May 2012
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| 05/01/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Cultivating a Life of Inspired Action Trathen Heckman : Founding Director of Daily Acts Organization, Board President of Transition U.S. FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/01/2012 | "Love is for Everyone" - A Benefit for the Soulforce Equality Ride
Join us to celebrate the completion of a two-month journey for justice with comedy, storytelling, and spoken word. The LGBT Center of San Francisco at 1800 Market Street May 1, 2012 From 6:30 to 8:30pm ... Casual, Fun Dress The Soulforce Equality Ride is a bus trip led by young adults across the country. They visit colleges where LGBTQ people experience discrimination and partner with advocates in the surrounding communities to host workshops, events and gatherings. They are ending their journey in the Bay Area and want to celebrate with you! Visit www.soulforce.org and www.equalityride.com for our Bay Area event calendar. There will be food, drink, music, entertainment, and a perfect terrace to enjoy the night. A gift of $25 will help our work continue. No one turned away - your presence is a gift itself. Please RSVP and make accessibility requests to Haven Herrin at 612-217-0371 or haven@soulforce.org. |
| 05/02/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Intelligence as a Form of Alternative Energy John Trudell: Legendary Native American Rights Activist, Poet, Actor, Recording Artist FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/03/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Connected Globally, Engaging Locally: Wiser and the sustainability movement Peggy Duvette: Executive Director, WiserEarth FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/04/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Soil, Soul and Society Satish Kumar: Editor of Resurgence Magazine, Founder of Schumacher College FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/05/2012 | GLOBAL CANNIBIS MARCH
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL USE NO MAS STOP N FRISK Meet @HIGH NOON @ Washington Square Park GOTO Union Square RALLY til 6:pm |
| 05/05/2012 | March for Black Justice! Put the Oakland Police on Trial! 12:00pm until 6:00pm On Saturday, May 5th the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement will hold the March for Black Justice, followed by the Tribunal (court) for Reparations to African People at which we will put the Oakland Police Dept on Trial for crimes of genocide against the African community.
If you have been a victim of police brutality, extortion, frame up, kidnapping, rape or any other violation of your rights in the streets OR in prison we need you to testify! The Oakland Police Dept has a long history of brutalizing African people in this city. In the 1940s and 50s Africans were brought to Oakland from the south for the same reason we were taken from Africa: to be slaves for forces like Kaiser. The police have always played the role of overseers in our community to make sure Africans remain under the control of white power. The police have the license to kill, brutalize, frame up, kidnap, extort, rape and distribute drugs in our community. The cop who executed Oscar Grant is walking free today because the U.S. govt will never punish itself. To get justice African people must take power in our own hands and build our own court! The only difference between our court and the U.S. colonial court system is that we do not yet have state power (police and prisons) through which we can enforce the people's sentence. March to begin at 12PM in front of the McDonald's at Eastmont Mall (73rd and MacArthur). Tribunal to begin at 2PM at the Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd. For more info call: 510-569-9620 Visit: uhurusummerproject.org Uhuru House 7911 Macarthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605-3361 L-TAG!A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/322729461116097/"!R-TAGhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/events/322729461116097/ |
| 05/06/2012 | Help Wanted! Volunteer to Renovate the Uhuru House 4:00pm
QUALIFICATIONS: * Socially Conscious * Experienced in any phase of construction * Phone donations campaign * Or desire to learn SPECIFIC SKILLS * General or stucco contractor * Phone/online donations * Plumber, carpenter, electrician * Roofer * Mechanical Engineer The goal: To bring together the resources, skills and materials to complete the renovation of the Uhuru House in East Oakland. UHURU JIKO (FREEDOM KITCHEN): The campaign to renovate the Uhuru House will create a cutting edge meeting space as well as a licensed commercial kitchen accessible to the African community. The project is addressing the conditions, such as the fact that 75 cents of every retail dollar leaves East Oakland. UHURU HOUSE: The Uhuru House represents more than 30 years of campaigns led by the Black Power Movement to win African community control of the economy, housing, health care, education and police. The Uhuru House represents the interests of the working class African people, putting in place programs for self-reliance and community economic development. Register for the July 9-29th Oakland Freedom Summer Project at www.uhurusummerproject.org info@uhurusummerproject.or?g 510-569-9620 The Uhuru House is the site of the Uhuru Community Garden! http://www.facebook.com/?profile.php?id=100003746589?681 Uhuru House 7911 Macarthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605-3361 |
