2005 Calendar Archive

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January 2005

3rd Willits Economic Localization meeting. Willits Community Center, 7 pm. 111 East Commercial Street.

17th Willits Economic Localization meeting. Willits Community Center, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. 111 East Commercial Street. We are trying to get child care established.

20th Counter-Inaugural Demonstration in SF. Gather at the SF Civic Center at 5pm. Demands:

  • End Occupation: From Palestine to Haiti, Cuba, Afghanistan, Korea, the Philippines & Everywhere!
  • Money for People's Needs, Not for the Pentagon War Machine!
  • Defend Civil Liberties and Civil Rights!
  • Stand Against Racism at Home and Abroad!
  • End the Occupation! Bring the Troops Home Now!

For more info see: http://www.actionsf.org/wform.html

22nd Mendocino Tomorrow founding meeting at the Willits City Hall / Community Center at 111 East Commercial Street, Willits. 11:30am - 4:30pm. What can we do together to be more effective in building the kind of communities we want for the future? Can we build a political force as effective as the Farm Bureau, the Chambers of Commerce, and the Employers’ Council?

Come to a potluck lunch at noon, followed by discussion from 1:00 until 3:00. Topics for discussion will be our unifying principles, what we’ll call ourselves, how we’ll make decisions, how we’ll organize ourselves to get work done, setting up a local politics list serve and web-site, etc.

Please RSVP if you’re coming. Ideas, comments, and questions are welcome. Please invite others who might want to be involved, and feel free to forward this. For more information email oolah@earthlink.net

22nd Backyard Orchard Pruning Workshop, 9:30am-Noon, East Hill House in Willits. Demonstration and discussion focusing on the Ladder-Less Orchard. Training and maintaining fruit trees to a desired height, winter and summer pruning, growing a variety of fruit in a small space. Cost $25, pre-registration required. Call Richard Jeske at East Hill House, 459-5926

25th Seeds For The Future Of Mendocino County begins. Please identify all event postings that are part of this event by posting SFMC in bold with the date, as seen below.

26th Ralph Nader will appear for 3 days in Northern California as part of his 2005 national tour against the war. Ralph will be joined by former San Francisco supervisor Matt Gonzalez (Green Party) and other special guests to rally against the U.S. military and corporate occupation of Iraq.

Time: 8 pm Location: Willits High School Auditorium Address: 299 North Main Street, Willits, California 95490 Contact: Dan Hamburg, 707-467-0329 Admission to all Events: General $10, Students $5

27th SFMC Poetry Club, theme: gratitude for Mendocino County, 7 p.m., Saturday Afternoon Club, Ukiah

31st Willits Economic Localization meeting. Willits Community Center, 6:30-8:30 pm. 111 East Commercial Street.

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February

3rd SFMC The Party's Over: Preparing for the End of the Fossil Fuel Economy, Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over and Power Down. 7-9 p.m., Philo Grange.

5th Mendocino Permaculture's 2005 Winter Abundnce Workshop. 10:00am-4:00pm. Hands-on fruit tree grafting, seed and scion exchange. Anderson Valley High School Domes (Boonville), just south on Hwy 128 on Mountain View Road. Also fruit tree sales, pruning demonstration, Mexican lunch. For information: call Barbara Goodell 895-3897, Mark Albert 462-7843, or Richard Jeske 459-5926

8th Cloud Forest Conservation Campaign Planning Meeting, 6pm @ Ukiah Brewing Co.

9th Willits City Council meeting. 7pm, City Hall.

13th SFMC CO-HOUSING Potluck Brunch Get Together. 10:30 AM Learn and share ideas concerning the creation of co-housing communities in Inland Mendocino County. Help plan a larger, public information event. It's at the home of Sandy and Louisa 520 Laughlin Way Redwood Valley 485-1290 peace@pacific.net Call or write for more information and directions.

13th SFMC Natural Building Forum, an evening of presentations, information-sharing and Q & A discussion with natural builders from Mendocino County. Topics include sustainable development, use of local materials, strawbale, wood, adobe, cob, bamboo. 4-6 p.m., Washington Mutual meeting room, 700 S. State St., Ukiah

16th Potter Valley Grange monthly meeting 7pm

17th SFMC The Party's Over: Preparing for the End of the Fossil Fuel Economy, Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over and Power Down. 7-9 p.m., Willits Community Center.


