Sharon April 7th, 2011
The story of where we are and what we’re up to is all over on the other blog!
Also, if you are around the Capital Region and want to see what I’m up to, I’m going to be here on Saturday! Come and say hi!
Sharon
admin March 10th, 2011
I’m doing a bunch of stuff right now (I’m always doing a bunch of stuff, actually) that I thought I’d mention here.
First, on Monday March 21, at 5:30 I’ll be at the first Unitarian Universalist Society in Albany talking to Congressman Paul Tonko about peak oil, climate change and regional preparedness in an event put on by Capital District Transition. It ought to be interesting! Drop me an email if you have suggestions for questions you’d like me to put to Congressman Tonko.
Second, on April 9 at 7pm, I’ll be at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY, talking about food, energy and our future. This is part of an all-day event, a reskilling festival with a lot of cool stuff happening - I’ll be there on Saturday afternoon learning as well,.so definitely come by!
Also, less locally, Aaron and I will be running our Adapting in Place Class, online for six weeks beginning April 5. The class covers every element of adapting your life both for things to come and things that are now, from going inside the walls of your home or apartment to community, family and security issues, from the ordinary (laundry) to the extraordinary (handling life transitions). This is our most fascinating and intense class, and for the very first time, Aaron and I are planning on offering a sequel, for people who have taken the AIP class and who would get something out of an advanced class to build on what you want to add. Not exactly sure when that will be, but there’s every chance that this will be the last Adapting in Place class before the advanced one - so if you’ve always wanted to take it, now’s the time. Cost of the class is $175, and I do have five scholarship spots for low income participants available. We also happily take donations of any size to make more free spots available to those who need them - 100% of your donation goes to other participants. Email me at [email protected] with questions or to enroll!
Finally, Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-29) our family will be having a family-friendly apprentice weekend. That means bring your kids (mine will be roaming around) and come to our place - learn scything, herbalism, goat milking and animal care, and a whole list of other skills. We have room for several additional families, and you can either stay with us, stay locally at one of several bed and breakfasts, or camp on the property or at the nearby state park. Meals are potluck and collective, payment is by donation, the weekend will be lots of fun! Email to join us!
Wow, that’s enough, right? Oh, one other thing - I get a lot of speaking invitations that I have to turn down for various reasons. This year, because we are expecting to add children to our family through adoption/fostering this summer, I’m not accepting anything from July 1 to at least September 1, and maybe longer. So if you were thinking of inviting me to come speak, either get me before the end of June, or let’s think late fall! I have a feeling I’m going to have my hands full in the interim!
Cheers,
Sharon
admin October 21st, 2010
Hey Folks - I’m thinking of making a trip south in February of this year, the week of 20-27, which is Eric’s school break. I’ve got a gig in GA on either Thursday or Friday of that week, and was thinking that it would be fun to arrange to do some speaking gigs on the way down and possibly back, depending on timing. I’d need to get home on Sunday, and I’d probably not leave until Monday. I’d be taking the east coast route, and was thinking I might try to get to NC and see Aaron and Edson, and maybe stop in VA somewhere.
If you or an organization you are involved with would be interested in setting something up, let me know! This is a good opportunity also to spread travel costs out over several organizations.
Sharon
Sharon October 20th, 2010
I’ll be in New Haven this weekend for the first-ever Urban Adapting-In-Place event! I’m very excited about this - I’ll be speaking Friday night, and then sitting in on a lot of great local material on Saturday. I can’t wait! I hope I’ll get to see you there!
http://www.sare.org/mysare/Events.aspx?do=showevent&event=2734
Sharon
admin September 23rd, 2010
Some new things to alert you all of. First of all, two speaking dates are coming up for me, and I hope you’ll meet me there. The first is at the ASPO-USA conference coming up - I’ll be speaking on Thursday and Saturday along with John Michael Greer, Nicole Foss, folks from the The Oil Drum, former Secretary of State James Schlessinger, Bob Hirsch and a host of others. I hope you can join us.
Second, I’ll be in New Haven for a two day event focused on urban Adapting-In-Place. (Isn’t that cool, the idea is really getting out!) I’ll be speaking on Friday night and then part of a Saturday lineup that includes many community groups and resources. It’s going to be great.
Aaron and I are also going to be teaching the Adapting-In-Place Course, which is a whole-view of what it takes to make your home and community into a place where you can go forward into a lower energy future. We’ll talk about everything from what’s inside your walls and how to meet everyday needs to security, community and building energy resilienct. The class is online and asynchronous, and lasts for 6 weeks, beginning October 5 and running until November 9. This will be the last class we run on this subject for some time, because I have to finish my book on the same subject, so this is the last chance until at least next year. The cost of the class is $180 or equivalent barter and I also have five scholarship spaces for low income participants who couldn’t ordinarily afford the classes. Email me at [email protected]
Finally, make sure you keep checking the pages on this site - I’m slowly but surely getting new stuff up!
Cheers,
Sharon