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Last updated on March
13
Saturday, April
10
San Francisco
talk
Starhawk will take part in the Green Festival. In addition to lecture
and booksigning, look for her at the Earth Activist Training booth.
"Making
the Transition"
Climate change calls us to make an enormous transition
very rapidly—changing our economy, our energy systems, our food
growing systems, our patterns of work, socializing and play—and
doing it now, not sometime in the vague future. But how do we do it? What
do we say "no" to—and even more importantly, how do we say "yes"
to a clear vision of the future we want to create? Drawing on her decades
of practice in earth-based spirituality, activism and permaculture, Starhawk
outlines the principles, policies and practices that lead to true abundance
and resilience.
Booksigning to follow.
Time: lecture 2:00 p.m.; booksigning 3:00 p.m.
Festival location: San Francisco Concourse, 635 8th St (at Brannan St)
Cost: $15/day all events, discounts for seniors, students, bus and bike
riders; kids under 18 free.
For more information: www.greenfestivals.org
May 3-June
14
six week online course
"Earth as Teacher, Earth as Healer"
Whether we are looking to heal and transform our personal hurts or the
huge wounds our society inflicts on the earth and other human beings,
the earth herself is our greatest teacher and healer.
The ancient Goddess traditions had no sacred
texts or dogmas: instead, their mystics learned to read the book of nature.
Understanding how the earth’s cycles work, how change occurs in
nature, and how mother earth designs co-evolving, interdependent systems
can help us be better designers of the changes we want to see in our own
life and the world.
This online course weaves together readings,
rituals, meditations and directed excercises, stories and journaling to
help us connect more deeply with the great transformative powers of nature.
We'll explore each of the elements: air, fire, water and earth, in both
mystical and practical ways, bringing ourselves more deeply into contact
with their enlivening energies, and taking the practical steps that can
bring our lifestyles back into balance with the earth. We'll learn how
to save energy, harvest water, bring soil alive, and create fertility
in our gardens and our projects.
Our connection to earth is our deepest source
of hope, renewal, and strength. Now, when climate change and ecological
stress assault the earth's life support systems, this course will help
us find hope, renewed strength, and practical tools for healing.
Readings based on Starhawk's book The
Earth Path: Grounding Our Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature. If you
don't already own a copy, please consider buying it through Starhawk's
web site.
Course hosted by Growing Edge Institute.
Enroll online at www.growingedgeinstitute.com
(late registrations accepted during first week of class).
Cost $150. Some partial scholarships may be available, please contact
administration at GEI.
Friday -Sunday,
May 28-30
Cazadero, California
weekend workshop
"Mud, Magic and Manifestation: 2nd Annual Women's Natural Building Workshop"
With Starhawk and Sage Mata
Get down, get dirty and get covered in mud in the beautiful Cazadero Hills,
for a magical weekend learning the ancient building skills of the ancestors.
We'll work with cob—sculpted clay, sand and straw, as well as light-straw
clay and natural plasters to learn practical skills we can use in building
low-cost, low-carbon, beautiful structures. We'll learn truly down-to-earth
skills and share ritual celebration, empowering ourselves to create shelter
and spaces, within and without. And we'll support one another, as women,
to be strong, creative, and empowered, to manifest our visions and make
our dreams real.
Cost: Sliding scale $250-$400, includes food and lodging. Some work trade
available.
Registration information to be announced, please check back.
Tuesday, June
1
Portland, Oregon
talk
Starhawk will take part in the Village Building Convergence 2010 festival,
presented by City Repair. Please check back for details as they become
available.
visit: www.cityrepair.org
Wednesday -
Saturday, June 2-5
Chimayo, New Mexico
four-day workshop
"Deep Earth Healing" With Starhawk and Joel Glanzberg of Regenesis.
In this four-day workshop combining earth-based spirituality, ritual,
wilderness awareness, tracking and permaculture, we deepen our spiritual
connection to the earth and sharpen our practical skills as earth healers.
Located in the Tewa community of Chimayo, we'll ask for permission and
guidance from the elders to help us deepen our spiritual connection to
the land. We'll use the tools of nature awareness, ritual, meditation,
and consciousness-shifting to help us learn to read a landscape, ally
with its plants, animals and landforms, and hear its messages. And we'll
use the tools of permaculture, regenerative design and bioremediation
in hands-on projects to heal and transform a site. Projects will help
prepare for an encampment this summer to protest the expansion of nuclear
weapons capabilities at Los Alamos. The camp will demonstrate permaculture
design and contribute resources to the local Tewa community.
Together,
we'll find hope and inspiration to bring these skills into the actions
that are needed in this time of global environmental crisis. We'll share
rituals and ceremonies to honor and share our deep links to the earth,
to empower one another and infuse our work with the earth’s own deep resilience.
Cost: sliding scale $350-$550. Includes food and camping accommodations.
