posted Feb 13, 2012 10:45 PM by ania moniuszko
February 27th TransitionSF Meeting: Label Genetically Engineered Foods. It's Our Right to Know.
What are genetically engineered foods, and why should they be labeled? Find out at the February 27th TransitionSF meeting, where Frank Plughoff and Liz Kroboth, San Francisco coordinators for the Committee for the Right to Know, will be presenting.
The Committee for the Right to Know is a grassroots coalition of consumer, public health, environmental organizations, and food companies in California that is working to put an initiative on the 2012 California ballot requiring labeling of genetically engineered foods (also known as GE foods, or GMOs). Prompted by growing concerns about the impacts that genetically engineered foods may have on human health and the environment, the demand for labeling from consumers, and the lack of response from lawmakers, this coalition is taking the question of labeling to the people.
Location: February 27th, 7pm - Gazebo Room at CPMC Davies Campus, Castro btw 14th & Duboce.
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posted Oct 21, 2011 11:29 AM by Beverly Pitzer
DATE & TIME:
Monday, October 24
7:00-9:00pm
LOCATION:
The "Gazebo", at CPMC Davies Campus, on Castro between 14th and Duboce
San Francisco, CA 94114
From the Duboce Street entrance, follow the driveway in and curve around the building on your left onto a large patio area. The Gazebo is the glass-walled structure in front of you. Or look at this Google map: http://tinyurl.com/2fql2xe
COST: FREE
About TransitionSF:
We are a community group working to catalyze a resilient and relocalized San Francisco that can proactively address Peak Oil and Climate Change and transition to a low-energy, high-satisfaction future. We are also part of the global Transition Towns movement.
http://transitionsf.org
http://www.transitionnetwork.org |
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posted Jun 20, 2011 11:02 PM by ania moniuszko
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updated Jun 20, 2011 11:06 PM
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During this month's community meeting we'll continue discussions about creating an EDAP (energy descent action plan) for San Francisco.
Also please bring seeds to the meeting for a seed swap. Any leftover seeds will be donated to the SF Seed Library at Hayes Valley Farm.
Feel free to bring snacks or something to share as well.
DATE & TIME:
Monday, May 27
7:00-9:00pm
LOCATION:
The "Gazebo", at CPMC Davies Campus, on Castro between 14th and Duboce
San Francisco, CA 94114
From the Duboce Street entrance, follow the driveway in and curve around the building on your left onto a large patio area. The Gazebo is the glass-walled structure in front of you. Or look at this Google map: http://tinyurl.com/2fql2xe
COST: FREE
About TransitionSF:
We are a community group working to catalyze a resilient and relocalized San Francisco that can proactively address Peak Oil and Climate Change and transition to a low-energy, high-satisfaction future. We are also part of the global Transition Towns movement.
http://transitionsf.org
http://www.transitionnetwork.org |
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posted May 22, 2011 10:45 PM by ania moniuszko
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updated May 22, 2011 10:49 PM
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This month's community meeting will feature a presentation about the EDAP (energy descent action plan) process and roots of Transition as well as a working session on community mapping.
Also please bring seeds to the meeting for a seed swap. Any leftover seeds will be donated to the SF Seed Library at Hayes Valley Farm.
Feel free to bring snacks or something to share as well.
DATE & TIME:
Monday, May 23
7:00-9:00pm
LOCATION:
The "Gazebo", at CPMC Davies Campus, on Castro between 14th and Duboce
San Francisco, CA 94114
From the Duboce Street entrance, follow the driveway in and curve around the building on your left onto a large patio area. The Gazebo is the glass-walled structure in front of you. Or look at this Google map: http://tinyurl.com/2fql2xe
COST: FREE
About TransitionSF:
We are a community group working to catalyze a resilient and relocalized San Francisco that can proactively address Peak Oil and Climate Change and transition to a low-energy, high-satisfaction future. We are also part of the global Transition Towns movement.
http://transitionsf.org
http://www.transitionnetwork.org |
posted Apr 9, 2011 3:20 PM by ania moniuszko
This month's community meeting will feature a presentation about the SF Seed Library project, one of the three projects that the TransitionSF community voted to support in 2011. We'll talk about the work that has been done so far and the plans for the future. Visit that site at www.sfseedlibrary.org.