17th Willits Economic Localization meeting. This week we are attending Richard Heinberg's presentation. 7pm, Community Center, 111 East Commercial Street. Find members of your Study Group before or after this event to check in with each other on how you are progressing.

20th Cloud Forest Institute Board of Directors Meeting, Ukiah Brewing Co. 12pm

23rd SFMC Natural Medicines Research Institute founding meeting. To be held at the Mendo Education Action Cooperative (formerly the MEC) 106 West Standley St., Ukiah, 5pm. This is a project of CFI that will work to establish local medicinal herb gardens, create an apothecary and exchange of herbs, and organically certify and test medical marijuana. Email pmburnstad@yahoo.com for more information.


23rd Potter Valley Community Action Plan 6:30pm Potter Valley High School multipurpose room

23rd Willits City Council meeting. 7pm, City Hall.

24th SFMC finishes.

24th The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear - Part One Free BBC Documentary showing at 7pm, Wright Stuff Pizza, 720 N. State St., Ukiah. Hosted by Ukiah Valley Alliance for Democracy. For more info email AFD_Ukiah@yahoo.com or call 472-0724 or visit http://www.my.calendars.net/ukiah_valley_afd.

27th SFMC Seeds for the Future wrap-up and "gather-in" meeting. 6-9 p.m., Yoga Mendocino, 206 Mason, Ukiah.

28th Willits Economic Localization meeting. 6:30-8:30 pm. Community Center, 111 East Commercial Street.

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March

1st The End of Suburbia - Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream the dvd is being shown at the Washington Mutual Meeting room on the corner of Gobbi and South State in Ukiah 5:30 to 7:30. Discussion with Jason Bradford at 8:00. Focus: Next steps to organize a Ukiah area economic localization project.


3rd The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear - Part Two Free BBC Documentary showing at 7pm, Wright Stuff Pizza, 720 N. State St., Ukiah. Hosted by Ukiah Valley Alliance for Democracy. For more info email AFD_Ukiah@yahoo.com or call 472-0724 or visit http://www.my.calendars.net/ukiah_valley_afd.

3rd: A Witch’s Star:
Communication, Passion, Emotion, Sensuality and Communion.
A Five-Week Workshop for Women

March 3 –31, 2005. Thursday evenings, 7:30 – 10 PM

Together we will work the points of the Witch’s star. Moving from air, to fire, water, earth and spirit, we will explore the concepts of embodiment, self, fulfillment, and interaction with The Other as ways to connect with the divine in our daily lives. We will create self-defined personal practices to encourage congruity within our selves, and to lead us toward satisfying and fulfilling interaction with the divine Others in our lives. As we become present with ourselves, we become more healthily and honestly available in our relationships and interactions. Working with presence, connection with our own intuition, and the energies of love, power, sensuality, self-definition, divine mirroring, and physicality, we will engage in the process of finding the places where Divine Self and Divine Other meet.

The Details: Three Sisters Store, 112 S. State St., Ukiah $180 if paid in full at or before first class. $225 if paid in five installments. Class size is limited, so register early. Barter and work trade proposals considered. Scholarships may be available. For more info or to register, please drop a note to <one-sexy-mama@mindspring.com>, with “Information request: Witch’s Star” in the subject line, or call 707-391-7023.

Visit my website to read about my other workshops: <http://www.lasara.us>

5th Fr. Roy Bourgeois speaks at 1:30pm on School of the Americas Watch program. St. Mary's Church Hall, 900 S. Oak St., Ukiah (corner of Freitas Ave. one block south of Gobbi St). For more information call 391-5853 or see http://www.soaw.org.


5th Growing Table Grapes for the Backyard Gardener, with Richard Jeske at East Hill House in Willits. Learn about selection and planting, training, pruning, propagation, and processing of table grapes. Pre-registration required. $20, which includes workshop, 5 cuttings of grapes of your choice, and participation in fall grape tasting of over 25 varieties. To register, call Richard at 459-5926


9th 2nd Meeting of the newly formed Research Institute for Community Health, originally called Natural Medicines Research Institute. Group will meet at 106 W. Standley St. at 6pm. Please bring just a list of herbs that you are currently growing. An herb exchange will take place at a later date. Also please bring a list of the community health care providers that you are aware of who offer natural healing alternatives. Call 463-2482 for more information.


