SD/TJ Design, Plant, Harvest Events & other (a posting free-for-all)

Leucadia tree [not] saved by localpower Andrew / Jru + community

2009-02-10T10:06:00.001-08:00

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From: local power san diego http://localpowersd.com/
Date: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Subject: we won!!!

please send this message of victory out to everyone you know.

hello all of my beautiful friends! the mayor called me in the rain and told me to take care of myself and that the tree would not be cut down and that the treehouse would stay as well. i am so very grateful to the people of encinitas and luecadia for all of the support and everyone from san diego and around the world for sending all of your love. the children have taken over the art treehouse project and will continue with the help of many others in the neighborhood to complete the tree garden. if you would like to be involved, just go down to the treehouse and be involved. no one is in charge as i was never in charge. i was only there because of the mission in my life to speak for those who have no voice in our society. i feel the same for people as i do for trees and bodies of water and animals and all that exists. we are all rocks. everything comes from rocks. we are made of the soil which consists of nothing more than broken down rocks. mountains that have withered down the rivers to the ocean and are as numerous as the stars in the sky. life comes to the rocks through water and light and the spark of flint becomes living bone. peace to everybody and in the spirit of the tree sit please come and bring gifts for the community and art supplies and gardening supplies for the children. it is your tree and you are the tree and the tree is the symbol of life.
peace,
jru
p.s. there is a town hall meeting in encinitas on wednesday at 6pm. come and show your support and gratitude to the people of encinitas for building the treehouse. there is a love in scheduled for valentines day next saturday all day at orpheus park. bring instruments, blankets, food and anything you want to celebrate love.
the new myspace for the tree is myspace.com/jrutreesitter
see you soon!

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:29:49 -0800 (PST)
From: local power san diego

they lied to everybody. they told me they would keep the tree and the treehouse. i feel like a kid like when i went happy away to summer camp and they put my brother dog harry to sleep. i cried inside when they told me when i got home because i knew i could never trust any of them again. none of them. not even my parents. it's still like that when you grow up they never stop lying to you on the radio and t.v. and in the papers. they are always lying from the governments to the institutions it's all the same. if you have a chance today and all week long, call the news shows and radio stations and give them my phone number. send this email out to others who can understand the importance of my anonymity. it's just a phone number and i'll be changing it soon but if you can do this i'll be able to represent the people of encinitas and luecadia and all of north county and south county san diego and all the world on the radio. i knew it was my time to leave when spirit called me up to santa barbara. i've got twenty oak trees growing in pots up here. see i have to take care of more trees. my heart is broken because of what they did when they lied to themselves and said they won when they murdered father tree. they are always losing when they think they are winning. keep up the fight and know we haven't ever lost when we followed the call of spirit. i love you all and let this stand to teach us to keep believing our own truth and never believe the lying politicians.
peace,
jru
(805)696-3534

Fallen Fruit at MCASD (downtown SD) Thu Feb 5 6-10pm + DIY WWOOF SD County

2009-01-30T11:45:00.001-08:00

[1] This event showed up at the sdtjdph calendar ( j9k.org/cal ) via foodcalendar.org but I haven't seen it mentioned yet on any of the lists. So here it is:

Links to event details:

http://tinyurl.com/bnx7n4 or: http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=cnUxamlkaTZndHZtb2VldjBpb2R0NXNnc28gbjIxZ283N3Jnc3JvYjJ1ZTAxdTM1czlrY2NAZw&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

The MCASD TNT info:
http://www.mcasd.org/events/lectures.asp#TNT

The following is pasted from the fallen fruit artist statement
http://www.fallenfruit.org/media/FF_statement.pdf on their downloads page. Also check out their maps http://www.fallenfruit.org/maps.html .

The Principles of Fallen Fruit:
1. Fruit on public property belongs to all of us.
2. Mapping it is a way to share with everyone, learning neighborhoods by foot, rather than by car.
3. Ask property owners to plant fruit trees for everyone.
4. Functional landscaping: ask cities to plant fruit trees in parks, parking lots, and on streets.
5. Open dialogue within neighborhoods about public spaces.
6. Think about who has fruit and other resources, and who does not.

FALLENFRUIT is a collaboration of Dave Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young http://www.fallenfruit.org

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Fallen Fruit is a collaborative art project which began as a whimsical mapping of our neighborhood public fruit: all the fruit trees we could find that grew on or over public property.
When your neighbor's fruit tree hangs into your yard, that fruit is considered yours. But whose fruit is that on public property? We believe that fruit planted on private property which overhangs public space should be public property and created this project to encourage people both to harvest and plant public fruit. The project is a response to accelerating urbanization and the loss of people's capacity to produce their own foods, as well as issues around grassroots community activism, social welfare and social responsibility.

From the original printed edition, we expanded into a website which posts local maps from the handmade to the high-tech, submitted by our neighbors. We have pictures of fruit and harvesting, including fruit pin-ups. Our ambition is to map the city, the whole state, and then the world. We have also begun to propose public fruit projects. These include further mapping, a campaign to encourage property owners to plant fruit, petitions to the city to plant streets and parking lots, and a proposal for a public fruit park. We think of Fallen Fruit as much as community activism as an art project. Our neighborhood is full of homeless people and uneaten fruit: why can't the two be connected? We're not interested in random theft. Our intention is to promote sharing and community-based thinking.