| 05/08/2012 | More Fun - Less Stuff - Zero Waste Lifestyles
Portia Sinnott: Founder of LITE Initiatives, Convener of Zero Waste Brain Trust, Public Speaker and Blogger FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/08/2012 | Tuesday, May 8, 7:00 PM
WHY IRAN? A Conversation between Dr. MAZIAR BEHROOZ and MICHAEL VEILUVA Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek The U.S. is going to great expense and effort to militarily surround a country that has a culture much older than ours and where most of its citizens love Americans. To understand why, we invited local experts on Iran to educate us. Maziar Behrooz is Associate Professor at the History Department of San Francisco State University. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on Iran and is the author of two books on the history of Iranian left movement. His first book is Rebels with a Cause (1999), which has been translated into Persian (2001) and Turkish (2006). His second book is Perspectives on the History of Rebels with a Cause in Iran, published in Persian (2006). Michael Veiluva has been general counsel to the Western States Legal Foundation, a peace and disarmament organization, since 1985. He is the author of Burdens of Proof: Iran, the United States and Nuclear Weapons (2009) and most recently authored Iran Through the Looking Glass for the Canadian journal Peace Magazine (January 2012). He lives and works in Walnut Creek. Co-sponsored by Friendly Favors and the Peace Committee of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church Wheelchair accessible 925-933-7850 Hearing impaired assistance General admission: $12 Peace Center, Church and Friendly Favors Members: $10 Students with current ID: $5 Please bring nonperishable food items and/or large size childrens disposable diapers for Monument Crisis Center. Thank you for your generosity. |
| 05/09/2012 | The New Leaders Council presents The Progressive Punchline Comedy Show , a night of comedy by W. Kamau Bell, silent auction, and an opportunity to network with and support the Bay Area's young progressive community. The New Leaders Council (NLC) is a national nonprofit whose mission is to train and support the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs those who are leading industries, setting trends, and building institutions that support robust civic and political life in the US. The event features special guest W. Kamau Bell, socio-political comedian, founding member of Laughter Against the Machine, and host of a new show on FX in partnership with Chris Rock.
Date: May 9, 2012 Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm Location: San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) at 654 Mission Street in SF GENERAL ADMISSION Early Bird Tickets (till May 2) : $25 Regular Online Tickets and At The Door: $35 SPONSORSHIP Platinum Sponsor (includes 10 tickets and special acknowledgment): $1,000+ Gold Sponsor (includes 4 tickets and special acknowledgment): $500 Silver Sponsor (includes 2 tickets and special acknowledgment): $250 Bronze Sponsor (includes 2 tickets): $100 For more information, to buy tickets or to sponsor or donate go to: http://new.lc/sfpunchline |
| 05/09/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Changing the Dream - What it will take to put humanity on a sustainable path Jon Symes: Program Development Director at the Pachamama Alliance, Activist, Educator Interviewed by Julia Butterfly Hill FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/10/2012 | CLEAN POWER HEALTH COMMUNITIES 3rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
California Endowment Center Oakland, CA For more information and to register, visit: http://www.localcleanenergy.org/Clean-Power-Healthy-Communities-iii The Local Clean Energy Alliance is proud to announce the 3rd annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference, where we promote a clean energy economy as a powerful way to address the economic development, employment, and health needs of Bay Area communities. With few prospects for a national plan to reduce greenhouse gases, local communities are leading the way to equitable, clean energy solutions. The San Francisco Bay Area, with its strong grassroots advocacy organizations and many renewable energy initiatives, is in a unique position to provide local clean energy leadership. |
| 05/10/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Beyond Sustainability: Buckminster Fuller's Design Science David McConville: President of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Co-Founder of the Elumenati, Creative Director of Worldviews Network FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/11/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Rockin' The Road Less Travelled Rha Goddess: World Renowned Performance Artist, Activist and Social Entreprenuer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/12/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World AWAKENING THE DREAMER SYMPOSIUM- Live webcast To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/14/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Change the World and Improve Your Personal Finances: Empowering Businesses that Share Your Values Rinaldo Brutoco: Founder and President of World Business Academy, Visionary, Writer, Change Agent FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/16/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Rebuild The Dream: The Next American Economy Van Jones: Co-Founder of Rebuild the Dream, Author, Environmental Leader FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/17/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Sustainable Consciousness Peter Russell: Author, The Global Brain; public speaker, Multimedia Producer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/20/2012 | Occupation for Self-Determination Townhall Meeting Sundays 4 to 6pm
Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland Attend the Weekly Townhall Meetings to build the Oakland Freedom Summer Project! In the 1960s, the Black Panther Party was attacked militarily by U.S. government for building programs to feed the people. In the 1980s, the Uhuru Movement, under the leadership of the African Peoples Socialist party, rebuilt the Black Power movement in Oakland and brought programs for the people back to life. You can: Volunteer with the free clothing drive program. Help build a commercial kitchen for Black owned catering services. Help build the community garden at the Uhuru House. Help build health and wellness programs out of the Uhuru House. 510-569-9620 Uhurusummerproject.org Join the political action committee to fight for justice for the African community! Wednesday Political Action Committee Meetings Committee Meetings Every Wednesday at 6:30pm Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland The International Peoples Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement invites your participation in the work to challenge the police containment of the African community. Get involved in organizing political actions, community forums, fundraising and outreach to combat the colonial conditions experienced by African people inside Oakland the the U.S. Writers, graphic designers, filmmakers, social media enthusiasts, activists and other interested parties should join the work. 510-569-9620 Uhurusummerproject.org |
| 05/21/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World GREEN BUSINESS: EcoCentricity Bonnie Nixon: Business Owner at BonnEco, Code Green Agency and Supply Change Associates FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/22/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Beyond "Green": Sustainability in All Aspects of Our Lives Sharif Abdullah: Director of Commonway Institute, Author FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/22/2012 | Meetings of Uhuru Jiko Project and Uhuru Foods
Meeting 7pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. Join the donations, fundraising and construction teams for Uhuru Jiko (freedom Kitchen), the project being build through the Uhuru House Renovation and the Oakland Freedom Summer Project at the Oakland Uhuru House. Uhuru Jiko will generate economic development for the African community of East Oakland It will also be a base of operations for Uhuru Foods, a subsidiary of Black Star Industries, building an economic future for African people, wealth and prosperity for Africa and African people everywhere. Get involved with securing donations from businesses throughout the Bay Area for the Oakland Freedom Summer Project and the Uhuru House Renovation Campaign. Uhurusummerproject.org 510-394-1780 |
| 05/23/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Building a Climate Movement Bill McKibben: Author, Founder of 350.org, Civil Disobedience Organizer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/23/2012 | Uhuru Movement Wednesday Political Action Committee Meetings
Committee Meetings Every Wednesday at 6:30pm Uhuru House, 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland The International Peoples Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement invites your participation in the work to challenge the police containment of the African community. Get involved in organizing political actions, community forums, fundraising and outreach to combat the colonial conditions experienced by African people inside Oakland the the U.S. Writers, graphic designers, filmmakers, social media enthusiasts, activists and other interested parties should join the work. 510-569-9620 Uhurusummerproject.org |
| 05/24/2012 | Debunking the War on Terror That Washington Still Wants to Wage
In Mounting Evidence, PAUL W. REA, PhD, delivers an amply-researched critique of the 9/11 Commission and debunks the War on Terror. The Friendly Favors/MDP&J Center event: Thurs. May 24 at the Center. Plan to have invitees RSVP on the Events page at favors.org 2012 May 24th - Thursday at 6:00 PM ~ $20 Donation Suggested PAUL W. REA, PhD: Mounting Evidence presents an amply-researched case to reinvestigate the findings of the 9/11 Commission. Potluck dinner followed with a presentation by a former St. Mary's professor who spent six years analyzing the existing and new evidence for the 9/11 attacks. Sponsored by: Friendly Favors and Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center Location: Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 - (925) 933-7850 - www.mtdpc.org & www.mountingevidence.org Book sales and book signing at the event! 6:00 pm - Potluck 7:00 pm - Talk |
| 05/24/2012 | Debunking the War on Terror That Washington Still Wants to Wage
In Mounting Evidence, PAUL W. REA, PhD, delivers an amply-researched critique of the 9/11 Commission and debunks the War on Terror. The Friendly Favors/MDP&J Center event: Thurs. May 24 at the Center. Plan to have invitees RSVP on the Events page at favors.org 2012 May 24th - Thursday at 6:00 PM ~ $20 Donation Requested. PAUL W. REA, PhD: Mounting Evidence presents an amply-researched case to reinvestigate the findings of the 9/11 Commission. Potluck dinner (6:00pm) followed with a presentation (7:00pm) by a former St. Mary's professor who spent six years analyzing the existing and new evidence for the 9/11 attacks. Sponsored by: Friendly Favors and Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center Location: Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 - (925) 933-7850 - www.mtdpc.org & www.mountingevidence.org Book sales and signing at the event. |