14th Willits Economic Localization meeting. Special Guest: Ann Hancock of Sustainable Sonoma and the Global Footprint Network will speak about Ecological Footprint analysis. Willits Community Center, 6:30-9:00 pm. 111 East Commercial Street.

17th The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear - Part Three Free BBC Documentary showing at 7pm, Wright Stuff Pizza, 720 N. State St., Ukiah. Hosted by Ukiah Valley Alliance for Democracy. For more info email AFD_Ukiah@yahoo.com or call 472-0724 or visit http://www.my.calendars.net/ukiah_valley_afd.

21st Willits Economic Localization presents a discussion with John Jeavons of Ecology Action titled "Principles and Vision of Sustainable Agriculture." Willits Community Center, 6:30-9:00 pm. 111 East Commercial Street.

23rd Wednesday at 7pm at the Ridgewood Ranch Club House. Community Natural Health (non-official name) group meeting. For more information or to RSVP cal 743-1287.

25th and 26thNatural plaster and non-toxic paints workshop at the Mendocino Enviromental Center. Vital Systems will be leading a disscusion / slideshow in the evening 25th. On the 26th all day participants will make take home samples and finishing the walls at the Mendocino Enviromental center. Participants must register @ (707) 468-7488. registration and materials fee is $75.

28th Willits Economic Localization meeting. Showing of the film "The End of Suburbia" and general meeting for Working Groups. Willits Community Center, 6:30-8:30 pm. 111 East Commercial Street.

29th Tuesday 5:30 - 7pm at Leaves of Grass Books in Willits. Author, June Carolyn Erlick, will present her book - Disappeared: A Journalist Silenced On a quiet October evening in 1980, Guatemalan journalist Irma Flaquer, returning to her downtown apartment after a visit with her four-year-old grandson, was dragged from her car, never to be seen again. Founder of the first Guatemalan Human Rights Commission, she was a crusading reporter who did not tolerate corruption or repression. Flaquer criticized presidents, politicians, and the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, and championed the rights of the disenfranchised, in some cases, making and breaking political regimes. "Disappeared" paints a gripping and complicated portrait both of a vibrant woman with a passionate vision and of an emerging nation, struggling against the strictures of Cold War politics and behind-the-scenes U.S. involvement.

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April

1st April Fuel's Day

11th Willits Economic Localization presents an evening with Steve and Gloria Decatur of Livepower Farm to discuss "Community Supported Agriculture: Market and Non-market Approaches to Starting a Local CSA Farm." Willits Community Center, 111 E. Commercial Street, 6:30 to 9:00 pm.

April 16 Chuck Williams will lead a short walk in the foothills above the Redwood Valley Rancheria to identify some native plants used by Native Americans. Presented as one of many activities at the tribes SPIRIT RUN FESTIVAL celebrating Child Abuse Prevention Month. Other activities: 9:00 AM three mile Run/Walk; 10:30- 12:00 Native plant walk; 12:00 Pomo Dancers,singers and free lunch; 12:00-2:00 raffles ,bingo, yard sales, craft booths, basketball tourney, jumping jamboree for kids. Located at 3250 Road "I" in Redwood Valley, info ph.485-0361. FREE EVENT PUBLIC INVITED

16th MEAC WEEK - DAY 1: 9pm Global Funk Council at the Ukiah Brewing Co. MEAC Week and Earth Day

17th MEAC WEEK - DAY 2: 6pm Opening Circle followed by Vincente Brown: Ecuadorian Amazon Indigenous Achuar Presentation

18th MEAC WEEK - DAY 3: 6pm Documentary Trio: Viva Judi Bari, The Forest for the Trees, & Fire in the Eyes

19th MEAC WEEK - DAY 4: 6pm Meet the MEC Board Candidates, then watch The End of Suburbia, and participate in an Economic Localization Discussion

20th MEAC WEEK - DAY 5: 6pm Cloud Forest Institute Presentation on the Cambugan Watershed Wildlife Corridor in Ecuador

21st MEAC WEEK - DAY 6: 6pm Documentary Night Featuring many interesting films like Independent Media in a Time of War, 911 Omission Commision The Plane Truth, Oil on Ice, etc.

