Transition Palo Alto

April 5 — Film: “The First Millimeter: Healing the Earth”

Monday, April 5, 2010
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos

Slow Food South Bay is partnering again with the Los Altos Library for a showing of another important film about sustainable food. The film, First Millimeter: Healing the Earth, which has been shown on numerous PBS stations around the country, is a documentary about Holistic Management, a system of land management which aims to improve our farming and ranching processes and so to heal the earth. The title refers to the first millimeter of the earth, the top soil that is often lost to erosion, and which livestock, properly grazed, can help restore to health.

The film features ranchers and farmers managing holistically, explaining how grazing animals and working with nature can return land to health.

Also included are interviews with leading scientists, revealing the importance of healing land in the areas of soil health, ecosystem diversity and global climate change: Healing the Earth reveals the powerful role that healthy land plays in the fight against global warming. Healing the Earth is bringing the benefits of Holistic Management to a vast, new audience of ecologically minded, socially conscious individuals like you.

Slow Food South Bay member Sallie Calhoun, who is also on the board of the Holistic Management Institute, will be in attendance to present the film, take questions and lead a discussion after the film is over. Sallie, who is also co-owner of Paicines Ranch in San Benito County will be the host of our upcoming 100% Grass Fed Picnic on May 22. This is a great chance to get a preview of the ranch we’ll be visiting next month.

MORE at
http://slowfoodsouthbay.org/events.htm

January 26

“Less is More: Simplicity, Stress, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Troubled Times” Talk
7 pm April 26
Acterra in Palo Alto. (3921 E Bayshore Rd, San Antonio exit from Highway 101).
http://www.acterra.org/findanswers/library/index.html

A new vision of less is emerging: less stuff, less work, less stress, less frantic rushing. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more friends, more fun, more balance, more security, more time to feel and think deeply. Less is More is necessary today for a healthy planet, a caring society, and lasting happiness.

The presenter, Cecile Andrews, is the author of Less is More, Slow is Beautiful, and Circle of Simplicity. She is a founder of Phinney EcoVillage, a neighborhood project for sustainability and community. She has her doctorate in Education from Stanford. (For those interested, there will be a follow up Simplicity Circle.)

When: Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Acterra (Raptor Room), Palo Alto [MAP]
Cost: $10 for Acterra members, $15 for non-members)

[Cecile is a member of Transition Palo Alto]