Events

The Transition Sebastopol Energy Group and SolarWorks  (solarworksca.com) will be holding it's next regular meeting to continue planning of the 2013 Energy Solutions Tours.

Date: 4/18/13

Time: 6:30pm

Location: SolarWorks
 400 Morris Street #C, Sebastpol

Open to the public and no RSVP is required although it is always good to know.

Contact Woody Hastings if you have any questions:  woodyhastings@gmail.com

 When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz. Our informal gathering is usually indoors now, in the back room when we can get it. Our numbers have grown and we can hear one another better inside, though a hot day may put us back outdoors. We encourage you to try it some week.

Drop in-arrival and departure times are loose. We no longer use a sign to identify ourselves, so if you see a gathering of gray heads, just inquire.

-- Alexandra, Lucky, and the Transition Elders

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. 
Contact: dg1140@sonic.net, (707) 291-0438, and

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. 
Contact: jimsand@sonic.net, (707)  829-4729

A venue for psycho-spiritual change designed to cultivate community and inner development.

Becoming Change, beginning June 12, 2012 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 

 When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz. Our informal gathering is usually indoors now, in the back room when we can get it. Our numbers have grown and we can hear one another better inside, though a hot day may put us back outdoors. We encourage you to try it some week.

Drop in-arrival and departure times are loose. We no longer use a sign to identify ourselves, so if you see a gathering of gray heads, just inquire.

-- Alexandra, Lucky, and the Transition Elders

When: Friday, April 26 to 28

Where: The Link, 1385 8th Street, Arcata, CA 95521

Cost: $150 before April 15th (may be secured with $75 deposit with balance due at registration); $165 afterwards. Fees include meals (2 days), refreshments and all materials. Donations for scholarships will be gratefully accepted (tax deductible).

The Transition movement is a global network of hundreds of communities in 34 countries taking creative action to build community resilience as we face Climate Change, Resource Depletion and Economic Instability. The Transition model offers a positive way to respond and to improve our quality of life.

I want to extend a personal invitation to you to attend Transition Humboldt's upcoming "Training for Transition" - an official "LAUNCH" training by Transition US. This participatory, 15-hour course describes how to catalyze, support and facilitate community transition and resilience with imaginative and inspiring ways to engage your community.

Transition Training is being hosted by Transition Humboldt the weekend of April 26th – 28th. The event begins the evening with a Community Potluck at 5 pm with an overview presentation of the Transition movement presented by our trainers, Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer. At 7:00 pm, those who have registered will stay for the first session of the weekend training. Two continental breakfasts, Saturday lunch and evening reception are included in price. Free housing is available for out-of-town visitors. Some scholarships are available (info at www.TransitionHumboldt.org).

Curriculum includes:

· Developing a clear understanding of the context for Transition Initiatives, the current global situation and the transformational possibilities that arise from climate change, the end of cheap oil and global economic instability.

· Understanding what the Transition model is – including an in-depth look at the 12 steps, from inspiration, setting up the initiating group, all the way to having active and effective working groups.

· Experiencing a joint visioning process.

· Understanding how to organize effective meetings such as public talks, open space days, and small theme working groups.
· Understanding the purpose and principles of an Energy Descent Action Plan.

· Develop the outline of an effective and inspiring talk on the Transition movement.
· Form useful contacts with other Transition Initiatives and individuals interested in the Transition model.

· Have a plan of action for themselves and their locality.

Instructors: Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer, certified Transition US Trainers

More info/ Registration:

Eventbrite (http://transitionhumboldt.eventbrite.com)

Website: www.TransitionHumboldt.org

Email: Larry Goldberg (larry@northcoast.com)
Phone: (707) 845-7272

When: Friday, April 26 to 28

Where: The Link, 1385 8th Street, Arcata, CA 95521

Cost: $150 before April 15th (may be secured with $75 deposit with balance due at registration); $165 afterwards. Fees include meals (2 days), refreshments and all materials. Donations for scholarships will be gratefully accepted (tax deductible).