22nd MEAC Week and Earth Day - DAY 7: 12-7pm at Alex R. Thomas Jr. Plaza, Ukiah

  • Freecycle Free Flea Market starting at 10AM
  • Noon Opening Circle
  • Booths Showcasing Local Organizations
  • Earth Flag Contest
  • Holistic Healing
  • Performances
  • Speakers
  • Music
  • Food
  • Fun!

Join Us - All Events are FREE! Mendo Education Action Co-op is the name given to the building on Standley St. where the Mendocino Environmental Center has worked for years. The MEC has been under remodeling for over a year but is getting ready to re-open as the home to MEC, KMEC radio 105.1 fm, and CFI, together referred to as MEAC. "The meek shall inherit the earth" The Earth Day event will include music and performance as well as show case local NGOs and Environmental projects. It will be a fun filled day for the whole family!

23rd Saturday 4p.m.-midnight, Celebrate Alternative Fuels on EARTH DAY WEEKEND at Caspar Community Center in Caspar, on Coast Hwy 1 between Mendocino and Fort Bragg. Join the PEACE FUEL PARTY PARADE, CAR SHOW, PUBLIC FORUM AND FULL MOON BOOGIE. Learn how you can power your car on veggie oil, alcohol, biodiesel, etc. Road-ready vehicles converge at Big River Flats 4 p.m., brigade to Caspar, join other vehicles...PARADE THROUGH CASPAR starts at 4:30, Kids Fun! from 5:30p.m.-midnight, Fuel Your Peace Gourmet Meal at 5:30, Live Music begins at 6....Don't miss this rare convergence of members of DYSFUNCTIONAL SPECIES with THE POLLINATORS. Also reggae, folk, speakers, demonstrations, art show, raffle, Earth Ball & New Games, interactive educational format to network and grow support for alternative fuels. Supports Bio-fuels education and local resources. Children free. Adults donation $5-30. Gourmet meal add children $3, adults $7. Desert and coffee/tea served. www.peace-fuel.com; cjezreela@jun.com; 707-961-6152; 707-964-2883. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR DAY OF EVENT!! BIO-FUELED VEHICLES NEEDED FOR PARADE AND CAR SHOW!!

25th Willits Economic Localization will have a workshop facilitated by Brian Weller about "Managing Our Projects: Concepts, Priorities and Actions." The film "The End of Suburbia" will be shown for interested newcomers. Willits Community Center, 111 E. Commercial Street, 6:30 to 9:00 pm.

28th Workers Memorial Day Come join us in honoring workers in and from Mendocino County who have been killed, injured or permanently disabled on the job as we observe Workers Memorial Day on Thursday, April 28th at 5:30 pm in the Alex Thomas Jr. Plaza on School and Clay Streets, Downtown Ukiah. Sponsored by the North Bay Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. If you know of someone who should be honored, please contact Terry Poplawski at 462-6570.

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May

2nd Willits Economic Localization is hosting an evening with Julian Darley of the Post Carbon Institute. The presentation is titled "Relocalize Now! Community Responses to Climate Change and Peak Oil." Willits Community Center, 111 E. Commercial Street, 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Donation.

MAY 14 California Native Plant Society-Sanhedrin Chapter will lead a plant walk to Ridgewood Ranch. Meet at 9:00 AM at Rays shopping center parking lot in front of Rite-aid in Willits, or at the top of Willits grade on the east side of hiway 101 at some businesses there at 9:15.We will explore two vernal pools with Ranunculus aquatilis and Pleuropogon davii and other areas with Violets ,Pickeringia,Trillium ,Redwoods and Valley Oaks.For more info contact Geri Hulse-Stephens at 459-3689.

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June

Wednesday 6/1 Learn to Plant and Use an Herbal Medicine Chest Garden. 6 - 8:00pm at Mariposa Institute. Suggested donation $60 - $30, sliding scale.