We live in a world controlled by multinational corporations, in which we don't know our neighbors, with a media that manufactures social realities and ignores poverty and oppression. Our food arrives processed and pre-wrapped, and few of us know where it comes from. Our cities are full of wasted spaces and neglected resources. Fallen Fruit proposes that we be able to make more food with little effort and find ways to map it and networks for sharing it. The injunction to share food is as old as the Bible, which tells us that we should not harvest all our food for ourselves; the fallen fruit should always be left for those who have nothing.

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[2] DIY (do it yourself) WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms [and other good places]) SD County:

While I'm emailing everyone,
I'm looking for local wwoof opportunities.
If I can camp or sleep on the floor at or near where I can work (unpaid) ~4/hrs day, please let me know. I'm happy to do kitchen, garden, computer and many other kinds of work.

My main goals are:
* to work with others and
* to visit and learn from different people and places in the county.

For more information, please visit:
http://fo-rest.blogspot.com/2009/01/diy-wwoof-in-sd-county-will-work-for.html

Peace & a smile,
Colin

local food map + some new tricks

2008-05-06T17:07:00.001-07:00

I started an sdfnl tweme: http://twemes.com/sdfnl

Here's the first tweets:

forestdweller:

#sdfnl #sdtjdph Jed Sundwall started a gmap of local food sources: http://is.gd/cWG . I added it to SDTJDPH map channels: http://is.gd/cWL

forestdweller:

#sdfnl There's a new hopedance out. One article addresses the plastic waterbottle issue: http://is.gd/cWw

Peace,
Colin

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Barcamp 3 this weekend, la jolla

2008-05-02T14:57:00.001-07:00

https://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampSanDiego

This was from:
http://www.startupsd.net/

There are already a few pc/food-related speakers there, e.g.:
http://jedsundwall.com/2008/05/01/barcamp-san-diego-3/

This is a way of conference organizing I'm very interested in--
this style of organizing, I believe, was behind the permaculture gatherings in the east I loved so much.

If you go to add you name, look for the code at the bottom of the page.

Peace,
Colin

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Re: [SDELN-Forum] Social bookmarking sites / Web 2.0

2008-04-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

Larry + sdeln-forum,
I was playing with and demonstrating some of the Web 2.0 technologies at:
http://sdtjdph.blogspot.com/

and some local groups picked up on some of the things demonstrated there--such as using del.icio.us for bookmarking--see sdfoodnotlawns.com 's bookmarks.

A major issue though is handling and reducing information overload and increasing info quality and relevance (--hence the "weekly share" newsletter experiment.)

And enjoying more peace while still benefiting from the new tech.

From my experimentation, I would recommend that _everyone_ learn to use a feed reader and that every non-profit make available at least two feeds: one an ical / google calendar feed of events and another of news/updates. Larger orgs make available a wider range of feeds: links, videos, photos, blogs by different authors and topics.

The most wonderful thing about my shunting of most mass communications to my reader page is that I hardly get any email, and if I get email it was sent directly to me.

If I want to get my mass updates--I go to my reader.

If I want to see events of orgs I'm interested in, I go to my calendar.

Email is far less of a distraction this way.

Incidentally-- Y! groups does offer a feed of sdeln-forum.

My next new-tech experiment is to go live in Los Padres National Forest with a Solio charger and blackberry or something like that and blog from the forest mountaintops (and be contactable so people can come visit).

Another cool demo of the Web 2.0 tech is a use of myvidster.com and pixrat.com to compile video and photos from multiple sharing sites into one feed and then displaying the items in a sildeshow-- carfrees.blogspot.com has examples of both of these (I use google reader to aggregate and format the feeds for display in the slideshow ).

Here is a bit of the dialectic that plays out in experimenting with the new tech: providing useful info that people can act on vs. distracting us/others from a focus on fundamental issues and fundamental changes.

With the Internet + web 2.0 (custom updates from multiple sources), there is an expansion of awareness, self, identity (or something) occurring that I don't want to be without. The tech is now ubiquitous & portable enough that I can (I think) live in a wilderness area and still benefit from this connection.

Maybe I'll be able to write more thoughtfully about this from the forest.

Peace,
Colin
ps: You all might be interested in 'google for non-profits' and 'the official google.org blog'

2008/4/14, Larry Hogue <lhogue1@san.rr.com>:

Hello all,

Does anyone on this list use any of the social bookmarking or other networking services out there to promote your issues or organization? If so, which ones, and with how much success?

I've been dabbling in this area simultaneously with starting a blog for the Desert Protective Council, but find that not a lot of enviros I interact with use these services.

Specifically, I've started posting links to anti-Sunrise Powerlink sites and videos on Hugg.com (it's Digg for greens, but that assumes you know what Digg is!). Not many votes (or Huggs) so far. I find that Hugg uers cover mostly cleantech, renewable energy, and anti-global warming issues, which perhaps reflects the younger demographic of global warming activists, compared to public lands and other mainline environmental issues activists.

I also have started using twitter.com. It's mainly used by techies and bloggers, but in theory it could be used by a group of activists to keep in touch with each other, and keep each other apprised of what the others are doing. It can also be used to alert "followers" (readers) when a blog or website has been updated.