| 05/24/2012 | Cindy Sheehan Book Release Celebration: Revolution, A Love Story
Thursday, May 24, 7:00 PM (potluck at 6:30) Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org Cindy Sheehan will give a presentation about how she came to write Revolution, A Love Story. Cindy writes, I am excited to offer this book as my thanks for being able to be exposed to the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, its charismatic and compassionate leader, and to you for all your support over these years. Potluck precedes event at 6:30. http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 05/25/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Changing the Way We Think, To Create the World We Want Frances Moore Lappé: Author, Co-Founder of Food First: The Institute for Food Development Policy and Small Planet Institute FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/26/2012 | Homestead Skillshare Festival
Sat, May 26th from 10am-6pm Hayes Valley Farm, 450 Laguna Street, SF A festival to help educate, inspire and spread sustainable living and self-sufficiency skills. http://homesteadskillsharefestival.eventbrite.com/ Scheduled Workshops: Cohousing, coops, and intentional communities, solar ovens, passive solar, worm bins, cob ovens, urban composting, worm composting, urban gardening in the Bay and container gardening, seed-saving, food preservation (incl. wine-making, pickling, miso, etc), water catchment and grey water recycling, disaster preparedness, herb growing, teas and tincture making, qi gong, bee-keeping and pollination, livestock (incl. ducks, horses and/or goats), sprouting, mushroom cultivation, soap-making, candle-making, diy green cleaning, nonviolent communication, and more! (Habra traduccion en Espanol). Admission: Ticketing on Eventbrite and at the door Payment of 2 hours donation to Hayes Valley Farm and/or $20 donation to the BACE Timebank. Kids are free, families welcome. Free & donation-based food onsite and benefit dinner at end of Festival. Rain or shine. No refunds. Co-sponsored by: the BACE Timebank, Hayes Valley Farm, SF Permaculture Guild, Cohousing California, SF Urban Agriculture Alliance, PODER (SF), Occupy SF Sustainability Working Group, the Urban Homesteading Institute, Transition SF, KitchenGarden SF, SF Bee-Cause, the Connection Action Project and more! Please contact mira at sfbace.org for more info. |
| 05/28/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Green Business: From Nightmares to Dreams Marc LeMenestrel: Founder of Foundation for a New Ethical Business, Creator of We Dream Business Development Policy and Small Planet Institute FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/29/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World GREEN LIFESTYLES: Sankofa: Regenerative Strategies for Connecting People to the Earth Pandora Thomas & Zakiya Harris: Co-Founder of Earthseed Consulting, Environmental Educator Co-Founder of Grind for the Green, Artist, Educator FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/29/2012 | Screening of: Bob Roberts
Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org This satirical 1992 mockumentary, chronicles the rise of a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming US Senate election. Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins, who also wrote & directed) is well financed, due mainly to past business dealings, and is well known for his music, which presents conservative ideas with gusto. As a conservative folk singer, he performs songs about drug users, lazy people and the triumph of traditional family values over the rebelliousness of the 1960s. He is running against the incumbent Democrat, Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal) who is made vulnerable when he is accused of a sex scandal. Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series for the 99% Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 05/30/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Design and Construction as Activism Denis Hayes: National Coordinator of the first Earth Day, Author, Activist FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 05/30/2012 | - 2011 Academy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker for Inside
Job - Author of Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America Could the global economic meltdown of the last few years have been prevented? Ferguson believes the crisis was no accident. After Inside Job won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, Ferguson started his acceptance speech by criticizing the lack of accountability of the finance industry and Wall Street pointing out that three years after the horrific crisis started not a single financial executive had gone to jail. Predator Nation continues to examine the important issues raised in Inside Job , making the powerful case that an out-of-control finance industry took advantage of a deregulated atmosphere and purposely got rich at the expense of others. Through his extensive interviews with financial insiders and government officials, Ferguson exposes the corrupted networks that caused the economic collapse and offers a plan of action to help our country get back on track. Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. Check-In; 7:00 p.m. Program; 8:00 p.m. Book Signing Location: Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto Price: General: $12 Members; $20 Non-Members; $7 Students For tickets call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-05-30/charles-ferguson-predator-nation-aftermath-inside-job |