Thursdays 6/2 - 8/25 Silly Yogi Dancing for the Stiff and Sore 7pm every Thursday at Mariposa Institute. You are invited to dance and self-heal to musical masterworks from all cultures. Get down and boogie, swaying and stretching through all those aches and pains which might be trying to tell us something, like GET UP AND MOVE! This is self-paced movement, lots of warm up and stretching, which moves in to a meditative dialogue with your own body, done with closed eyes more often than not, so it doesn’t matter if you feel self conscious about dancing. I have used this sort of thing for years to manage sports injuries, fibromyalgia, environmental illness, arthritis etc., for myself. I think it works! Free movement time hosted by Gene King. Pre-registration required but new participants are always welcome. Suggested donation, as you are able, $5 +/- per session.

Fridays 6/3 & 6/10 Introduction to Permaculture in the Garden 4 – 7pm at 29001 Pinecrest Rd, 15 minutes northwest of Willits. A two-part series that can be taken together or as a single session. The two days will cover: A brief introduction to Permaculture, ethics and principles of Permaculture, zone and sector analysis, pattern observation, building soil life, planting a polyculture garden, the many functions of plants, plant guilds, and food forests. This will include lecture and hands-on gardening work (wearing gardening clothes advisable). Refreshments and snacks from the garden will be provided. Indigo Donaldson has been studying and practicing organic gardening, medicinal herbalism, and yoga for the past 15 years. In the past 5 years her strong interest in Permaculture has proved to be a synthesis of many of her past studies, and she is enthusiastic about sharing what she has learned. She currently owns 20 acres in the mountains of Willits that she is designing into a Permaculture site and is working with the Willits Economic Localization Group to transform the Willits area to become a self- sustaining community. Suggested donation $60 - $30 sliding scale per session.

Saturdays 6/4, 6/18, 7/16 & 8/20 Container Gardening with Kids 8:30am – 12pm at the Farmers Market in Ukiah at the Orchard Plaza. Terri McCartney of the School Gardens Project will teach kids, and their parents, how to plant container veggies. On 6/4 we’ll do Salsa Planters (Tomatoes, cilantro, onions), on 6/18 Pizza Planters (tomatoes, basil, oregano, onions), on 7/16 Salad Planters (heat tolerant lettuces and greens), and on 8/20 Tea Planters (Mint and chamomile). Material Fee for Planters is $20 and suggested donation $20 - $10 sliding scale per session.

Sundays every other week 6/5 – 8/14 Organic Vegetable Production for Home and Market. 5 – 8pm 6/5, 6/19, 7/17, 7/31, 8/14, at 2147 N. State St., Ukiah. Participants will learn something about each of the following topics: Garden site selection and planning, fencing construction, double dug permanent soil beds, composting and soil building, Irrigation, organic pest control, planting dates and growing seasons for most annual vegetable crops in the four climate zones of Mendocino County, companion planting, organic certification and marketing options. Recommended reading: How to grow more vegetables on less land than you imagine by John Jeavons. Ten Speed Press. Richard Johnson has been evicted by reason of poverty from over 12 garden spots in Mendocino County in the last 24 years. In each of those spots, he has double dug Irish-style Lazy Beds and often fenced them off. Richard Johnson also writes an occasional gardening column in his well known local radical news publication, the MENDOCINO COUNTRY Independent. Suggested donation $20 - $10 per session, work trade negotiable.

Mondays every other week 6/6 – 8/29 Service Learning Introduction to Community Sustainability in a Post Carbon Society. 6:30-8:30pm 6/6, 6/20, 7/18, 8/1, 8/15, 8/29 at the Willits Community Center, 111 East Commercial Street, Willits. To be taken as a series. Suggested donation $20 - $5 per session.

Tuesday 6/7 & Monday 6/13 Hope In Hard Times. 6-9pm at Mariposa Institute. A two-part series. We will acknowledge the realities of our times, honor all of our feelings and reactions, and renew our intention to sustain life on Earth. Come prepared to dive into your heart and your love for our world through exercises drawn from seven years with Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects. Offered by Doug Mosel. Sliding scale donation $30 - $10.

Wednesday 6/8 & Friday 8/12 Working Wiki Websites. 6-7pm A two-part series that can be taken together or as a single session. Offered by Freeda Alida Burnstad. Sliding scale donation $25 - $5, per session.