Also please bring seeds to the meeting for a seed swap. Any leftover seeds will be donated to the SF Seed Library at Hayes Valley Farm.
We'll also have locally made snacks. Feel free to bring something to share as well.
DATE & TIME:
Monday, April 25
7:00-9:00pm
LOCATION:
The "Gazebo", at CPMC Davies Campus, on Castro between 14th and Duboce
San Francisco, CA 94114
From the Duboce Street entrance, follow the driveway in and curve around the building on your left onto a large patio area. The Gazebo is the glass-walled structure in front of you. Or look at this Google map: http://tinyurl.com/2fql2xe
COST: FREE
MORE INFO:
Contact: seeds at sfseedlibrary.org
About TransitionSF:
We are a community group working to catalyze a resilient and relocalized San Francisco that can proactively address Peak Oil and Climate Change and transition to a low-energy, high-satisfaction future. We are also part of the global Transition Towns movement.
http://transitionsf.org
http://www.transitionnetwork.org |
posted Mar 17, 2011 10:02 PM by ania moniuszko
This month's community meeting will feature a presentation from Karla Nagy from Kitchen Garden SF, one of the three projects that the TransitionSF community voted to support in the coming year. We love the idea of kitchen gardenssprouting up in back yards, on rooftops, and in containers as a part of a web of city-grown food that is creating more beauty, connection and resilience throughout San Francisco. Karla will share information on the history and "permablitz" approach of Kitchen Garden SF and will introduce the new project in Ingleside Terrace that KGSF will develop with TSF's help. After her presentation, we'll break out in small groups to brainstorm various aspects of the project. DATE & TIME:
Monday, March 28
7:00-9:00pm
LOCATION:
The "Gazebo", at CPMC Davies Campus, on Castro between 14th and Duboce
San Francisco, CA 94114
From the Duboce Street entrance, follow the driveway in and curve around the building on your left onto a large patio area. The Gazebo is the glass-walled structure in front of you. Or look at this Google map: http://tinyurl.com/2fql2xe
COST: FREE
MORE INFO:
Contact: Lynda Smith
Email: lynda_smith_cowan@hotmail.com
Phone: 415-564-6882
About TransitionSF:
We are a community group working to catalyze a resilient and relocalized San Francisco that can proactively address Peak Oil and Climate Change and transition to a low-energy, high-satisfaction future. We are also part of the global Transition Towns movement. http://transitionsf.org http://www.transitionnetwork.org |
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posted Feb 14, 2011 3:15 PM by ania moniuszko
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Next Community meeting will focus on City Repair
Location: CPMC Davies (Duboce and Castro), Room: Gazebo in between two towers (glass room) Time: 2/28 - 7 pm - 10 pm
Transition San Francisco has picked two main focus projects for 2011.
We'll be helping with City Repair San Francisco and Kitchen Gardens
San Francisco!
1. We’ll be working with an existing local group to help launch
Portland’s much-praised City Repair project in San Francisco. See
www.cityrepair.org.
2. We’ll be helping grow the Kitchen Gardens project – which brings a
permablitz, a kind of organic gardening makeover (both indoor and
outdoor), to SF households. See www.kitchengardensf.org.
We’re really happy to have picked two projects with strong roots in
permaculture. Our odds of success are much greater working with
others.
We’ve already heard interest in working together from other groups,
including the Wigg Party, the Bike Coalition, Rebar, SPUR, and others.
The neighborhood around the Wiggle might be ready to host a pilot
project, and there may be synergy with an ongoing effort in Hunters
Point as well.
We’ll devote much of the meeting to
kicking off our collaboration around City Repair, and will be inviting
people from all interested groups to come. And we’ll devote a near-
future meeting to Kitchen Gardens.
We'll continue to be involved in the San Francisco Seed Library, which
is off to a great start, and continue to discuss a food currency,
which holds a lot of promise.
We invite you to come and get involved. This is already an exciting
year for Transition in San Francisco.
