Community Resilience in the Steel City

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Transition Pittsburgh Potluck and Celebration!

May 1, 2011 from 2pm to 7pm – Kate O'brien's Home Kate O'brien is hosting a potluck and Birthday celebration on Sunday, May 1st. She has an incredibly beautiful and inspiring Permaculture landscape developing in her front yard. Please bring food,… Organized by Kevin May | Type: potluck, and, celebration

Heart and Soul III July 18: Love As We Know It and Future Love

July 18, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – First United Methodist Church At the last Heart and Soul May 2, participants shared questions and concerns, and decided to take them up together. One topic was love: What is the motivation? When I die, how will I have used my… Organized by Rosemary McMullen and Kevin May | Type: conversation, ritual, and, meditation

Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition

July 30, 2011 from 5pm to 8pm – William Pitt Union - Lower Lounge Join Evolver Pittsburgh, Transition Pittsburgh and Sust Enable: The Metamentary as we jointly present an evening of discussion with professor and author Charles Eisenstein. Charles is professor at P… Organized by Aaron M Fraser | Type: lecture, and, discussion

Peaceful Gathering of Hands II

August 14, 2011 from 12pm to 6pm – Schenley Oval Meadow (next to the Ice Rink) If you're looking at the picture above and saying to yourself that you'd like to be a part of that, here's another chance: it's the second Peaceful Gathering of Hands. Right now, it stands to be the… Organized by Kevin May | Type: festival, gathering, public, showing, of, love, and, willpower

A NIght With the Stars - Cosmology Movie Night- in 3D!

August 23, 2011 from 7pm to 10pm – FIrst United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh As part of Cosmology Week (It's EVERYTHWERE!) at First United Methodist Church, several short films about the new cosmology, including "The Awakening Universe" featuring Fr. Thomas Berry and Sister M… Organized by First United Methodist Church and Dream of the Earth | Type: film, screening, and, discussion

Seed Saving, Pollination, and Plant Genetics Talk

September 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – East Liberty Presbyterian Church Your local free gardening class organizer Pittsburgh Garden Experiment presents: Come learn about plant genetics, seed saving and other related topics as our friend and seed farmer, Phil, of Good M… Organized by jeff newman | Type: presentation, and, forum

Grappling With Nuclear Power: A Town Hall Forum

October 19, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – O'Hara Student Center ballroom College students have called on experts to address the public’s interests concerning a nuclear energy future at a panel discussion to be held on Weds., Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at the University of Pittsbur… Organized by Pittsburgh Student Environmental Coalition, Engineers for a Sustainable World, Free the Planet, the Pitt Students for Nuclear Energy, ‘Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace’ coalition, One Life One World One Peace | Type: panel, discussion, and, town, hall, forum

Preparing for Death -- Information and Conversation

November 5, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5pm – Waldorf School of Pittsburgh Are you, your family and loved ones ready for death? Seriously, if prudent choices aren’t made well in advance, financial ruin and other dire consequences often result. Friends and family can be sa… Organized by Rosemary McMullen | Type: informational, panel, and, conversation

Putting Down Roots Sustainability Salon & Sing

March 17, 2012 from 2pm to 10pm – Maren's house in Squirrel Hill; RSVP for details. The next Putting Down Roots Sustainability Salon will focus on food -- finding local sources, growing it ourselves, and eating more sustainably. In addition to casual conversation and making new, we… Organized by Maren Leyla Cooke | Type: conversational, salon, potluck, and, folksing