Holiday Sharing Expo, Sunday 12/8/13 1-3p, Common Ground in Palo Alto

 Holiday Sharing Expo
Neighbors sharing goods and skills and more!
Time changed: 1-3pm
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Common Ground Organic Supply
559 College Ave, Palo Alto

Come join us for our holiday sharing expo! Share garden produce and tools, crafts, books, clothes, toys, and holiday related goods. Tune up your bike, start composting, craft rugs out of t-shirts,  learn to sharpen your knives, drink some mulled cider, and more!



More details will be at www.transitionpaloalto.org <http://www.transitionpaloalto.org>

November 4th Friday - BIDDER 70 - 11/22/13 7:15 - 9:00p in Palo Alto

November Fourth Friday – Bidder 70

Films of Vision and Hope

What does it mean to stand up for what you believe in?

Film and discussion
When:  Friday November 22, 2013  7:30 pm (come at 7:15pm for social time)
Where: Fireside Room
Palo Alto Unitarian Universalist Church
505 E. Charleston Avenue, Palo Alto
Directions
BIDDER 70 is the story of a principled young man and the bravery of his commitment to a livable world.
On December 19, 2008, Tim DeChristopher, aka Bidder 70, bid 1.8 million dollars for 22,000 acres surrounding Utah’s pristine National Parks with no intention to pay or drill and brought the BLM auction to an abrupt halt.  One month later, Barack Obama became president and new Interior Secretary, Salazar, invalidated the entire BLM auction.  Nevertheless, DeChristopher was indicted on two federal felonies with penalties of up to ten years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
BIDDER 70 follows Tim as he maneuvers legal purgatory, waiting through nine trial postponements over two years.  With the threat of prison looming, DeChristopher steps up his activism and evolves into a climate justice leader. On February 28, 2011, hundreds of his supporters demonstrate in the streets of Salt Lake City as Tim’s trial begins.  Judge Dee Benson disallows every defense DeChristopher’s lawyers put forth and Tim is found guilty on both counts.  On July 26, 2011, Tim is sentenced to two years in federal prison, and is taken from court in chains. In solidarity, his supporters sit down in the busiest intersection in Salt Lake City, block traffic and trains, and refuse to move.  Twenty-six supporters are arrested.

 Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

October Fourth Friday - Revenge of the Electiric Car - 10/25/13 in Palo Alto 7-9:30p

October Fourth Friday

Revenge of the Electric Car
Don't miss this fascinating film and discussion!

When: October 25, 2013 7:30 pm (come at 7:15 for social time)
Where: Fireside Room Palo Alto Unitarian Universalist Church

NEW LOCATION
505 E. Charleston Avenue, Palo Alto, CA

Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan,
GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of
the global resurgence of electric vehicles (EVs).

"Brilliant. Revenge is the inspiring story of titans racing to get their
electric car out first. One of the most interesting and entertaining
documentaries I have ever seen - both my thumbs here are way way up!"
- The Movie Banter

Building Resilient Communities Convergence at Solar Living Institute Hopland, CA 10/11 - 10/13/2013

Building Resilient Communities Convergence

Location:

Solar Living Institute Hopland, CA

Date: 

Friday, October 11, 2013 - 4:00am - Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 6:00pm

Registration: 

Visit www.transitiontopermaculture.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

The Northern California Transition and Permaculture movements are collaborating to organize the first ever "Building Resilient Communities Convergence" at the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA from October 11-13. The convergence is designed to give leaders, activists, youth, homesteaders, designers, entrepreneurs, and anyone passionate about shifting the paradigm the opportunity to skill up and explore how we can apply permaculture principles at the community level to transform our economy and society.
The gathering will feature workshops and panel discussions from leading resilience thinkers and doers; a Transition Town-style market and community dinner; live music; camping; child and youth programming; and plenty of opportunities for networking, co-inspiration, and cross-pollination. We've also got a great line-up of keynotes including Transition founder Rob Hopkins; peak oil expert Richard Heinberg; Andy Lipkis of Tree People; environmental activist Julia Butterly Hill and Doria Robinson of Urban Tilth. Visit www.transitiontopermaculture.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

