Join us for fun, camaraderie and learning (gardening and non-gardening tasks available!)

Arroyo Food Co-op  
494 N. Wilson Avenue, Pasadena
(at the corner of Villa Avenue; 4 sturdy bike racks on site)

9:00 am to 10:30 am on these dates:

Friday, January 31
Saturday, February 1
Monday, February 3
Tuesday, February 4
Thursday, February 6
Friday February 7    

This week at the garden: Sculpting the Soil
Tasks to choose from:

• Sculpt the soil with a shovel
  
• Take photos  
• Measure and mark the path with flags
• Dig out the edge of the parkway to remove grass
• Bring food and/or drink to share
• Sweep up
• Pick up trash
• Chat with passersby
• Trim bougainvillea
• Play music (Bring your own instrument)

Time Bank members can earn time dollars to trade for other services. Sign up for a free membership at  http://arroyoseco.timebanks.org.   

Repair Café Pasadena at La Loma Development Open House

Saturday, January 25, 2014 —
Noon to 3:00 pm

La Loma Development / The Shed
1355 Lincoln Ave, Pasadena
(Corner of Lincoln and Washington)

Mark your calendars for a unique opportunity!  Next Repair Cafe will be hosted by La Loma Development at The Shed!

Marco Barrantes and Michelle Matthews have invited us to set up a buzz of tinkers and tailors and anyone else who might like to offer a repair. 

Yes, we will have the Really, Really Free Market and hopefully some harvest to share from the Neighborhood Fruit Harvest group. Bring some food to share. (Rumor has it there may also be tamales.)

They will be hosting simultaneously an open house of the premises, which covers approx 1/4 of a city block, and a tour with representation of their grand vision for the property. The landscape architecture company is known for its permaculture-based gardens including Pasadena’s Arlington Gardens, its conversion of swimming pools to fish and plant environs, and its support for the wilderness area known as Poppy Hill in Northeast LA. 

Marco and Michelle are creating a non-profit they are calling Zanja Madre, which will further knit together the community by offering classes in permaculture concepts, including demonstrations of beekeeping, chicken coops, worm bins, “green walls” and “green roofs”; they also hope to offer yoga and a beer garden, and provide a general resource for the community.

 The Repair Cafe is a great fit with these permaculture concepts offering the public opportunities to test the waters of the gift economy, Time Banking, and sharing abundance as well as reducing landfill and raising consciousness about reducing consumerism and building community resilience.

To offer repairs or help with triage contact: [email protected]. To sample the awesome feeling of abundance in action, just show up!

www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena

A Documentary Film about Time Banking

Saturday, January 11 — 3:00 p.m.

Pasadena Central Library
Donald Wright Auditorium
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena

If you have been curious about exactly what Time Banking is or what Transition Pasadena is all about, come join us for this inspiring film.  

Lenore and Mark Eklund, local film makers and also Time Bank members have made a wonderful documentary showing the possibilities of living with an alternate economy. The film visits groups using Time Banking to Create a new economy and build community networks.

There will also be another short surprise film and light refreshments.  Transition Core Team will be there to share with you about our exciting projects planned for 2014.
 
NOTE: The library requests that attendees find street parking,
leaving parking lot spaces reserved for library users.