As I researched the current meetings for the L/A group, I discovered some of the meetings members can attend during this month of January. Some of the "goodies" are: (1) Community Meetings (Mondays); (2) Working Together (Thursdays it appears) and (3) a Community Garden Work Day on Fridays. (Can't do that in Maine in January L)
The activities promote the group operating as a real community. Consider the following announcement regarding learning to grow your own food:
Come learn with other garden enthusiasts how to grow your own food. We welcome veteran gardeners and beginners. Our community garden is maintained cooperatively and harvested produce benefits families via House of Yahweh or other local food pantries. We work together tending to the needs of the garden that day. All tools are supplied but feel free to bring your own gloves or sun hat if you desire. If you are interested in helping out and meeting new friends, please email us at TransitionSouthBayLA@gmail.com the day before, as there is a certain protocol to be followed to access school grounds.
(" although Resilience Hub in Portland, ME has a session coming up on winter gardening indoors, so maybe I should stop griping.)
Aside from the tease, how many of us experience ourselves as participants in a real community? Does it spook you? Or does it entice you?
Consider some of the activities of the branches of the L/A Group. The listings reveal the diversity and independence of the various branches:
Transition Culver City meets at "Green Peas" monthly, on the first Thursdays 7 to 9 pm. Their focus is on: Local watershed issues, alternative transportation, re-skilling, urban oilfield issues, and city wide environmental policies.
Inglewood: Initial areas of emphasis: recycling in local private school, faith- based sustainability efforts
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