Summertime is Here!
Keeping our Homes Cool and Using Solar Cookers

In May there was a day that was unusually hot so I decided to do what I did in the summertime when I lived on a farm in Templeton, in a triple wide mobile home with some friends. It became my job to keep the house cool since I was the one who worked at home while the others worked in air-conditioned offices. So, this is my story for people who live here at Creekside (Mobile Home Estates) when those really hot days occasionally sneak up on us in SLO.

If I know it’s going to be relatively hot the next day, the night before I open all the windows to cool down the entire house and then at around 6-7am I close everything. Close the windows, the curtains and make it as dark as possible. This will guarantee keeping the house cool throughout the day. Depending on the type of installation you have, I typically open up everything around 3-5pm depending on the winds and how hot it is. Rather than using air conditioning or trying to stay cool while the hot air is coming in through open windows, try it and see how it works for you. My roommates were always delighted if they came home for lunch and realized how cool the house was, just like their air-conditioned offices.

If you wish to VOTE for any films, please let us know. Please see below for details!

SUSHI: A GLOBAL CATCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=henpDEcriiI)

WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES (about Tibetan Buddhism comes to the West) (https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w2T_x3Anh4)

MONEY AND LIFE (fantastic film about the origin of our financial crisis and the many solutions thereof) (https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBEGpUBRIYk)

WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS (A new Robert Greenwald film) (https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPa1egjdEpA)

ROAD TO PEACE (about traveling with the Dalai Lama) from the UK (https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a70nNVL4Bu4)

KUMARE (the true story of a false prophet) (https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUzG6YKuvo)

ELEMENTAL the new film whose directorship is the son of spiritual (Sufi) teacher Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee... (http://elementalthefilm.com/http://elementalthefilm.com/trailer/)

TUNING IN: (On Channeling) https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsDOFcAS_M

9,000 NEEDLES (on Acupuncture) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2GGU63ZFc

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 in Santa Rosa, Ukiah (TBA), Cotati, Ojai , Santa Barbara, Ventura,
FiLMs : OCCUPY LOVE and KUMARE **

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Ojai
May 29: OCCUPY LOVE at the Ojai Foundation, 7:30pm, $10
Details, Flyer, Trailer, Reviews: http://www.hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2013/05/29/327
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May 30: LAUGHTER SESSION & KUMARE at Meditation Mount, Ojai, 5:30pm-9:30 / $10 each or $15 for both
Details, Flyer, Trailer, Reviews: http://www.hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2013/05/30/328
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Santa Barbara
May 31: OCCUPY LOVE (film&discussion) at the Faulkner Gallery in Santa Barbara, May 31st, 7pm, Suggested donation of $8
Details, flyer, trailer, reviews : http://hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2013/05/31/325
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Ventura
June 1: OCCUPY LOVE at EP Foster Library, Ventura, 7:00pm; Range $6-$10
Details, Flyer, Trailer, Reviews: http://www.hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2013/06/01/330
Facebook Invite Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/116127638590649
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**About OCCUPY LOVE:
Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?”

Occupy Love explores the growing realization that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning.   The old paradigm that concentrates wealth, founded on the greed of the few, is causing economic and ecological collapse. The resulting crisis has become the catalyst for a profound awakening:  millions of people are deciding that enough is enough –  the time has come to create a new world, a world that works for all life.

The film connects the dots in this era of rapidly evolving social change, featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain,  Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond. Woven throughout the action oriented backbone of the film is a deep exploration of public love, and compelling stories of an emerging new paradigm. 

It features some of the world’s key visionaries on alternative systems of economics, sustainability, and empathy, including Penny Livingston, Drew Derringer, Charles Eisenstein, James O'Dea, Elisabet Sahtouris, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Bill McKibben, Tom Goldtooth, Roshi Joan Halifax, Amr Adel, Colin Beavan, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Rifkin, Rebecca Solnit, Rupert Sheldrake and others...

About KUMARE:
A provocative social experiment-turned-documentary, Kumare follows American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi as he transforms himself into a wise Indian guru, hoping to prove the absurdity of blind faith. Instead, he finds himself forging profound connections with people from all walks of life -- and wondering if and when to reveal his true self. Will his followers accept his final teaching? Can this illusion reveal a greater spiritual truth? Winner of South by Southwest’s Audience Award, Kumare is an insightful look at faith and belief.