TSV Open Meeting and Potluck on Monday 1/26/2015 in Los Altos at 6p

Happy New Year! Our thoughts are to start social with wine, appetizers and posters  that cover:

Our past
- History if TSV, our founding mission, values and evolution

Today
- What are current  community needs to achieve sustainability?
- What existing organizations, efforts are working to fill gaps?
- What are gaps that are not being addressed?

Future
- What role can  TSV play to shore up community sustainability?
- How should TSV show up and align with other efforts?

You are all invited to write ideas on posters and share your thoughts.

We can the convene a discussion around past, present and tomorrow to invite ideas. We are asking the question, who might be interested and will join us with this next phase.


Please RSVP to Victoria Armigo at varmigo@earthlink.net

Fourth Friday/Films of Vision and Hope "Worse than Poop" 1/23/2015 7:15p in Palo Alto

Fourth Friday/Films of Vision and Hope
Worse than Poop
e2 Transport- London, the Price of Traffic

As the Peninsula grapples with how to address traffic congestion and rising carbon emissions from transportation, these two short films shed light on the problems posed by car traffic in an increasingly congested urban world. From an animated universe in which cars ‘poop out’ their CO2, to the mega-city of London where planners challenge the notion that cities should be designed for cars - these films will provide a fun and inspiring way to look at our traffic problems, and consider some radical solutions. Discussion to follow.

Worse Than Poop! (starring UUCPA’s very own Professor Elliot), with filmmaker Vanessa Warheit

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e2 transport - London: the Price of Traffic

Friday January 23, 2015
7:30pm (come at 7:15pm for social time)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 E Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, CA
Fireside Room

All ages welcome
$5 recommended donation - no one turned away for lack of funds

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Films of Vision and Hope focuses on positive solutions to  environmental and social problems affecting our world. Provocative films, great discussion, and opportunities to connect with others who want to make a difference.
Sponsored by Transition Silicon Valley, Transition Palo Alto, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto.

Transition Palo Alto Share Faire 12/14/14 1-3p in Palo Alto

Transition Palo Alto Share Faire

Location:  Cubberley Community Center - Room H-6
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

Sunday, December 14, 2014
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The Holiday Share Faire is coming together.  Are you ready to join us?

We've got a new home, at Cubberley Community Center.  We'll be in Room H-6 and some adjacent space outside.  This means that rain will NOT cancel, just shrink us a little bit.  We won't be able to have a solar oven demonstration in the rain, but we should be able to do most everything else inside.

The address is 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto.  Cubberley is a big place.  We're at the end near Piazza's, not far from the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, which will be holding a book sale at the same time.

We've got a number of great Skill Shares and activities confirmed and will consider adding a few more, including:
Hatha Yoga - Patricia Becker
Growing succulents - Stephanie Erskine
Solar Oven Demonstration - Diane Ruddle
Wreath Making, using plant material from your yard - Marianne Mueller
Water Saving Tips (some flow restrictors will be available) - Margaret Okuzumi
William Mutch will lead the kids in reading stories.  Herb Moore will be there with some music.  Nick Turner will be there with garden tips and advice.  Willi Paul is helping us create an exhibit to tell the story of Transition.

And we'll have space set up to share garden produce, food, books, toys, clothes, holiday decorations and more.

Let us know if you would like to help.  Demonstrations are welcome.  Set-up, clean-up, greeters are very welcome.  Answer this e-mail and we'll find somewhere to fit you in.

You won't want to miss this.  Mark your calendars.  And get ready to Share!

Films of Vision & Hope Holiday Potluck & "Forest Man" Film 12/19/14 7pm in Palo Alto

THIRD Friday/Films of Vision and Hope
Holiday Potluck and Film

NOTE THE DATE AND LOCATION
Friday December 19, 2014 First Congregational Church Palo Alto

Celebrate the holiday season! It's the annual (not Fourth) THIRD Friday holiday potluck.

Bring food/drink to share - and your holiday spirit!

We'll enjoy good company, reflect on the year, and watch "Forest Man," a beautiful and moving short film about a man who has been planting a forest that is now larger than Central Park, one tree at a time.

December 19, 2014 7:00 - 9:30pm

Please note the different location
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Rd. Palo Alto

Films of Vision and Hope focuses on positive solutions to  environmental and social problems affecting our world. Provocative films, great discussion, and opportunities to connect with others who want to make a difference.
Sponsored by Transition Silicon Valley, Transition Palo Alto, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto.