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posted Nov 11, 2010 9:04 AM by ania moniuszko
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updated Nov 11, 2010 9:22 AM
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Next Meeting: November 22, 7 - 9 pm, The Gazebo room at CPMC Davies on Castro and Duboce Ave, San Francisco, 94114
We have twelve projects to discuss at our meeting! We'll have brief pitches, and try to narrow the list by half or more; we'll save the final winner(s) to January.- NEW: Seed Library. Put a lot of work into expanding the Seed Library effort across San Francisco. Needs include education, seed gathering, educational materials, Website, neighborhood groups, permaculture tie-ins. Speaker: Lynda.
- NEW: BayView/Hunter's Point project, Emerald City, led by Starhawk, Earth Activist Training and the Hunters Point Family group for at-risk youth. This is a Transition-type effort, but just on this one area, and already in progress. We would just pitch in and help get `er done. Many pluses. Possible concern: Locals may be, or become, concerned about gentrification. Speaker: Lynda.
- NEW (revived): Kitchen Garden project. Permaculturalists help with your garden! Very successful outcomes on 10/10 and originators Karla and Sean will speak on it! Lots going on with this already including a Green Festival talk, a cool Web site, Hayes Valley Farm coordination and more.
- Firing up a neighborhood Transition effort in SF; also includes "help" a neighborhood, permablitz, and Transition Together (which is advanced), as well as working with NEN. (17 votes; 1 red vote for TT, as we may not be ready for that.) Speaker: Beverly.
- Currency project: The Art Project, a Bay Area-wide food-backed currency. Lots of excitement here. Bay Localize has volunteered to help us with social justice concerns, Permaculture Guild would help, and we discussed a possible pilot of Hayes Valley Farm plus three nearby farmers' markets. (9 votes + 7 for Timebank, which is now on our back burner now as infrastructure for other projects.) Speaker: Bud.
- Push an SF agricultural space project, 8 votes. (Work with NEN.) This could be creating a new Hayes Valley Farm, helping an existing city farm, and/or getting info from SF about their survey of "wasted" space in the City. Speaker: Joel.
- Transition newspaper, print and online; 7 votes. Possible negative: focusing our big project on paper; could be overcome by using the project for green printing and recycling education. (1 red dot, could be better done later). Speaker: Lynda.
- Renter's Transition project, including guidebook; 6 votes. Possible negative: Excluding homeowners. (So the Renter's project could then be the pilot for something more expansive.) Speaker: Bud.
- Free school for re-skilling; 5 votes. There is a paid one starting up; our project could be an online directory of re-skilling resources, use Timebank. This would be good infrastructure for new Transition initiatives.
- City Repair, the street corners project from Portland; 5 votes. Starts as "intersection intervention". Continues to "depave"(!), "village building" and more. Speaker: Lynda.
- Graywater/rainwater project; 5 votes. I heard that several times more rainwater falls on SF than the city uses, so there's much potential. Problem: Only homeowners can freely do this; could be repetitive of other efforts. Speaker: Beverly.
- Solar Hot Water project, including CPUC free 1-day training; 5 votes. This is really low-hanging fruit, saves about two-thirds of a unit's natural gas. Can also do solar PV and rainwater catchment whilst up on the roof. Problem: Only homeowners can freely do this. Speaker: Joel.
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posted Oct 3, 2010 11:40 PM by ania moniuszko
When: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:00 pm - Where:
CPMC Davies Campus
- 45 Castro St
San Francisco, CA
We will continue discussing and narrowing down possible projects that our volunteers can take on. Please bring your ideas. Here are the ideas we discussed during the last meeting:
1. Food Forest. Could be at Golden Gate Park or McLaren Park, or block by block
2. Timebank, implemented at the neighborhood and organizational level, alternative currencies
3. Solar cookers project, ie 1000 solar cookers
4. City Repair (from Portland), Transition one intersection at a time!
5. 10/10/10-type day for Transition worldwide
6. Connect neighborhoods in San Francisco to Transition (ie neighborhood-level Transition groups)
7. Great Unleashing
8. Permablitz/kitchen gardens project
9. Something to do with finance
10. Energy Descent Action Plan (could be separate or parallel project)
11. Steve's sharable lot in the Mission
12. A printed newspaper for Transition activities, present and future
13. Working with the SF Organizing Project (see previous post)
14. Serve as a kind of volunteer corps/ support team
15. Work with the Bike Coalition et al on a big but time-limited biking project
16. Humanure - people-generated compost
17. A guide to nonprofits, perhaps tying in gift circles. Perhaps have a call center, like MarinLink
18. Work as assistants to Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) to learn and build skills
19. Contribute to/evangelize/use NEN leadership training efforts
20. Go out to existing neighborhood groups and ask "what do you need"? Perhaps "flood" one neighborhood with help. Do one or more projects, build credibility, then fold Transition-related efforts into the mix. (Relates to #14)
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posted Oct 3, 2010 11:32 PM by ania moniuszko
Here's a recap of our Community Meeting - a key part of our project to find a big project for TransitionSF. Please read this admittedly long note, especially if you plan to come to the next meeting and contribute.
Notes include that the seed library is making good progress at the Portola Valley branch; the solar bike ride went well; Andre is going to a peak oil conference called ASPOG; and I'm going to the UK for Transition consulting training.
Gift circle: Bud needs a beach/Burning Man type bike, Joel may need a job, Susan has a houseshare in Portola (not Portola Valley - see below), Ania needs seeds, Dave needs help with kitchen gardens for 10/10/10 (see kitchengardensf.org), Mira needs participants in Timebakn, Steve needs help with plants for his sunny community loft. (A good chance to showcase your permaculture skills...)
We discussed a potential big project for TransitionSF to take on. The hope is that a big project will help TSF with focus, impact, consciousness-raising, and increased effort.
The process is:
- We discussed "the rules" and some possible projects tonight.
- In about three weeks, we'll have the 10/10/10 climate action day, which will be kind of a lab for
sustainability projects.
- At our next meeting, Monday, October 25th, we'll spend the first half discussing projects, and the second half on some kind of selection or
narrowing process.
Here are the needs that we discussed for a project:
1. Raises awareness.
2. Conveys Transition's vision for increasing local resilience
3. Is concrete, affordable and doable
4. Is replicable, like Bernal Bucks.
5. Inspires and supports work on the neighborhood level, ie seed project, gleaning project.
6. Pays attention to process, ie identifies leaders, builds communication, builds social capital.
7. Becomes part of the community (Transition doesn't have to maintain it).
Added for consideration at the meeting:
8. Involves many people
9. Has ties to City Hall
10. Represents and includes diversity (which is also a permaculture value)
There was a question about which of these were the real "musts", and there was input that perhaps 1, 2, and 8 might be the real deal-breakers - but we didn't resolve this question.
We then went around the room for project ideas:
1. Food Forest. Could be at Golden Gate Park or McLaren Park, or block by block
2. Timebank, implemented at the neighborhood and organizational level, alternative currencies
3. Solar cookers project, ie 1000 solar cookers
4. City Repair (from Portland), Transition one intersection at a time!
5. 10/10/10-type day for Transition worldwide
6. Connect neighborhoods in San Francisco to Transition (ie neighborhood-level Transition groups)
7. Great Unleashing
8. Permablitz/kitchen gardens project
9. Something to do with finance
10. Energy Descent Action Plan (could be separate or parallel project)
11. Steve's sharable lot in the Mission
12. A printed newspaper for Transition activities, present and future
13. Working with the SF Organizing Project (see previous post)
14. Serve as a kind of volunteer corps/ support team
15. Work with the Bike Coalition et al on a big but time-limited biking project
16. Humanure - people-generated compost
17. A guide to nonprofits, perhaps tying in gift circles. Perhaps have a call center, like MarinLink
18. Work as assistants to Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) to learn and build skills
19. Contribute to/evangelize/use NEN leadership training efforts
20. Go out to existing neighborhood groups and ask "what do you need"? Perhaps "flood" one neighborhood with help. Do one or more projects, build credibility, then fold Transition-related efforts into the mix. (Relates to #14)
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