The Transition movement is a global network of hundreds of communities in 34 countries taking creative action to build community resilience as we face Climate Change, Resource Depletion and Economic Instability. The Transition model offers a positive way to respond and to improve our quality of life.

I want to extend a personal invitation to you to attend Transition Humboldt's upcoming "Training for Transition" - an official "LAUNCH" training by Transition US. This participatory, 15-hour course describes how to catalyze, support and facilitate community transition and resilience with imaginative and inspiring ways to engage your community.

Transition Training is being hosted by Transition Humboldt the weekend of April 26th – 28th. The event begins the evening with a Community Potluck at 5 pm with an overview presentation of the Transition movement presented by our trainers, Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer. At 7:00 pm, those who have registered will stay for the first session of the weekend training. Two continental breakfasts, Saturday lunch and evening reception are included in price. Free housing is available for out-of-town visitors. Some scholarships are available (info at www.TransitionHumboldt.org).

Curriculum includes:

· Developing a clear understanding of the context for Transition Initiatives, the current global situation and the transformational possibilities that arise from climate change, the end of cheap oil and global economic instability.

· Understanding what the Transition model is – including an in-depth look at the 12 steps, from inspiration, setting up the initiating group, all the way to having active and effective working groups.

· Experiencing a joint visioning process.

· Understanding how to organize effective meetings such as public talks, open space days, and small theme working groups.
· Understanding the purpose and principles of an Energy Descent Action Plan.

· Develop the outline of an effective and inspiring talk on the Transition movement.
· Form useful contacts with other Transition Initiatives and individuals interested in the Transition model.

· Have a plan of action for themselves and their locality.

Instructors: Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer, certified Transition US Trainers

More info/ Registration:

Eventbrite (http://transitionhumboldt.eventbrite.com)

Website: www.TransitionHumboldt.org

Email: Larry Goldberg (larry@northcoast.com)
Phone: (707) 845-7272

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

Schedule: 
9:00-10:30: Work party in the Community Seed Garden

9:00- 11:00: Seed Exchange: Free seeds to share. (Seeds and resources are available the whole time.) 

11:00 - 12 noon: Class: Introductions to Seed Saving - this basic overview will give you all you need to know to dive into the wonderful world of seed saving - taught by Electra De Peyster, master gardener.

You are invited to get FREE SEED from the 200+ varieties ofvegetables, flowers, herbs, and grains in our Seed Library. All seeds were grown out in our Seed Garden or in other parts of Sonoma County. We hope you will grow some of this stock out to seed and return it to us next year. If you are already a seed saver, please consider donating some of your seeds to us. 

Come by and check out our seeds or stay for the whole time!.

All classes and seeds are free to the community! 

When: Saturday, April 27, 5:00 pm

Where: Sequoia Village Cohousing Common House, 459 Sequoia Lane, Sebastopol- off Covert Lane, opposite to the south of Pacific Market (Fiesta) and west a little, before Pleasant Hill. Look for the sequoia trees beyond the church.

FREE

ReGeneration, the coming together of a sustainability-focused educational program group of younger people and members of our Elders Salon will meet April 27 at Sequoia Village. After our meeting we are opening the doors to other local youth and elders who are interested in connecting to gather from 4:45 to 6:00 to share.

When: Friday, April 26 to 28

Where: The Link, 1385 8th Street, Arcata, CA 95521

Cost: $150 before April 15th (may be secured with $75 deposit with balance due at registration); $165 afterwards. Fees include meals (2 days), refreshments and all materials. Donations for scholarships will be gratefully accepted (tax deductible).

The Transition movement is a global network of hundreds of communities in 34 countries taking creative action to build community resilience as we face Climate Change, Resource Depletion and Economic Instability. The Transition model offers a positive way to respond and to improve our quality of life.