Fall Fourth Friday - New Films of Vision and Hope Series Finding Meaning in an Uncertain World

Fall Fourth Friday - New Films of Vision and Hope Series
Finding Meaning in an Uncertain World

A special film series is coming up for fall Fourth Friday. What does it mean to be human in today’s uncertain world - to survive, live among others, and find meaning and happiness?

Surviving Progress
Friday September 26, 2014 7-9PM   NOTE time change just for this month

Human advancement is awe-inspiring and double-edged, but we’re running the 21st century’s software — our know-how — on the ancient hardware of our 50,000 year old primate brains. With rich imagery and an immersive soundtrack, this film launches us on a journey to contemplate our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers. It leaves us with a challenge: prove that making apes smarter was not an evolutionary dead-end.

And later in the series...

One Day on Earth
Friday October 24, 2014 7:30-9:30pm
It’s the first film made in every country of the world on the same day: 10/10/10. You’ll be fascinated by this window into the daily lives, joys, sorrows, and hopes of humanity, filmed by a diverse group of volunteer filmmakers around the world. Experience how the world is interconnected, enormous, perilous, and wonderful.

Happy
Friday November 21, 2014  7:30-9:30pm
Note date change just for this month
What makes you happy? Work? Money? Kids and family? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution? To answer these questions and more, “Happy” goes from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa.

Holiday Potluck
December - Date and time to be announced
Come to share fun, food, and reflections on the file series and holiday season.
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Fireside room, Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 E Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306


Films of Vision and Hope focuses on positive solutions to  environmental and social problems affecting our world. Provocative films, great discussion, and opportunities to connect with others who want to make a difference.
Sponsored by Transition Silicon Valley, Transition Palo Alto, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto.

Transition Palo Alto Fall Sharing Expo at Common Ground 9/21/14 1-3p

Transition Palo Alto Fall Sharing Expo
at Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center
Sunday, September 21, 2014  1:00 to 3:00 PM
559 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Mark your calendars.  The Fall Sharing Expo is taking shape.  Besides goods (garden and food, books, clothes and toys), to share, we'll have a number of Skill-Share demonstrations.  Given the drought, our theme will be Water Saving Tips this time.  Confirmed demonstrators include:

William Mutch - Permaculture Cafe, saving water in the drought
Willi Paul - Water cycle coloring, for kids and those who want to express their inner child
Herb Moore - Scrapophony
Rani Jayakumar - Henna decoration
Rani Jayakumar and Anna Ravenscroft - Grain Grinding
Wendy Hediger - City of Palo Alto's Zero Waste program
Palo Alto Library
Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Have a skill that you'd like to share?  Especially regarding water saving?  Let us know.  There might be some room this time, there certainly will be some room at future Sharing Expos!

Familiar with Transition values and want to help out?  We'd like to staff an information table with greeters.  Sign new people in.  Talk a little about Transition.  Tell them how and why we share.  Let me know if you'd like to take a shift.

Accelerating the Transition to Clean Renewable Energy 7/23/14 in Sunnyvale

Community Choice:  Accelerating the Transition to Clean, Renewable Energy--Progress and Threats

Wednesday, July  23, 2014
7-8:30 PM
Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
570 E. Remington Drive
Sunnyvale, CA

What can a city do to accelerate the switch to clean and renewable energy? Many see Community Choice, which allows local control over electricity purchases, as an effective way of hastening the switch. Marin and Sonoma Counties are already providing their residents and businesses cleaner, greener and less-expensive electricity than the for-profit utility through Community Choice. Sunnyvale and Mountain View are jointly studying this model for electricity acquisition. However, a bill currently moving through the California legislature would change established State law to make adopting Community Choice virtually impossible.

Ann Hancock, Executive Director of Sonoma County's Climate Protection Campaign, will discuss the experience of Marin and Sonoma Counties with Community Choice and the current legislative threat to this model.  Melody Tovar, Regulatory Programs Division Manager in Sunnyvale's Environmental Services Department, will provide an update on the City of Sunnyvale-led investigation Community Choice.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-choice-accelerating-the-transition-to-clean-renewable-energy-tickets-12291904417