Thursday 6/8 Ecotopia: Is It Achievable? 6:30- 9:30pm at Mariposa Institute. Ecotopia is a term introduced by Ernest Callenbach in his 1975 novel of the same name. Callenbach's premise is that the northwest coast of the U.S. secedes from the rest of the states. Callenbach then discusses the ways of life in the new system. We shall look at governance questions and ruminate about the feasibility of the possibilities. The book is available form Amazon for as little as $2.88 for a paperback copy. Having read it beforehand is suggested. Offered by Dr. James Matthews, Political Scientist. Sliding Scale Donation $30 - $10.

Saturdays 6/11, 7/9 & 8/13 Realizing Your Nature Within: A Workshop in Ecological Psychology and Deep Ecology. 12-4pm at Mariposa Institute. A three-part series that can be taken together or as a single session. As human beings we all share a deep ecology with our planet home, plants, animals, minerals and each other. Industrial society has become disconnected with this natural connection and demonstrates this imbalance through wars, racial hatred, economic and social problems. Each of us has the means to connect directly to our nature within for personal growth and empowerment. Experience this connection with a community of people looking to build a sustainable and just future for all beings. There is no technological fix to the problems that face mankind, only a change of heart can make the difference. Offered by Vincent Brown. All net proceeds will go to the Cloud Forest Institute and the PIPER Project to support work being done with indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Sliding scale donation $40 - $15, per session.

Sundays every other week 6/12 - 7/24 Self Portrait Workshop. 1 – 4pm 6/12, 6/26, 7/10, 7/24 at Mariposa Institute. A four part series. Bring your mirror, photographs, and favorite art supplies in the medium of your choice. I specialize in oil on panel, and have learned some things about 15-16th century technique, as well as non- toxic methods. I welcome all forms, styles and media that you enjoy using. Adult level class. Offered by Gene King. Sliding scale donation $200 - $120 for all four sessions.

Tuesdays 6/14, 6/21 & 6/28 Design Your Independent Interdisciplinary Studies: Build a Learning Contract. 6 - 8pm at Mariposa Institute. A three part series that can be taken in conjunction with Design Your Independent Interdisciplinary Studies: Build a Learning Portfolio. Offered by Freeda Alida Burnstad. Sliding scale donation, $90 - $30 for all three sessions.

Wednesday 6/15 Writing on the Body. 7 - 9pm at Mariposa Institute. What thoughts do you associate with your hand? Your arm? What about your breast or your genitals? In this workshop LaSara will guide you in using simple exercises to create works of word-art, or the building blocks for poetry or stories about your relationship with your body. Please bring writing supplies. Gender-inclusive. Offered by LaSara Firefox a Witch, writer, and workshop designer/facilitator. Her first book, Sexy Witch, is being published by Llewellyn Nov. 1, 2005. LaSara has nearly 20 years of workshop and ritual design and performance. She is also a mother, a partner, and a relationship and sexuality (r)evolutionary. LaSara has designed workshops on empowerment, sex positivity, parenting, magick, relationships, flirting and human interaction. You can find out more about LaSara and her workshops at http://www.lasara.us Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Fridays 6/17, 6/24, & 7/1 Basic Computer Skills. 5:30 – 7:30pm A three-part series that can be taken together or as single sessions. 1.Beginning Internet and E-mail 2.Beginning Internet searching and evaluating websites and information resources 3.Intermediate to advanced Internet searching. Offered by Sarah Haman. Sliding scale donation $25 - $10, per session.

Wednesday 6/22 Elements of Attraction: Magickal Techniques in Flirting. 7-9pm at Mariposa Institute. How do people pull attention toward themselves? Why do some people get noticed when they move a muscle, and some never get noticed at all? In this Workshop, facilitator LaSara W. Firefox will assist you in exploration of the energetics of attention and attraction, and help you learn to work with tools that are effective in manipulation of the flow of energy. You will learn simple techniques that posses the power to align your presentation with your desires, and learn how to create the fertile potential for attraction in interaction. Facilitators warning: “Dark Arts.” Not for the faint of heart. And remember, if you use this tech “against” someone (i.e.; without their consent, without taking into account the larger picture, or in any other way unethically), it may very well bite you in the ass. Hard. Gender-inclusive. Offered by LaSara Firefox. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Saturday 6/25 Living the (R)evolution. 12 – 4pm at Mariposa Institute. Together we will discuss the manifestation of our personal revolutions, define the challenges to living them 24/7, and magickally move the blockages that make it difficult to live, love and dream the new eon and our ideal worlds into existence. Gender-inclusive. Offered by LaSara Firefox. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Mondays 6/27, 7/11, 7/25 & 8/8 Grass Roots Media and Radio Production. 6 – 9pm at the MEAC 106 W Standley St., Ukiah. A series of four workshops. Sliding scale donation, $120 - $40 for all four sessions.