Basically, it's a "micro-blogging" site, where messages are limited to 140 characters. It works very well to direct readers to a web page or blog post that has more information. You can both post and receive messages from your cell phone.

For instance, I have a Twitter username of DesertBlog that I use to announce blog posts: http://twitter.com/DesertBlog. These short posts go to the followers of the twitter username "DesertBlog" (all 2 of them right now!). Other users have 100s or 1000s of people following them, so it's an easy way for them to spread information widely.

Twitter could also be used to organize large groups of people on the fly. For instance, during last week's Olympic torch relay demonstrations in San Francisco, if all the demonstrators had been following a twitter username of "FreeTibet," then "FreeTibet" could have sent a text message to all of them with a message like "the torch is now at X Street and Y Ave. Head to X ST. and Z Ave."

While it may seem that something like Twitter could end up bringing you too much communication with lots of individual messages, the advantage is that the messages are all short (unlike this e-mail and most environmental issues alerts). Readers can surf through the messages quickly and choose which ones they want to explore further.

I'd love to hear feedback from this list about whether these or other new media tools could be useful both for leaders communicating with each other, and for organizations to communicate with their members or other interested folks.

Larry Hogue

Environmental Communications Consulting

Author, All the Wild and Lonely Places:

Journeys in a Desert Landscape

858-452-6654

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[Reminder] Independent Transportation Network Community Forum @ Thu Apr 10 9am - 1pm ()

2008-04-09T09:01:00.001-07:00

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Independent Transportation Network Community Forum

Thu Apr 10 9am – 1pm
(Timezone: Pacific Time)
War Memorial Building, Balboa Park, Zoo Parking Lot, San Diego. (map)
Calendar:

http://www.itnsandiego.org/

http://www.itnamerica.org/

The Independent Transportation Network offers dignified and affordable transportation in private automobiles to seniors and the visually impaired 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for any purpose within the service area.

ITNSanDiego affiliate invites you to a public forum featuring ITNAmerica founder Katherine Freund, a leader in senior transportation recently featured in the Wall Street Journal as a "Change Maker," shaping the future of retirement. ITNAmerica is gaining national attention as affiliates take root in communities around the country. Come hear about this dynamic and visionary concept in transportation taking shape right here in San Diego.

Lunch Provided
Please join us. RSVP at coverbey@yahoo.com or call (619) 298-2903 for information.

Sponsored by
City of San Diego (CDBG) & County of San Diego (HHSA).

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[Updated Invitation] Independent Transportation Network Community Forum @ Thu Apr 10 9am - 1pm ()

2008-04-05T17:12:00.001-07:00

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Thu Apr 10 9am – 1pm
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War Memorial Building, Balboa Park, Zoo Parking Lot, San Diego. (map)
Calendar:

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http://www.itnamerica.org/

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May 3-17, 2008 SD County PC Course Fwd: [earthactivist] deadline approaching for EAT's unique SOCIAL PERMACULTURE course

2008-04-04T10:22:00.001-07:00

Hi folks,

Please help us spread the word about this fun, important, new, and 2-week
residential PDC course. The registration deadline is almost upon us - but
there is still a bit of space in the course, and work trade applications are
still being accepted.

For Radical Sustainability and Regenerative Activism,

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Come to Earth Activist Training's unique SOCIAL PERMACULTURE course:

Learn how to build community resilience!

The registration deadline is rapidly approaching - register now!

In this remarkable course with a special focus on "social permaculture",
participants will learn ways to collaborate and build just and enduring
alliances across social divides, as well as skills to build personal,
interpersonal and community resilience to sustain ourselves through hard
times.

Permaculture planning and development have always had positive impacts on
ecosystem health - but hey, now we're talking about integrating it with
community resilience! This ground-breaking two-week residential intensive is
also a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course with plenty of hands-on
opportunities. From inoculating mushrooms and digging swales to building
with natural materials and sheet mulching the land, many hands on projects
allow students to put permaculture principles into practice.

This Earth Activist Training course will provide examples of policies and
projects that communities can adopt to protect their biodiversity and
natural resources as well as shape better community management tools to
build resiliency and hope in an age of consequences.

Instructors include:

* Starhawk, author of The Fifth Sacred Thing and The Earth Path
* Margo Adair and Bill Aal, coauthors of Practical Meditation for Busy
People, Working Inside Out and co-directors of Tools for Change
* Charles Williams, permaculture teacher and wilderness instructor

Curriculum includes:

* Water harvesting
* Graywater
* Bioremediation
* Natural building
* Cob
* Plant guilds
* Renewable energy
* Sustainable forestry
* Plant propagation
* Soil fertility
* Compost and mulch
* Consensus
* Facilitation
* Alliance building
* Alternative economics
* Non-violent direct action
* Strategy
* Issues of power, privilege and creative collaboration
* Ritual for community building
* Energy sensing and shifting
* Applied Meditation
* Lots of singing, dancing, and fun!

When: May 3-17, 2008
Where: Warner Springs, Southern CA, USA at
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Who: Anyone concerned about climate change, peak oil, and living
sustainably! Permaculture designers, famers, activists, land use planners,
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How much:
Tuition for this EAT Course includes all standard meals, accommodations,
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Sliding scale course pricing:
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NOTE: We have limited work trade and scholarships available for this course.
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SDSU | Event | Collaboration | Truth Stock 2008 Thu Apr 10

2008-03-27T18:43:00.001-07:00

Sent to you by Colin Leath via Google Reader:

Truth Stock 2008

via San Diego Mega Progressive Community Coalition by wecansavetheamericanfamily on 3/26/08

Announcing a new meeting for The San Diego 9/11 Truth Meetup Group!

