Meeting

September Transition PDX Heart and Soul Meeting

Event
When: 
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

 Dear Transitioneers,  September approaches rapidly and next week is the monthly TPDX Heart and Soul meeting (Tuesday the 7th from 6:30-8:30pm in the Che Room at the St. Francis Church, SE 12th and SE Oak across from the Red and Black Cafe, up the stairs to your right, take your first right in the hallway and head back).  I would like to offer the agenda here and also request for people to RSVP if they are planning on attending.  Also please include any special announcements/topics/questions etc. you have to bring and I will try and include them into the agenda for the evening.  I have both attached and pasted below the rough agenda...

~Joy, Abun-dance, Gratitude~

 

        Transition PDX Heart and Soul Mtg.   9-3-10  (6:30-8:30pm Che Room)

Agenda:

 

Introductions/Check Ins:  (1/2 hour total)

 

Location

The Che Room, St. Francis Church
SE 12th and SE Oak
Portland, OR

PPO meeting - Low Energy Food Preservation and Storage

Event
When: 
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Low Energy Food Preservation and Storage: Dehydration and Vacuum Sealing

So you know how to grow food, and you have a good garden going. Have you ever thought about how you would preserve and store food, on the other side of a societal decline or collapse? What if there’s no electricity, or enough fuel to boil water for long periods, in order to can in Mason jars? Do you have enough canning supplies, in the event of no re-supply, for the foreseeable future?

On the other hand, what about the present? Are you currently fed up with our decaying economic system and our "out to lunch" dominant culture, as the frog known as industrialized civilization continues to boil? Are you trying to go "off grid," and away from the monetized economy? Are you currently transitioning to a life without public utilities?

Location

St Francis Church Dining Hall
SE 11th and Pine
Portland, OR
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5 Useful Medicinal Herbs with Dr. Orna Izakson

Event
When: 
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Have you ever wanted to grow your own medicinal herbs, but have been unsure which ones to try or how to grow them, let alone how to utilize their healing qualities?  "Dr. O." will introduce you to five different herbs that are easy for the beginning herb grower.  You will learn how to care for them, harvest them, and prepare them for use. 
 
PPO meets at St. Francis Church's Dining Hall at SE 11th & Pine in Portland.  PLEASE NOTE LATER STARTING TIME:  7:30-9:00 pm.
 
Dr. Orna Izakson is a naturopathic physician, herbalist, writer and Permaculture designer and plain ol' gardener. She practices at Celilo Natural Health Center (www.celilohealth.com) in Northeast Portland and is working on a book called GardenMedicine, whose title sums up its topic.

Orna Izakson ND, RH (AHG)
Celilo Natural Health Center
www.celilohealth.com
503-335-9479 v        

Location

St. Francis Dining Hall
SE 11th & Pine
Portland, OR

No August Transition PDX General Meeting Please See Details-

Event
When: 
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

 

 

Location

St. Francis Che Room
1131 SE Oak
Portland, OR

An Evening with Peak Moment TV

Event
When: 
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us for a conversation with Janaia Donaldson, host of Peak Moment TV Conversations. She and partner videographer Robin Mallgren are touring the Pacific Northwest to tape new programs for their biweekly series. Peak Moment TV showcases people creating locally reliant lives and resilient communities for a more sustainable, post-petroleum future. 
 
Janaia will share some perspectives from their media guests and other activists. However, the evening is intended primarily as a conversation. What are you and others observing, feeling, and doing around energy descent? Janaia notes, "I'm interested to hear from Portlanders: a lot has changed in our world in four short years since we last visited here." 
 
Peak Moment TV was launched in early 2006 in Robin and Janaia's hometown of Nevada City in northern California. While on tour in summer 2006, they taped several programs in the Portland area and met the Portland Relocalization group. 
 
Peak Moment TV's 177 conversations have garnered over 1.5 million viewings worldwide. Popular programs include "How We Live at Lone Bobcat Woods" (a tour of their homestead), "The Pee and Poo Show", and "Creating a Home Graywater System."  Programs are online atwww.peakmoment.tv, where Janaia is blogging their near-daily tapings on the Pacific Northwest 2010 tour - here's the schedule.

Location

St. Francis Che Room
1131 SE Oak st.
Portland, OR