Wednesday 6/29 Organic Paganism: Magick Without the Cloak and Dagger. 7 - 9pm at Mariposa Institute. Are you a Pagan who doesn’t want a $300 athame? A Witch who is less interested in the perfect chalice than in the effect your thoughts have on your actions? A Newbie who is confused by all the trappings of the “old Religion?” Have you ever thought “There’s got to be a simpler way to practice!”? If so, than this workshop is for you. Leave behind the cloak and dagger, and find your way to a more intuitive relationship with magick. In this workshop we will cover intention and manifestation, visualization, tool-less magick, creation/recognition of sacred space, and alternatives to performance-based ritual. Gender-inclusive. Offered by LaSara Firefox. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

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July

Tuesdays 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, & 7/26 Human Rights Radio Course. 2-4pm at the MEAC 106 W Standley St., and on air at 105.1fm in Ukiah. Offered by Patrick M. Burnstad and guest lecturers: Sliding scale donation, $120 - $40 for all four sessions.

Wednesdays 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, & 7/27 News ML. 7 – 9pm at Mariposa Institute. Offered by Patrick M. Burnstad. Sliding scale donation, $120 - $40 for all four sessions.

Fridays 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, & 7/29 Weaving on the Eel. 3 - 6pm at the Eel River in Potter Valley. A five-part series that can be taken together or as single sessions. Beat the Heat and learn to make a beautiful and functional basket at the same time. Important tools you should bring are side cutters and a long awl (a dull ice pick works well). We will learn to start a basket using rattan for spokes and then experiment weaving in unconventional natural materials. Sliding scale donation, $100 - $50 for all five sessions, $20 - $10 per session, materials are included.

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August

Tuesdays 8/2, 8/9 & 8/16 Design Your Independent Interdisciplinary Studies: Build a Learning Portfolio. 6 - 8pm at Mariposa Institute. A three part series that can be taken in conjunction with Design Your Independent Interdisciplinary Studies: Build a Learning Contract. Offered by Freeda Alida Burnstad. Sliding scale donation, $90 - $30 for all three sessions.

Wednesdays 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, & 8/24 General Systems Theory. 7 – 9pm at Mariposa Institute. A four-part series. Offered by Patrick M. Burnstad. Sliding scale donation, $120 - $40 for all four sessions.

Fridays 8/5, 8/19, & 8/26 Computers with Dad. 5:30 – 7:30pm at A three-part series that can be taken together or as single sessions. Offered by Patrick M. Burnstad. Sliding scale donation $25 - $10, per session.

Saturday 8/6 Understand Medical Marijuana Law. 4 – 6pm at Mariposa Institute. Offered by Patrick M. Burnstad. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Sunday 8/7 Small Diameter Pole Utilization: Forest, Fuel, and Shelter. 12 – 4pm at Green Field Ranch, Ukiah. Forest Restoration, Fuel Load Reduction, Species Encroachment, Small Diameter pole utilization, Alternative Home Construction. A one day workshop covering the need for forest restoration, reducing the fuel load / forest fire hazards, which creates a quantity of small diameter poles that can be used in home, shed, green house construction projects. We will identify which trees need to be thinned, and why then go through the process of turning the trees into poles for building projects then build a structure. Experience all aspects of small diameter pole construction. Offered by Govinda Dalton. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Tuesday 8/23 It’s Time for a Change, Let’s Change Time; Harmonic Earth Cycles Calendar. 6 – 9pm at Mariposa Institute. A historical look at 'time sequencing' from the Agrarian 10 month calendar from which our months are named, to the League of Nations 1927 mandate to institute a new timing sequence to integrate the 40 plus calendars now in use. The basis of Calendar timing from the Mayan point of view, and an introduction to the Harmonic Earth Cycles Calendar and Lunar Pulse Weeks. Like the base beat of any music, a change in timing can subtly cause a total shift in our perceptions and appreciations for Natural Cycles, inviting us to proactively participate in the Journey to Peace. It's Time for a change, let’s change time! Offered by Govinda Dalton. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