Scholarships and work trade available for activists and local youth.
To register contact: Grietje Laga TracksTrails[at]NewMexico.com,
505-795-7272.
Friday, June
18
Burlingame, California
conference
Starhawk will guest lecture on Friday morning in the 2010 Creation Spirituality
Communities Gathering. Theme this year is "One River, Many Wells."
Please check back for details as they become available.
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr.
Cost: tba
For more information:www.originalblessing.ning.com/events/2010-csc-gathering
July 3 - 17
near Bellingham, Washington
two-week course
Earth Activist Training, with a special emphasis on Social Permaculture
Co-taught by Starhawk and friends, with guest teachers Bill Aal and Margo
Adair of Tools for Change
Two weeks that can change your life and change the world! A permaculture
design certificate course with a grounding in earth-based spirituality,
and a focus on organizing, activism, and social permaculture as well as
urban and rural land-based systems. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse
water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, using a
minimum of energy and resources and creating real abundance and social
justice. Explore the strategies and organizing tools we need to make our
visions real, and the daily practice, magic and rituals that can sustain
our spirits. Participatory, hands-on teaching with lots of ritual, games,
projects, songs, and laughs along with an intensive curriculum in ecological
design.
Through this two-week residential intensive’s
special focus on social permaculture, participants will learn ways to
collaborate and build just and enduring alliances across social divides,
how to structure groups with healthy dynamics and how to facilitate learning
and decision making, as well as skills to build personal, interpersonal
and community resilience to sustain themselves through hard times.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until April 1, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early!
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
July 25 -
August 8
Vermont
two-week course
Earth Activist Training
Co-taught by Starhawk and Charles Williams
Two weeks that can change your life and change the world! A permaculture
design certificate course with a grounding in earth-based spirituality,
and a focus on organizing, activism, and social permaculture as well as
urban and rural land-based systems. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse
water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, using a
minimum of energy and resources and creating real abundance and social
justice. Explore the strategies and organizing tools we need to make our
visions real, and the daily practice, magic and rituals that can sustain
our spirits. Participatory, hands-on teaching with lots of ritual, games,
projects, songs, and laughs along with an intensive curriculum in ecological
design.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until April 15, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early! Childcare can be arranged
for children over 3 at additional cost.
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
September 8-12
near Salem, Missouri
gathering
Starhawk will be at Reclaiming's Dandelion 4 Gathering, a coming together
and meeting of all the Reclaiming communities around the globe. "It
is a place for Reclaiming-identified witches to come together, and hang
out, share ideas, and celebrate life. It is a magical cauldron of limitless
possibility which is shaped in the moment by the needs and desires of
those who are present. It is four days of creating the world in which
we wish to live."
Location: Diana's Grove
For more information and registration:
www.dandeliongathering.org
phone: Sayre, 773-458-0170
email: Jen, greenjenbyers[at]gmail.com
September 16
through October 3
Starhawk in Europe.
Sept. 16: Women's Spirituality Conference, Poland
Sept. 17-19: weekend workshop, Poland
Sept 20: talk: "Power and Mystery," London
Sept. 23-23: two-day workshop: "Holding the Vision: Transition Towns,"
Bristol, England
Sept. 24-26: Goddess Festival, Madrid
Sept. 28-29: permaculture workshop, Madrid
Oct. 1-3: weekend workshop, "Kore and Demetra," Sicily
Please check back for details.
Saturday, October
30
San Francisco
ritual
Starhawk will take part in Reclaiming's annual Spiral Dance Samhain ritual.
As the darkness closes in, come dance the spiral that renews the world
Join us when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the
dead. We gather to remember our ancestors, our beloved dead, and all those
who have crossed over.
A benefit for the Reclaiming Community.
Location: Kezar Pavilion near Haight and Stanyan Streets
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Ritual starts at 7:30 p.m.—come early
to view the altars, for pre-ritual music, and to hear the names of the
Beloved Dead.
Cost: $20-$100+ sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Elders
(60 & over) and Youth (15 & under) $10 and up.
Children are welcome - childcare not provided. Wheelchair Accessible.
This is a drug- and alcohol-free, family-oriented ritual. Please honor
us and the sacred by keeping it so.
January 8-22,
2011
Cazadero, California
two-week course
Earth Activist Training: Two weeks that can change your life and help
you change the world! A permaculture design certificate course with a
grounding in earth-based spirituality, and a focus on organizing, activism,
and social permaculture as well as urban and rural land-based systems.
Learn how to heal soil and cleanse water, how to design human systems
that mimic natural systems, using a minimum of energy and resources and
creating real abundance and social justice. Explore the strategies and
organizing tools we need to make our visions real, and the daily practice,
magic and rituals that can sustain our spirits. Participatory, hands-on
teaching with lots of ritual, games, projects, songs, and laughs along
with an intensive curriculum in ecological design.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until October 1, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early!
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