I want to extend a personal invitation to you to attend Transition Humboldt's upcoming "Training for Transition" - an official "LAUNCH" training by Transition US. This participatory, 15-hour course describes how to catalyze, support and facilitate community transition and resilience with imaginative and inspiring ways to engage your community.

Transition Training is being hosted by Transition Humboldt the weekend of April 26th – 28th. The event begins the evening with a Community Potluck at 5 pm with an overview presentation of the Transition movement presented by our trainers, Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer. At 7:00 pm, those who have registered will stay for the first session of the weekend training. Two continental breakfasts, Saturday lunch and evening reception are included in price. Free housing is available for out-of-town visitors. Some scholarships are available (info at www.TransitionHumboldt.org).

Curriculum includes:

· Developing a clear understanding of the context for Transition Initiatives, the current global situation and the transformational possibilities that arise from climate change, the end of cheap oil and global economic instability.

· Understanding what the Transition model is – including an in-depth look at the 12 steps, from inspiration, setting up the initiating group, all the way to having active and effective working groups.

· Experiencing a joint visioning process.

· Understanding how to organize effective meetings such as public talks, open space days, and small theme working groups.
· Understanding the purpose and principles of an Energy Descent Action Plan.

· Develop the outline of an effective and inspiring talk on the Transition movement.
· Form useful contacts with other Transition Initiatives and individuals interested in the Transition model.

· Have a plan of action for themselves and their locality.

Instructors: Scott McKeown and Beverly Pitzer, certified Transition US Trainers

More info/ Registration:

Eventbrite (http://transitionhumboldt.eventbrite.com)

Website: www.TransitionHumboldt.org

Email: Larry Goldberg (larry@northcoast.com)
Phone: (707) 845-7272

 When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz. Our informal gathering is usually indoors now, in the back room when we can get it. Our numbers have grown and we can hear one another better inside, though a hot day may put us back outdoors. We encourage you to try it some week.

Drop in-arrival and departure times are loose. We no longer use a sign to identify ourselves, so if you see a gathering of gray heads, just inquire.

-- Alexandra, Lucky, and the Transition Elders

When: Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave. Santa Rosa

Cost: $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

Advance Tickets: neweconomy.brownpapertickets.com
www.shareexchange.coop
707-583-7667

Join us for an evening with local author, Richard Heinberg and inspiring local leaders as we discuss the future of economic development in the North Bay region.

Richard Heinberg, author of ten books including the award-winning The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality, will survey three over-arching global trends that provide the context for local economic development and planning.

A panel discussion will follow Richard's talk featuring:
* Marc Armstrong, Director of the Public Banking Institute
* Ann Hancock, Director of the Climate Protection Campaign
* Stacey Lawson, CEO of Ygrene Energy Fund

This event will also highlight these inspiring initiatives:
* Transition Santa Rosa
* Sonoma Clean Power
* WeGo Rideshare Program
* North Bay Small Business Incubator
* North Bay Made Campaign
* 350 Home & Garden Challenge
* Bay Area Steady State Economic Group

Sponsored by Share Exchange and the following community partners: Sonoma County Water Agency, North Bay iHUB, Climate Protection Campaign, Transition United States, North Bay Slow Money Group, Aqus Community, Daily Acts, WORK Petaluma, Mendocino Economic Development Finance Corporation, Sonoma County BEST, Transition Santa Rosa, Post Carbon Institute, Web and Interactive Media Professionals.

 When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz. Our informal gathering is usually indoors now, in the back room when we can get it. Our numbers have grown and we can hear one another better inside, though a hot day may put us back outdoors. We encourage you to try it some week.

Drop in-arrival and departure times are loose. We no longer use a sign to identify ourselves, so if you see a gathering of gray heads, just inquire.