Saturday 8/27 Working the Media: How to Get Your Non-Profit and Political Projects In the News. 1 – 4pm at the Ukiah Brewing Co. on the corner of State St. and Perkins St. in Ukiah. We’ll have a fun, informal and information-packed workshop focusing on what you need from me in order to publicize your projects. I will teach you how to put together a press kit and why one is so important; how to write press releases and when to send them out. We’ll talk about the difference between crafting information for the radio and for newspapers and we’ll spend some time on how to best frame stories. I want to help you create themes within your organization that tie together photography, logos and events for maximum press coverage; how to develop media contacts and how to cultivate local and national press coverage for your organization. Offered by Laura Hamburg, the editor and publisher of the Bullhorn community newspaper and is currently a media consultant for Near and Arnold’s School of Performing Arts and Education (SPACE). She sits on the board of the Cloud Forest Institute and is a founding member of the Mendocino Underground Feminist Federation (MUFF). Laura was the media coordinator for Mendocino County’s Measure H, a voter-approved initiative outlawing the county-wide production of GMO crops and animals. She is a former reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, a former managing editor for a Washington D.C. news service, where she reported on the Clinton White House, Supreme Court and federal agencies and was a regular political commentator on C-SPAN. She has a master degree in Journalism from U.C. Berkeley. Laura’s shares a Ukiah home with her four-year-old daughter Ruby and her life/love/political and business partner Sid Cooperrider. Sliding scale donation, $45 - $20.

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September

24-25th ECOPALOOZA 2005 Mendocino County's First Annual Expo Of Green Living, Alternative Architecture And Wicked Tunes

Downtown Ukiah, Mendocino County, Northern California

DETAILS COMING SOON!

ECOPALOOZA proves that living green is living good!

There are environmentally responsible, economical options open for nearly every choice we make. Many local and regional businesses are thriving while providing non-toxic, earth-friendly products and services. A growing number of people are interested in and even passionate about natural building methods and materials. Solar and wind power are no longer just the territory of fringe consumers.

Come on out and join some like-minded folks. Bring the kids! See what they can make using good ol' mud. Sample some vegetarian and vegan cuisine, pick out some fresh organic produce, try your hand at straw bale building, all while listening to the region’s best musicians.

ECOPALOOZA 2005 CELEBRATES THE GREENER SIDE OF MENDOCINO COUNTY!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

If you have a green organization or business that you would like to have represented (exhibit or vendor), or if you’re an eco-oriented singer-songwriter/band, poet or artist and want to perform or exhibit at ECOPALOOZA 2005, please contact: info@ecopalooza.com. Complete vendor and exhibiting information will be posted at the web site by Feb 1st. Site is currently being redesigned and updated.

Reports on ECOPALOOZA 2004 (the original ECOPALOOZA Expo, held in St. Catharines, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada) can be viewed at: www.ecopalooza.com (see EAST) www.brockpress.com/news/2004/10/05/News/Greener.Life.Fest-742544.shtml www.earthmothers.ca/ Many thanks to the Earth Mother of ECOPALOOZA, Ida Tremblay, in ON, Canada!

ECOPALOOZA 2005 will focus on environmental and energy issues, green/sustainable living and economy specific to Mendocino County and the Redwood North Coast Bioregion. Designed to become a unique annual expo and forum, ECOPALOOZA will promote dialogue, share ideas and innovation, build new relationships, profile best practices, introduce Ecotopian ideas, and support local/regional trade throughout Mendocino County and the North Coast Bioregion of Northern California and similar regions in Canada (esp. Ontario and B.C.)

ECOPALOOZA Green Living Expos web site will become a web portal for publicizing and supporting green living expos, fairs, festivals and conferences throughout North America, and to eventually become the web home of Home Economy Network.

For more information, contact:

Larry Sheehy, Coordinator Ecopalooza Green Living Expos info@ecopalooza.com www.ecopalooza.com This is a public posting calendar. Cloud Forest Institute takes no responsibility for items posted herein.

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