What: Truthstock 2008

When: Thursday, April 10, 9:00 AM

Where: Click the link below to find out!

Who should come: Anyone who wants a day packed with truth and an opportunity to see all of the heroes in the 9/11 truth movement.

Why: You'll love it because there is something for everyone to take part in.

Meeting Description: Truther.org is proud to host 9/11 Truthstock 2008 at Montezuma Hall in the Aztec Center on San Diego State University campus, April 10th, free and all day from 9am?10pm!

The day's events will include screenings of Terrorstorm, Improbable Collapse, Zeitgeist, two Loose Change Final Cut premieres and speeches from guests Dr. Steven Jones (physicist) and Richard Gage, AIA (founder of architects and engineers for 9/11 truth). After the event there will be a panel with both speakers,
Jesus Nieto, SDSU professor, Dylan Avery (creator of the loose change series), and Tony award winner Daniel Sunjata (star of the hit show Rescue Me), who will also be MCing throughout the day. The event is free and open to the public so bring family, friends to learn the facts that the 9/11 truth movement has uncovered in the wake of the September 11th attacks. This venue has 800+ seats so please help us spread the word!

April 10th, 2008 Montezuma Hall @ Aztec Center, SDSU

Time/ Event

8:00am - 09:00am Doors Open & Vendor Setup

9:00am - 11:00am Terrorstorm

11:00am - 1:00pm Loose Change Final Cut Matinee

1:00pm - 2:00pm Improbable Collapse

2:00pm - 4:20pm Zeitgeist

4:20am - 6:30pm Loose Change Final Cut Premiere

6:30pm - 7:00pm Introduction by Daniel Sunjata

7:00pm - 8:00pm Dr. Steven Jones

8:00pm - 9:00pm Richard Gage, A.I.A.

9:00pm - 10:00pm Q & A Panel with Richard Gage, Steven Jones, Dylan Avery, professor Jesus
Nieto, and Daniel Sunjata.

Guaranteed VIP seating available with a $25.00 donation. All proceeds will be used to fund events and pay for guest accommodations.

If you are interested in tabling, the tabling fee for vendors is $100.00. SDSU needs a detailed list of items for resale, so please forward your list to truther.organization@yahoo.com ASAP to ensure your spot.

Your support of this historic event is greatly appreciated. All VIP tickets and vendor fees please pay online through truther.org. There is a link at the top for the event. We are paying $400 in colored glossy flyers to promote this day, so if you can help us flyer please e-mail me to coordinate, so we can reach everywhere in this city!

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there for part of the day! This is one event that cannot be missed!

Learn more here:
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Fwd: San Diego Planning for Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming June/July 2008

2008-03-27T17:46:00.001-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karin Zirk <kzirk at earthlink.net>
Date: 17-mar-2008 9:18
Subject: San Diego Planning for Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming June/July 2008

Rainbow Gathering 101 Back to Basics Circle

Every Sunday in April & May ~ 1:00 PM to ?

@ the Balboa Park Weekly Get Together
near Marson Point

Calling all new family ~ Calling all old family ~
Calling all people with dreams
for a peaceful future ~ Calling all people trying to save the planet

The 2008 Annual Gathering of the Tribes will take place in Wyoming over the 4th
of July. In order to create a safe, fun and
meaningful gathering for all people, we
can start building positive energy now by taking the time to circle, discussing
gathering basics, sharing ideas on how to
contribute, healing our own family, and
learning to create the gathering the way we want it to be.

Join us as we reclaim our vision.

No experience necessary!!

For all the details and a downloadable PDF flyer
you can print and distributed,
visit
http://home.earthlink.net/~scrollinfo/BacktoBasics.pdf.
Or just show up at
1:00 PM on Sundays in April and May.

For general information on Rainbow Gatherings
visit http://www.rainbowguide.info
or http://www.welcomehome.org

Please distribute this information freely.

Sherman Heights | Collaboration | Event | San Diego Indymedia Volunteers Meeting Tue Mar 18, 630pm

2008-03-16T19:42:00.001-07:00

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From: San Diego Indymedia <imc-sd-announce at lists.indymedia.org>
Date: 16-mar-2008 17:32
Subject: [SD IndyMedia] San Diego Indymedia Volunteers Tue March 18, We Need Laptops, Donate to Indybay and CMI Chiapas!
To: imc-sd-announce at lists.indymedia.org

http://sandiego.indymedia.org

***San Diego Indymedia Volunteer Recruitment Presentation --- San
Diego Indymedia is looking for volunteers!

If you are interested in participating, come to Chicana Perk on
Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30pm for a presentation that will cover --
background on Indymedia and the San Diego Independent Media Center;
projects San Diego Indymedia is currently working on and future
directions; how to post articles, photos, audio and VIDEO!; how you
can plug in as a volunteer; and how you can work towards becoming a
member of the San Diego Indymedia collective.