-- Alexandra, Lucky, and the Transition Elders

NEXT MEETING:

The Transition Sebastopol Energy Group Invites you to a…

Sebastopol Community Clean Energy Solutions Tour 

Come tour the Allen raHUS, a multi-energy-feature, carbon neutral, net zero energy, fossil gas-free, all electric house. (Note: “ra” is the Egyptian Sun God, “hus” is Norwegian for “house”) 

When: Saturday, May 11, 3-5pm

Where: At the home of Tor and Dena Allen: The raHUS in Sebastopol, CA (address will be provided to those who RSVP)

Admission: FREE

To RSVP PLEASE CLICK HERE.


Space for the tour and parking is limited. Please walk, ride a bike or carpool if you can. Sign up early and if your plans change please let us know. 

What you will learn about:

· Net zero energy buildings

· Passive solar design

· Thin film laminate “peel & stick-on” solar photovoltaics

· Ground source heat pumps

· Radiant floor heating

· Adjustable solar gain

· The joys of sun oven cooking

· Info about the Solar Schoolhouse program

The 2013 Energy Solutions Tours are a series of visits to local residences, businesses, and farms in and near Sebastopol where energy efficiency and clean energy solutions have been implemented. The event format is usually one to three hours on a weekend day where people will converge on the selected location for a tour of the site, a brief talk, Q&A, and hands-on activity if applicable. The purpose is to educate, share knowledge and skills, engage, interact, inspire, build community, and strengthen local resilience. Mark your calendars for the next tour on June 15th, 3-5pm.

For more info: 707-829-3460

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. 
Contact: dg1140@sonic.net, (707) 291-0438, and

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. 
Contact: jimsand@sonic.net, (707)  829-4729

A venue for psycho-spiritual change designed to cultivate community and inner development.

Becoming Change, beginning June 12, 2012 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. 

Next monthly Energy Group planning meeting will be on May 16 at 6:30pm at SolarWorks, 400 Morris Street #C. All are welcome.

 When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol

Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz. Our informal gathering is usually indoors now, in the back room when we can get it. Our numbers have grown and we can hear one another better inside, though a hot day may put us back outdoors. We encourage you to try it some week.

Drop in-arrival and departure times are loose. We no longer use a sign to identify ourselves, so if you see a gathering of gray heads, just inquire.

-- Alexandra, Lucky, and the Transition Elders

Get ready to inspire and be inspired! Spend the day up in beautiful Sonoma to help us launch the NorCal Transition Network. Come for part of the day or stay for the entire time... you can even spend the night!

The day's events will include:

MORNING WORK PARTY: 
9-noon (or get there whenever you can):

Participate in the 350 Home and Garden Challenge! Grab your work gloves and head to the Sonoma Garden Park, where we will participate in helping to beautify the community garden. You will be helping beautify the garden, so please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and bring garden gloves if you have them. We will provide gloves if you don’t.

Work Party Location: Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th Street East in Sonoma 

LUNCH:
noon-1 pm
Bring some food for potluck lunch at the park, or head on over to the Community Cafe for lunch. 

AFTERNOON MEETING:
1:30-4:30 pm
 We'll gather at the Sonoma Community Center for some lively networking, capacity building and concrete steps to move the NorCal Transition Network forward. Breakout sessions will include:

• What's going on with Transition groups
• Introduction to some exciting and successful projects. Project Coordinators will discuss the project details and how Transition Initiatives can participate and/or replicate them. The projects will include :
• Marco Vangelista's Alternative Economics curriculum
• Bay Bucks
• Research about Solar Options
• Empathic Listening from the Connection Action Project and
• Crop Swaps.
• Brainstorming session about the nexus with permaculture and the Transition Movement; how can permaculture and Transition Initiatives be more closely aligned and partnering? How can we collaborate to work on some tangible projects?
• Interactive discussion about the Transition NorCal Steering Committee and proposed Fall Conference

Meeting Location:
276 East Napa Street Sonoma

DINNER:
5:30-9 pm
Come join us for dinner at a beautiful house in the hills of Sonoma!

If you are interested in spending the night, homestays will be available.

For more information please contact:

Susan Silber (susansilber07@gmail.com); 415-806-8955

If you're ready to RSVP with EVENTBRITE.