| 05/31/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Sustainability on College Campuses: Culture and Action De'Anthony Jones: Vice President of the Environmental Students Organization at Sacramento State University FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
June 2012
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| 06/02/2012 | Free university-level education for all
Meet and greet launches the University of the Commons, starting with 6 free classes Saturday. June 2 2-7 p.m. ATA, 992 Valencia, SF University of the Commons is a collective of teachers, activists, and students dedicated to the idea of education for the sake of education. On Saturday, June 2, from 2 to 7 p.m., we invite the community to join us at Artists Television Access to celebrate the launch of a free educational community project. What are the commons ? Theyre the creations of nature and culture that belong to all of us equally, including human knowledge. Well have a roundtable discussion and share snacks, drinks, and music by the Brass Liberation orchestra. Our first 6 courses, starting in June, will be on topics including Western music, filmmaking, literary criticism, science literacy, computer history, and Occupy activism. Please join us at 992 Valencia Street in San Francisco on Saturday, June 2, from 2 to 7 p.m. and become part of the movement to share our knowledge for the benefit of all. UOTC.org |
| 06/06/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Lifting the Veil: the Midset Shift Beneath the Movement Alec Loorz: Founder of Kids vs Global Warming, Musician, Writer, Public Speaker FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/07/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Global Stewardship: World on the Edge Janet Larsen: Director of Research at Earth Policy Institute, Co-author of The Earth Policy Reader FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/08/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World PIONEERS: Changing the Dream: What It'll Take to Put the Human Family Back on a Sustainable Path Jon Symes: Program Development Director at the Pachamama Alliance, Activist, Educator FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/12/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World GREEN LIFESTYLES: Transition: A Story of Resilience and Hope in Extraordinary Times Rob Hopkins: Co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and the Transition Network, permaculturist FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/12/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World ACTIVISM: Planetizing the Movement Drew Dellinger: Founder of Planetize the Movement, Teacher, Poet, Writer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/12/2012 | - Nobel Memorial Prize Winner for Economics & Professor, Columbia
University - Author of The Price of Inequality: How Todays Divided Society Endangers Our Future Our current economic system has made America the most unequal advanced industrial country with crippled growth and undermined democracy. As the top 1% of Americans control 40% of the countrys wealth, Stiglitz makes a forceful argument against our divided society and vicious circle of inequality. In an effort to bridge that growing gap, Stiglitz offers his plan for changing our current monetary and budgetary policies and create a more just and prosperous future. Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. Check-In; 7:00 p.m. Program; 8:00 p.m. Book Signing Location: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Price: General: $12 Members; $20 Non-Members; $7 Students (with valid ID) Premium: $40 Members & Non-Members (includes book and premium seating) For tickets call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-06-12/joseph-stiglitz-price-inequality |
| 06/13/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World ACTIVISM: Planetizing the Movement Drew Dellinger: Founder of Planetize the Movement, Teacher, Poet, Writer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/13/2012 | GAIL COLLINS
- Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times - Author of As Texas Goes&: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda The first woman editor of The New York Times editorial page and best-selling author, Gail Collins, reveals in her explosive new book how Texas has become the bellwether of a far-reaching national movement that continues to have profound social and economic consequences for the nation. The proud state of big oil and bigger ambition has created a conservative political agenda that is shaping our national identity. Collins declares, like it or not, as Texas goes, so goes the nation. Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Time: 11:30 p.m. Check-In; 12:00 p.m. Program; 1:00 p.m. Book Signing Location: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Price: General: $12 Members; $20 Non-Members; $7 Students (with valid ID) Premium: $40 Members & Non-Members (includes book and premium seating) For tickets call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-06-13/gail-collins |
