Horticulture degree from Cal Poly and an MA from SSU in Education. She has taught Sustainable Agriculture at SRJC for 6 years, vends at the Sebastopol Farmer’s Market, and is an avid seaweed harvester too.
|
For more info contact Sara 829-5234 or Ingrid 396-8453.