September Fourth Friday – Going Carbon Free

September Fourth Friday – Going Carbon Free
Electricity without fossil fuels – what’s happening in our local cities

When:  September 27, 2013 7:30 pm (come at 7:15 for social time)
Where: Fireside Room
Palo Alto Unitarian Universalist Church — NEW LOCATION
505 E. Charleston Avenue, Palo Alto, CA


Learn how Palo Alto and Sunnyvale residents are working to transition these cities to renewable energy.  Bruce Hodge, founder of Carbon-Free Palo Alto, will talk about how he convinced the City of PA Utilities to eliminate all fossil fuels from the city’s electricity sources.  He’ll share what CPAU is now doing to provide clean, renewable kiloWatts to all its residents and businesses — and the next steps he envisions for removing carbon fuels altogether!

In Sunnyvale, a citizens group headed by Gerry Glaser is working to set up a Community Choice Aggregation project which will by-pass PG&E and allow residents in the community to start up their own renewable energy utility.  Come learn how this can move Sunnyvale into a carbon-free era — and how citizens in every California town can do this, too!

Note: Thanks to our new partnership with the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church, Fourth Fridays will be held there for the rest of 2013.  However, for our September event, we must clear out of the room by 9:00 pm so that members of the church can set up cots for “Hotel de Zink” — a program whereby local churches take turns to provide a month of overnight shelter and breakfast for people without homes.  Conversations may continue in the church patio after 9:00 pm.

Sharing Expo at Common Ground in Palo Alto 9/8/13

It's Sharing Expo time at Common Ground.  Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 8, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.

There will be a Garden Share and a Craft Swap, as well as opportunities to share other goods, including books, toys and clothing.

There'll be a bicycle clinic.

And we'll have skill sharing:

Dave Lantz and Diane Ruddle will demonstrate their new Haybox Cooker.

Priyanka Patil will teach us about kombucha.

And possibly more.

And Willi Paul will return with his video camera for:

“The Sharing & Re-Skilling Show!”

@ Transition Palo Alto’s Sharing Expo

 Common Ground, 559 College Ave, Palo Alto

Sunday, September 8, 11am – 12:30pm

 Host: Willi Paul

What is The Sharing & Re-Skilling Show?  It’s Family Edu-Fun ala Transition! Video for the Web!
Bring your inventions, muffins, visions, backyard produce and share your story via short interview.
Think “Antiques Roadshow without the appraiser.” Let’s create our own channel!


Here are a few of the Transition sectors that we are looking for:

DYI
Repair / Re-Use
Food and Garden
Arts & Crafts
Permaculture
Home Green Tech

- DETAILS -

There is no charge to participate as a guest on the show.
Please bring what you need to tell your story.
Sign-up for a 5 -7 minute time slot by Friday, Sept 6 at:  williperm@yahoo.com.
Background Info: Transition Tales & Transition Tales 2

Co-Sponsors: Transition Palo Alto & Planetshifter.com Magazine


You'll certainly want to be there for this great event.  We'll see you at Common Ground.

August Fourth Friday - Money and Life - 8/23/13 at World Centric 7-9:30p

August Fourth Friday presents "Money and Life" Please join us for this important and excellent film with lively discussion following!

NOTE: Film will start PROMPTLY at 7:30p

Money & Life is an inspirational essay-style documentary that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity?

This cinematic odyssey connects the dots on our current economic pains and offers a new story of money based on an emerging paradigm of planetary well-being that understands all of life as profoundly interconnected.

It's the perfect follow-up to the series on the economy that Marco Vangelisti did this year.
7:00p – 7:15p: Meet and greet
7:30p:  Program

Friday August 23, 2013 World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto

Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, and World Centric