| 06/14/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Powershift: changing how electricity is made and used in the US Michael Brune: Executive Director of the Sierra Club FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/18/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Effectively green marketing: short, simple, and relevant Scott Cooney: Founder and Principal of Green Business Owner, Sustainability Consultant, Educator FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/19/2012 | KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
MEDEA BENJAMIN Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control Hosted by Laura Prives The wily, nationally recognized progressive activist Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange, has been accurately described by New York Newsday as one of Americas most committed and most effective fighters for human rights. The Los Angeles Times describes her as one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement. Since the 9/11 tragedy, she has been working to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to promote a U.S. foreign policy respectful of human rights. Her work for justice in Israel/Palestine includes taking numerous delegations to Gaza after the 2008 Israeli invasion, organizing the Gaza Freedom March in 2010, participating in Freedom Flotillas, and opposing the policies of AIPAC. In 2011 she was in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian uprising, and in 2012 she was part of a human rights delegation to Bahrain in support of democracy activists when she was tear-gassed, arrested, and deported by the Bahraini government. Activist extraordinaire Medea Benjamin has documented how the U.S. governments use of drones to murder hundreds of innocent victims in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen has increased the danger to our national security. Benjamins Drone Warfare is the first book that reveals the vocal international citizen that challenges the legality and morality of Americas extrajudicial execution drones before they begin killing here at home. Ann Wright, U.S. Army colonel (retired) and former deputy chief of mission for U.S. embassies in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and elsewhere. $12 advance tickets: t: 800-838-3006 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/247163 or independent bookstores ($15 door, $9 HC Members) Information: www.kpfa.org/events KPFA benefit |
| 06/20/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Beyond Fear: A Life-Affirming Foreign Policy Medea Benjamin: Co-Founder of CODEPINK, Co-Founder of Global Exchange, Author FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/21/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Using the law to save biodiversity and protect wildlife: opportunities and obstacles Eric Glitzenstein: Founding Partner of Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Environmental Lawyer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/22/2012 | SPRING OF SUSTAINABILITY: Solutions for a Thriving World Leadership at the Nexus: When women thrive, communities thrive Amira Diamond & Melinda Kramer FREE teleseminar / webcast, 12-12:30pm PST To register, go to: http://bit.ly/springofsustainability2012 Spring of Sustainability (SoS) is the largest sustainability events program ever produced, lasting 3 months (March 26-June 22), and featuring over 100 top global leaders of sustainability from around the world. Registration and most events are free, and include teleseminars, webcasts and live events. Co-produced by The Shift Network and Sustainable World Coalition. info@swcoalition, 415/737-0235 |
| 06/26/2012 | CHRIS HEDGES
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Chris Hedges, a senior fellow with the Nation Institute and a hugely influential columnist for the progressive news site Truthdig, is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and journalist whose books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, American Fascists, and Empire of Illusion. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and graphic artist Joe Sacco has traveled to the most depressed pockets of the United States to combine narrative nonfiction with graphic art in DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT. They report from the devastated coal fields of West Virginia, the Lakota reservation of Pine Ridge in South Dakota, the streets of Camden, N.J. (the poorest per capita city in the nation), and among undocumented agricultural workers in Immokalee, Florida, to bring readers a true portrait of the vast and growing zones of sacrifice imposed across the country by the marauding, unchecked corporate state. DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT illustrates what happens when a society loses all sense of the sacred, when nothing has intrinsic worth beyond monetary values. Hedges and Sacco reflect back to America in searing portraits of its poorest, most exploited citizens, to show what we are doing to ourselves as a nation. Their collaboration considers what tens of millions of Americans will endure if this country continues to configure itself in an oligarchic system of only masters and serfs. $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248641 :: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus Books (3 locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloways, Moes Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door) KPFA benefit Information: www.kpfa.org/events KPFA benefit |