Tuesday March 18 6:30pm
Chicana Perk 129 25th St Sherman Heights

***San Diego Indymedia is seeking donations of macintosh laptops (g4/
usb 2.0 and later) to loan to community groups to help increase
participation in media making. If you have a laptop you would like to
donate, please contact us at
imc-sd at lists.indymedia.org
or leave a message on our voice mail:
619.378.O946

***The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - Indybay - is
holding a fundraising drive to help pay their server costs. Indybay
has been hosting San Diego Indymedia's content since October, when
our server stopped working. If you can spare some change, please help
them out here...
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/12/15/16659041.php

***Indy Chiapas necesita tu apoyo para pagar los gastos del
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http://chiapas.indymedia.org/

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Feed set up for Rocky Neptun's indybay posts

2008-03-04T07:10:00.000-08:00

Rocky, that was a good post (Walter, Eric, take a look):
San Diego | News | politics | Rocky Neptun Stops Running for Mayor

I've set up a feed so your future posts are easier to find/ follow--
San Diego | News | politics | Indybay feed for Neptun or San Diego

(the feed we can get at http://www.indybay.org/sandiego/ was not including your posts even though they appear in the sidebar)

I'm also setting up a weekly blog post/email newsletter where we can post news like this, and your
San Diego | Event | carfree, transit | Bus Riders Union Rally and Film, March 20th 6:30pm at the Joyce Beers Center

Peace,
Colin

Details about the March 22-23 primitive skills gathering near Fallbrook

2008-03-03T00:45:00.001-08:00

Details about the March 22-23 primitive skills gathering near Fallbrook

Contents

_Real Dirt on Farmer John_ showing Thursday, March 06, 6:45pm-9pm Carlsbad

2008-03-02T23:37:00.001-08:00

[from megablog and nccpj]
Movie & Meeting
Start: 6:45:00 PM
End: 9:00:00 PM
Location:
Pilgrim United Church of Christ - Meeting Room B
Map: Click Here
2020 Chestnut Ave,
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Description: We will be watching the movie, The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
Filmmaker Taggart Siegel paints a fascinating portrait of a man who refused to yield. By transforming his farm into an experimental haven in the late 1960s, John Peterson attracted hundreds of artists, hippies and other political radicals. But when the agriculture crisis of the late 1980s led to the farm's eventual collapse -- and his neighbors publicly branded him a devil worshipper -- most locals thought he'd call it quits. They were wrong.

We will also finish planning for Peace Rally on March 15 and Stop Robertson's campaign.

Bus Riders Union Rally and Film, March 20th 6:30pm at the Joyce Beers Center

2008-03-02T23:11:00.001-08:00

[from ASD. (that was deleted--so here's the green party listing)]

It's Time the Transit District Stopped Dumping on Public Transit Riders!

Join us for a look at the possibility of forming a San Diego Bus Riders' Union, Thursday, March 20th. We will also be showing "The Bus Riders Union" documentary and discussing the options in San Diego to oppose the city's increase of bus riding fares. Members of the Los Angeles Bus Riders' Union will be speaking at the Rally. Donation of $10 is suggested to help pay for the film and attorney fees for a possible legal suit against the elimination of transfers.

Film beings at 6:30pm at the Joyce Beers Center.

"The Bus Riders Union" is a feature length documentary by Academy Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, tracing three years in the life of one of the nation's most dynamic social movements.

Haskell Wexler is considered one of the finest cinematographers in the world, with a prolific body of work including "Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf," "Medium Cool," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Bound for Glory," "American Graffiti," and "Matewan." He has been nominated five times for academy awards, winning two Oscars for Best Cinematography.

The film traces three years in the life of Los Angeles' Bus Riders Union as it forges a powerful multiracial movement to fight transit racism, clean up L.A.'s lethal auto pollution and win billion-dollar victories for real mass transit for the masses.

"Bus Riders Union" is a rare mix of fine film making, good politics, and a complex portrayal of a multiracial grassroots movement that is taking on some of the most powerful forces in Los Angeles - and winning.

Suzanne Baustad, director of Mayworks, Vancouver, Canada: "I was so inspired by "Bus Riders Union" that I invited seven other activists and organizers over for a viewing. I have done anti-poverty work in the city for the past 5 years and recognized immediately just how important and unique (especially in North America) the BRU and its model of organizing is."

Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 13, 2000: "Wexler, who may be the best cinematographer in the world, captures the joy of struggle on the part of a polyglot group ...all of whom never lost their humanity in the struggle."

A coalition of groups including the San Diego Renters Union, San Diego Copwatch, the San Diego Peace and Freedom Party, the Green Party of San Diego County, and the San Diego Coalition for Clean and Fair Government will be riding the buses and trolleys from March 7th to March 19th passing out flyers to transit riders. We want this to be a grass-roots organization; so that transit riders can fight their exploitation.

The San Diego Coalition for Clean and Fair Government is calling for free public transportation, treating public transit as a community resource, like libraries and parks. They are calling for a progressive fee (based on blue-book valuation) on every (non-commercial) vehicle registered in the City of San Diego to underwrite the costs of public transportation.

