Dear Subscriber,
Transition Initiatives have garnered the attention and
participation of many thousands of people around the world in
a few short years, and much of the reason is their great hopefulness.
We seem to represent an alternative to doom, gloom, and also to the
adversarial politics many of us have become discouraged about.
Like other Transition Initiatives, TSC attemps to unite the local population around positive visions for what we can create together, and to avoid taking sides unnecessarily. Yet obviously, working for change means encountering some disagreement. How can we unify and inspire, and yet not tiptoe around essential steps to resilience?
The TSC steering group has worked hard to develop a policy for how we deal with controversial issues, one that will soon get road-tested as we prepare to enter the local debate about our water supply (see Potluck article to the right).
This policy and others are available on our website. Like everything about TSC, they are a work in progress, and we welcome your input! (See "What do you think?" below, for a chance to give even more input.)
Cheers!
Michael Levy
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What do you think?
|  Survey time!
In order to be a movement, and not just an organization, we need everyone's best thinking.
Toward this end, we have prepared a short (but deep) survey where you can tell us what you most value about Transition Santa Cruz, where you would like to see it go, and how you might like to help.
Please give us a few minutes of your time and fill out the survey now, by clicking here.
Add your bit to "the genius of the local community"!
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Lookout! Here comes the cookout!
|  Sunday, August 29
3 pm for fun & learning,
5 pm to eat
Lone Tree Picnic Area, DeLaveaga Park, Santa Cruz
Free
The Food Working Group of Transition Santa Cruz invites you to a Solar Oven Cookout and Picnic.
3-5pm Share, Learn, Fun, Music, Games (bring a frisbee or ?) Learn about solar ovens & cooking: tips and tricks; info on how to build your own solar DIY oven; solar storytelling; talk with experienced solar oven chefs; ovens in developing countries, more...
5pm Picnic, Potluck, Eat, Share. Bring your own utensils. No alcohol permitted. Bring sun protection.
Solar oven folks can come as early as 9am to prepare and cook as needed to be ready by 5pm. More info here.
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Introducing "Food not Lawns"
|  Maybe you've seen the Food not Lawns banner on the house at 1145 Laurel St., affectionately known by its residents as "Laurel Manor." Or maybe this slogan just sounds like common sense. Either way, here's a group of young adults to learn from.
The UCSC Agroecology-trained crew at Food not Lawns offers classes just about every week in Organic Gardening, From Lawn to Garden, and more, and the price is right: Free!
You can check them out at a class on Energy Conservation, on Tuesday the 17th, 5:30 pm, and learn more about them at their website.
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Also worthy of attention...
|  ♦ A new article on Personal Preparation for resilience by the brilliant Chris Martenson is now available on our website. It addresses questions like "Should I change my life radically to get ready for a world of energy descent?" and "Will my efforts really make a difference?"
♦ Jon Young workshop and year-long series Getting Nature Connected. Jon Young, internationally renowned speaker and author,
is offering a weekend workshop; “Beyond Birding: The Art of
Understanding Bird Language” to be held at the Santa Cruz Waldorf
School. This is a great chance to meet Jon and decide if you want to enroll for the course series. More info at his site.
♦ Pachamama Alliance leaders' training: Save the date. October 22-24, in Ben Lomond. A very special opportunity to become a facilitator for the inspiring Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. More info here.
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Contact Details
831-427-9916
http://transitionsc.org
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August Potluck with
a Purpose
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Loch Lomond Reservoir
♦ Wednesday, August 25,
6:30-9:00 pm ♦ Live Oak Grange, 1900
17th Ave. (map)
♦ Free/donation ♦ Family friendly
Water for the 7th Generation: Toward a Sustainable Water Plan for Santa Cruz
The Transition Santa Cruz Water Group invites your input into their new vision document for meeting our water needs in the years to come.
Also, a video clip from Save Some Water for the Fish, a new local production looking at the habitat needs of endangered native fish.
Go to the Water Working Group web page to learn about water issues and the work of the group so far.
As always, the Potluck will start with delicious food prepared by the participants, and will include a share table, asks and offers, and community announcements.
Children are welcome (even if they don't want to stay for the policy discussion!).
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