MAINSTREET MOMS will be on vacation in August,
meeting again on Sept. 8th.
Mondays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. MAINSTREET MOMS
(Organize
or Bust, www.theMMOB.org)
We meet at the Freitas Center, behind Sacred Heart Church.
We take action (postcards, special events, rallies, etc.),
discuss current events and work for a truer democracy.
All moms and honorary moms and ideas are welcome. Tea and
snacks provided. Check the Point Reyes Library for the
Mainstreet Moms binder with pertinent and lively news
articles.
Questions?
kris@themmob.org
Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., PUB NIGHT
AT THE OLEMA FARMHOUSE Paul Coopersmith and Cindy
Ohama have come up with a plan to emulate the pub night of
Paul's little village in New Zealand. Once a week townsfolk
gather in the pub for an hour or hour and a half, and just
visit and enjoy each other's company. OLEMA FARMHOUSE HAPPY
HOUR with snacks. All welcome.
First Sunday of every month), 12:00 noon to 1:00
p.m. - PEACE DEMONSTRATION: Stop by and stand
up for peace in front of the Wells Fargo Bank with friends
and neighbors and sometimes visitors from all over the
world! Bring your own sign or borrow one from the Mainstreet
Moms.
Wednesday, August 20, 7 - 8:30 PM
- Community Meeting -
Ride-sharing in West Marin:
Grassroots Transportation Solutions
at the Dance Palace Main Space. This
free event is sponsored by West Marin Commons, the
Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, and the
Dance Palace Community Center. Do you want to drive less?
Save money? Meet your neighbors? Help reduce global
warming and heal the world?Please come and learn about
some exciting local transportation programs and discuss
the potential for expanding rideshare options in our area.
Deb Hubsmith, Advocacy Director of the Marin County
Bicycle Coalition, will give a short history of Go
Geronimo, a safety-oriented hitchhiking system that began
in Marin and spread to other places around the world.
We’ll also review progress made on West Marin Commons
Over-the-Hill-Gang ride and errand sharing project. We
will pool ideas from all who come. Homemade snacks will be
provided.
Please share a ride and bring a friend. If you have any
questions email Elizabeth Barnet at
westmarincommons@svn.net
or call (415) 669-1291. If you would like to learn more
about the Over-the-Hill-Gang, please visit
www.westmarincommons.org.
SPAWN Saturday,
August 23 - 10AM-1PM
-
Fish Rescue:
SPAWN (Salmon Protection
And Watershed Network) works to protect
endangered salmon in the Lagunitas Watershed, and the
environment on which we all depend. As the creeks dry in
the summer months, fish are in great need of rescue. A
fish rescue will take place at a location that is in the
most need help. We will be moving the steelhead and coho
to safer waters.
Saturday,
August 23, 4 p.m.
EAC Green Team/Story of Stuff
Presentation
As a part of the San Geronimo
Valley Community Center’s Green Festival we will
show a very entertaining and educational, 20 minute
documentary called “The Story of Stuff”, that
exposes the connections between our economy and
environmental and social issues, and calls us together to
create a more sustainable and just world. We will discuss
the film, give a short presentation on EAC’s Green Team
program and provide information about West Marin specific
resources to help reduce our ecological footprint on the
planet.
Thursday, August 28, 7 pm at Toby's -
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Cancelled because of conflict
with Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic Convention;
will be rescheduled at a later date.
When the Soviet Union
collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin.
With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80
percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the
hardships and struggles as well as the community and
creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time.
Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly
mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using
organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is
an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this
economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." The
film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for
the time in our history when world oil production will
reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever.
Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the
massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of
options and hope.