Fwd: City of Vancouver - Food Policy e-bulletin - February 29, 2008

2008-02-29T17:33:00.001-08:00

Take a look at Vancouver to get some ideas of things that could be happening here. Different from us, so far, they have paid city staff --the social planning department-- to compile this e-bulletin. Canada has a tradition of governments doing what non-profits have been doing here. I think there was a conference a while back for Canadian gov't to learn from the strategies of US non-profits. Even so, I think progressive US cities have employees working in social-planning roles, such as the City of Austin's Sustainable Communities Initiative and green building program.
peace, Colin

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Food Policy <food.policy at vancouver.ca>
Date: 29-feb-2008 15:12
Subject: City of Vancouver - Food Policy e-bulletin - February 29, 2008
To: Food Policy <food.policy at vancouver.ca>

City of Vancouver – Food Policy e-bulletin
February 29, 2008

Index of Postings: For complete Bulletin visit:
http://www.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/newsletter/index.htm

We're sending this edition of the bulletin out a few days earlier than intended as we just received some breaking news about a public consultation opportunity around the UBC Farm. See below under volunteer opportunities… and while you're at it, check out all the other new stuff too!

City of Vancouver Food Policy News & Events

Sign-Up for City-Wide Community Gardens – NEW
Wanted: Citizen Researchers for Cost of Food Study - NEW
Wednesday, March 12 - Vancouver Food Policy Council - Monthly Meeting

Events & Activities

Sunday, March 9 - Growing Together: community garden meeting - NEW
Wednesday, March 26 - Westside Food Security Collaborative – Meeting - NEW

Courses & Workshops

Friday, February 29 – March 1, 2008 Food For All Dialogue ~ Making Richmond More Food Secure - NEW

Conferences

February 29 - March 1, 2008 - Making Urban Agriculture possible in North America, Pollinating Our Future, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 14 – 15, 2008 - Women in Agriculture Conference – Strengthening Ties. Penticton, B.C. – Registration Deadline March 3 - NEW
June 1, 2008 - Third Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association for Food Studies, Vancouver

Requests for Proposals / Calls for Papers

No RFPs currently listed.

Job Opportunities

Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project - Sharing Farm Coordinator Positions (3) – Deadline – March 31, 2008

Volunteer Opportunities, Internships & Citizen Engagement

UBC Farm – An Important Announcement about the Future of the Farm - NEW
Vancouver Public Space Network – Various Greenspace Volunteer Opportunities - NEW
Centre for Sustainable Food Systems/UBC Farm: Sowing Seeds - Apprenticeship Program

Research & Resources

StatsCan – Food Services and Drinking Places – Lower Sales at end of 2007 - NEW
Healthy Food and Beverage Sales (HFBS) in Recreation Facilities and Local Government Buildings Initiative - NEW
Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning
Urban Agriculture on CBC's The Current
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Brooding Over the Next Generation of Prairie Farmers: Making Space for Our Practical-Minded Youth. By David M. Neufeld. Published January 2008

Media

Globe and Mail. Healthy eating - it's elementary: This month, the Vancouver School Board launched an experimental program that uses cooking to teach kids everything from nutrition to science and language arts. By Fiona Morrow. Published February 29, 2009. - NEW
South Asian Focus - Growing veggies in Peel community gardens. By Sunil Rao. Published February 20, 2008 - NEW
Richmond News - Kwantlen may cultivate urban agriculture program: Proposal targets 40 to 50 acres of farmland in Richmond, which could be found in the Garden City lands. By Nelson Bennett. Published February 9, 2008

Grants & Funding Opportunities

Request for Proposals – Agriculture Awareness in Metro Vancouver – Deadline March 3, 2008
Vancouver Coastal Health And North Shore Food Action Advisory - 2008 Community Food Garden Grant – Deadline March 14, 2008
BC Hydro Employees' Community Services Fund - Deadline March 15, 2008

Miscellaneous

Farm land in Langley available for collaborative farming projects - NEW

Submission Guidelines

A few points to keep in mind when you send us your listing.

For complete Bulletin and full text of postings visit:
http://www.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/newsletter/index.htm

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
andrew pask
Social Planning Department
604-871-6864
vancouver.ca/socialplanning

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each moment is eternity

Carfree Network: Air transportation working group needed

2008-02-28T04:08:00.001-08:00

[This was a post to the World Carfree Network discussion list.]

I think we somehow need to expand beyond the carfree focus to address the impacts of air travel on public space.

Around the world, in urban environments in particular, but in all environments, air travel is an area of transportation INjustice / poor design that the wealthy/powerful seem to be always trying to ram down the public throat.

There is excessive helicopter use. There is the continual push to expand airports. And there is the noise, air pollution, and destruction of space associated with these.
If we could have some sort of global response to / resource center for these injustices/design failures--that would be great. Here are some local examples of the issue:

Google News on Lindbergh airport (San Diego)
Google News on Heathrow airport (London)
Monbiot on Heathrow
Kaletsky on Heathrow

I'm not sure how we frame this. It would be good to have some idea of what the nature of air travel would be and what impacts we would be willing to accept in the world we are working for--so we can channel things that way.

Here's a page I started to help address this for Southern California, SoCal Peace. Notice that many of the highest-ranked google pages for "helicopter noise" come from Southern California.

Peace,
Colin

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Fwd: [sdfoodnotlawns] Help us hammer out a healthier Food System! March 1st from 12-5pm at the Sherman Heights Community Center (2258 Island Ave.)

