Dear Subscriber,
Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
—Barbara Kingsolver
What renews your hope? Learning practical skills to build a resilient future and life for yourself? Listening to hopeful and visionary speakers? Helping save the climate by expressing yourself online? Or dancing your dreams for an healthy and equitable planet?
All those opportunities and many, many more are available to you in Santa Cruz this month. This newsletter lists a few.
—Michael Levy
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Sustaining our water future
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Thursday, May 12, 7pm
Unity Temple, 407 Broadway,
Santa Cruz
Free
With James Fryer, former Head of Conservation Programs, Marin Municipal Water District. James has written about the cost of conservation programs compared to desalination. He will respond to the claim, “We’ve already done so much conservation, we really can’t do much more”. You can read his report "Sustaining Our Water Future," here.
Also, The Transition Santa Cruz Water Work Group has a new online water awareness events calendar listing water-related education activities in Santa Cruz County. Check it out here. |
Don't miss signing our climate survey!
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It's not too late! If you haven't yet completed the online survey or one of our postcards supporting our "16 point Community Response to the Climate Action Plan," please consider it now.
Our goal is to let the City know we're serious about substantial action to save the Earth's climate. Your vote makes a difference!
Click the "Sign on" button to go to a page where you can read the 16 points and complete an easy survey showing your support.
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The future of food from plow to plate
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A "What's Next" lecture
Wednesday, May 11, 7 pm
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St.
Santa Cruz
$15 at door/ $3 students (any age)
Get a discount, see below
Science, innovation and collaboration are changing the way that we grow, market and consume food.
At this event you will hear from Maureen Wilmot, executive director of the Organic Food Research Foundation, Randall Grahm, Bonny Doon Vineyard founder and biodynamic farming proponent, Scott Roseman, founder and owner of New Leaf Community Markets, and Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue, who is also president of Royal Rose, one of the largest producers of radicchio in the world.
Transition Santa Cruz members--that's you--can get a ticket for just $10.49 by pre-purchasing here and entering the discount code "collaborate." Such a deal!
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Awakening the dreamer—and dancer!
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This Saturday, May 7
Symposium, 1 to 5:30 pm
Dance jam, 7:30 to 10 pm
Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave.
$15 whole event, $10 dance only
As you may know, the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium is a profound inquiry into a bold vision: to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Earth.
This special edition of the Symposium will fuse movement and dance with the multi- media Symposium contents to create a more grounding and empowering experience. And, you can come in the evening just to dance! More info here.
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Register your great deeds
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Anytime before May 15
At transitionUS.org
Free
What are you doing the weekend of May 14-15? If it's anything resilience- or sustainability-related, you can help put Santa Cruz on the map by registering your large or small action on the Transition US website as part of the "350 Challenge." It's easy, fun, and who knows, you may inspire someone in Poughkeepsie.
Just click on the image and make your presence known.
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Also worthy of attention...
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♦ The Reskilling Expo
Saturday, May 14, 10 to 4
Live Oak Senior Center
1777 Capitola Road
$0 to $25
Always a great event, full of practical tips on skilling up from bees to ham radio. Information here.
♦ Rail Corridor Cleanup: Volunteers needed
Saturday, May 14, 10 am
Meet at parking lot of Simpkins Swim Center
A great chance to contribute to sustainable transportation and brighten the county's new prize possession, the rail line! More info here.
♦ Community Garden Space available downtown
A once neglected piece of land, the Green Union Community Garden, on the corner of Chestnut and Chestnut Extension, has grown into a beautiful place to plant and harvest to your heart's desire. We seek positive community-minded families and individuals to actively participate. Contact: Laurie Brooks.
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Contact Details
831-427-9916
http://transitionsc.org
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Potluck with a Purpose
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♦ Wednesday, May 25,
6:30 to 9:00 pm
♦ Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave. (map)
♦ Free/donation
♦ Family friendly
♦ Bring a dish to share, any items to swap, and community announcements
The joy of bikes, practical and impractical
In honor of Bike Month, we are inviting zany bike creators, bike commuters with trailers, folks with Extracycles and unicycles and adult tricycles, and more to bring their human-powered conveyance at 6:30. You can view and test ride and ask questions, and share your own if you like.
Reversing our typical order, we will save our food until after this main, outdoor event.
After, or maybe during dinner, we will have a short presentation and Q & A to answer your questions about how to use bikes for commuting and other practical needs.
Co-sponsored by People Power.
As I'm sure you know, there is also a full week of varied bike events, including Bike to Work/ School day, starting on May 9. Calendar available here.
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