2008-02-27T00:15:00.001-08:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ellee Igoe
Date: 21-feb-2008 10:05
Subject: [sdfoodnotlawns] Help us hammer out a healthier Food System!

Hello friends and allies...

Last year, 400 people came together for the Food Not Lawns "Cultivating Food Justice Conference". This year, we decided to do something a little different, and are hosting an event focused specifically on food policy. In collaboration with the San Diego Hunger Coalition, San Diego Community Farms and Gardens, SD Roots Sustainable Food Project and Tierra Miguel Foundation, we've invited the California Food and Justice Coalition (CFJC) to host a work session to help us "hammer out a healthier food system".

Specifcally, CFJC will be soliciting input for their statewide advocacy efforts--amplyifying our needs through the strong network they've built throughout California! They'll also help us identify policy issues we can work on locally, as well as present opportunities to engage with their new statewide technical assistance program.

As California's second largest urban area, and the nations 12th largest agricultural producer, San Diego needs a strong voice in the food policies that effect our communities!

We really hope you can join us for this important event, March 1st from 12-5pm at the Sherman Heights Community Center (2258 Island Ave.). Potluck from 12-1pm; Worksession 1-5pm.

Space is somewhat limited, so please RSVP to Jessica Bell with CFJC at jessicabell at foodsecurity.org or by calling 510-704-0245. More information also at www.sdfoodnotlawns.com.

Fantastic Green Get Together, Saturday, March 8 at Noon in Balboa Park

2008-02-27T00:14:00.001-08:00

From: Marc <playtoe1 at yahoo dot com>

Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Subject: [newurbanism-101] New Meeting: Sustainable Development 1 Year Anniversary Potluck in Balboa Park
To: newurbanism-101 at meetup.com

Announcing a new meeting for The San Diego Sustainable Development Meetup Group!

What: Sustainable Development 1 Year Anniversary Potluck in Balboa Park

When: Saturday, March 8, 12:00 AM

Where: (A location for this meeting hasn't been chosen yet)

Meeting Description: Dear tree-huggers, composters, local food eaters, green building advocates, renewable energy nerds, meditation practitioners, outdoor lovers, People's Co-op shoppers, recyclers, and sustainable development advocates,

2007 was an incredible year for our group. We started from 0 members in March and grew to over 200! As you all know, we had many exciting events including a green building tour, many workshops and lectures, a tour of the community gardens in San Diego, films, festivals, farm visits, a wind farm tour, a solar potluck, and much more.

Thanks to everyone for being a member of the group and for showing up to the events when you could. Life is short, and choosing to learn and participate in things that improve ourselves and benefit others is so important. We look forward to many more exciting events in 2008 and are always open to ideas.

To celebrate our success and to strengthen our community, we will be hosting a one-year anniversary potluck in Balboa park on March 8th at Noon.

This event is in conjunction with the Community Farms and Gardens Meetup group and Solar Cooking Club.

When: Saturday, March 8 at Noon
Where: Balboa Park, in front of the Balboa Park Club
What: Bring a tasty dish to share, meet lots of interesting folks, do some solar cooking (if you have one), and eat tasty food as we enjoy the perfect spring weather. If you plan on solar cooking you may want to arrive a couple hours earlier.

Please bring your own eating utensils to help make this a zero waste event.

This is mainly a social event so don't miss your chance to meet lots of interesting people and also so feel free to bring friends and family along for the fun.

Balboa Park Club is just past the Organ Pavillion on the way to the Recital hall. Just type in Balboa Park Club into google maps to see where it is.

Hope to see you there!

Learn more here:
http://newurbanism.meetup.com/101/calendar/7384666/

San Diego IRC hiring Transportation Coordinator

2008-02-26T23:59:00.001-08:00

[Here is an HTML Version of the job posting. If you're a carfree activist, think of SD as a hardship post / peace corps for the US--and I can give you some tips for staying sane in the neighborhood near the IRC office. A plus: You'll be working with one of the best SD organizers I know, Ellee Igoe]

From: Kasra Movahedi
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:06 PM
To: SD Users
Subject: Hiring for a new position

Hi Everyone,

Attached is a job description for a new position that we would like to fill as soon as possible. The position is full-time and will be part of the job development team. The main focus will be on helping refugees overcome transportation-related barriers to self sufficiency through direct service, advocacy, and expansion of our own internal capacity.

If you know anyone that is interested, please have them submit a cover letter and resume to me.

Thanks!

Kindly,

Kasra Movahedi

Community & Economic Development Manager
International Rescue Committee
5348 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92105
Tel: (619) 641-7510 ext. 246
Fax: (619) 641-7520
E-mail: kasra.movahedi at theirc.org

Portland: Towards Carfree Cities Conference June 16-20, 2008; Village Building Convergence May 23 - June 1, 2008

2008-02-20T06:13:00.001-08:00

Towards Carfree Cities Conference information:

June 16-20
Carfree Portland
World Carfree Network conferences
Registration (as little as $100 or $270 before 2/29)

Village Building Convergence information:

The Pacific Northwest is beautiful in the summer. I don't want you to leave San Diego for this long, but if you do, help make things like this happen here.

Couchsurfing could come in handy.

A comment on the megablog

2008-02-18T14:57:00.000-08:00

This was written in response to Walter's asking for people to post ideas and concerns to the megacoalition blog at the megameeting Sunday night.

[Well, looking back at my earlier posts today on this free-for-all blog, it is clear that once again I've spent most of the day on the Internet rather than on planting the garden. I've been talking about having a local focus rather than being an example of focusing locally. I'm working on changing this.]

Walter, thank you very much for organizing the meeting last night!

Is this the right place to post that you mentioned last night?

This is the guiding orientation I've come up with: "nourishing our shared space, caring for the commons".

If people ask me what is good or progressive, I refer to that.

My concern is to help everyone stay local and focus on the local--meaning their own neighborhoods. A broader regional focus is important too.

While others fight, and that may be necessary, I have no motivation to fight--I'll walk away if I can, or get run over if not.

If everyone walked away, from paying rent, from paying taxes, from paying insurance, from using cars, etc--

and into a world where they stay in their neighborhood, grow the plants they need for energy and shelter, collect rainwater, care for their gardens--, care for their local friends. . .

That is what I work for.

The traveling and global organizing others do is important too.

The guiding vision I work under is primarily that of permaculture combined with what I've learned from Thich Nhat Hanh. Here is a quote of TNH: "When we ride on a horse which is out of control, I think our deepest wish is to stop. How can we stop? We have to resist the speed, the losing of ourselves, and therefore we must organize a resistance. Spending two hours on a cup of tea during a tea meditation is an act of resistance, nonviolent resistance. We can do it because we have a Sanghakaya [community of practitioners]. We can do it together, we can resist a way of life that makes us lose ourselves."

I work for a day when people are more concerned than they are now with what occurs in their gardens and in their neighborhoods. Global focus and global care can grow from there.

Working on this comment--thinking partly to ask you to link to the SDTJDPH blog--inspired me to attempt to make a list of Organizations in the San Diego / Tijuana region with visions that emphasize both collaboration and caring for the commons.

Peace,
Colin

Organizations in the San Diego / Tijuana region with visions that emphasize both collaboration and caring for the commons

2008-02-18T14:29:00.000-08:00

What are the commons? At some point we'll create an article that explores this. For now, visit Protecting Our Commons at Yes! Magazine.

San Diego Mega Progressive Community Coalition
San Diego Association of Governments and all local city and county governments (I'm practicing positive visioning)
San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership / Sustainable San Diego
San Diego Conservation Resources Network
San Diego Enviro Leader Network Forum (SDELN-Forum) + links
San Diego Family Urban Network (SD-FUN)
San Diego Civic Solutions
Regional Workbench Consortium
Citizens Coordinate for Century 3
Mid-City Community Action Network
San Diego Green Business Network
Urban Land Institue San Diego / Tijuana
Activist San Diego
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce + other local chambers of commerce (I'm practicing positive visioning)
Coalition on Children and Weight San Diego
San Diego Family Justice Center
San Diego Hunger Coalition
Interfaith Community Services - Serving all of North San Diego County
San Diego Working Group of California Interfaith Power & Light (global warming action)
Regional Task Force on the Homeless

Well, this is an endless job, so I'm quitting.

San Diego Coalition (google)

Food Not Lawns, City Repair, Primitive Skills, SDTJDPH site (post MegaMeeting contact)

2008-02-18T02:31:00.000-08:00

Natalie, Abby, Jenna, Lois, Angie, Mark, Donald, Eric, and Mike,

Thank you for giving me your information at the megacoalition meeting!

The following links take you to the projects I was sharing about:

The other main things I have to share about are Permaculture and Thich Nhat Hanh.

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For SD Food Not Lawns, to begin to try to understand what is happening there, you'll want to take a look at the email list archives, and perhaps sign up. The best way, though, is to attend the events listed at foodcalendar.org.

The email list sign up buttons on the main page of sdfoodnotlawns.com are currently not working, but Mariah may fix those soon.

I can't say more about it than that--it has been a wonderful group to know about, and there are many people organizing different activities there.

My emphasis, however, has been on organizing at the neighborhood level rather than at the regional/city level (many in SDFNL focus on the whole region), but so far I've mostly just been talking--and have yet to really organize in my neighborhood.

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My main focus is helping people (myself first!) stay where they are in their neighborhoods for their day-to-day life, and, ideally, obtain almost all of what they need for a wonderful life without needing to leave their neighborhoods.

This and the corresponding cartoon are the main ideas I want to leave you with.
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If you're super-excited about the primitive skills gathering, and would like to help organize it, let me know--we're camping out this weekend in Rainbow, near Fallbrook to do just that.

Permaculture and centering one's self in stillness and peace (partly to sense the next step, partly to enjoy peace) are what I see connecting these projects I've mentioned.

If you have specific questions--such as items we talked about last night--please email me back about them again so we can continue the conversation.

I won't send you any more emails unless you email me or sign yourself up at the sites I link to here to receive future updates. I'm sorry if this ends up in your spam folder!

I'm also inviting you all to post at the SDTJPDH blog! you should get another email about that.

Peace,
Colin
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Bike Prom and Megacoalition Meeting on Sun., 2/17 @6pm + Backyard farming, TJ trips + pruning

2008-02-14T17:47:00.001-08:00

and I added new links related to the

Both the events are in the SDTJDPH calendar, too.

And the pruning workshop on 2/23 has also been added.
peace, Colin