Saturday Mornings at SubRosa!

Greetings friends, neighbors and strangers,

Come spend your Saturday mornings with us! We here at SubRosa are keeping busy as always and we're inviting you to our wonderful courtyard and shop for some special events the next two Saturdays.

This Saturday, May 11th SCAMP (Santa Cruz Anarchist Mentors and Parents) is hosting a Brunch/Bake Sale to benefit SubRosa! From 10am to 2pm come get yummy baked goods, brunchables and our always delicious coffee and tea. Gluten free and sugar free folks fear not, there will be things for you too. Expect kid cuteness and some live music as well! All proceeds go to SubRosa. Thanks SCAMP!

Next Saturday, May 18th is our monthly Really Really Free Market from 11am to 2pm. Bring your un-used clothes, sporting goods, housewares, records, books, cds, art, toys, food... and find some new treasures. Let's meet each other's needs without money or capitalism! Last RRFM had free tarot readings and we hope more folks will bring services and talents to share. Are you an aspiring hair cutter? Bring your shears.

We hope to see you soon and as always extend our invitation to your dreams and
ideas. Let's collaborate! Over Brunch!

Love your friendly neighborhood anarchists

http://scampscamps.wordpress.com
http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/reallyreally.php

Hooray for Spring!

An important aspect of how I put my anarchist principles into action is for me to be aware of how I relate to other people and also to the land around me, and that includes other life, plants and animals.  I also want to be able to take care of myself and others and to minimize my involvement with the state and this destructive civilization.  Connecting with and developing my relationship to wild places and plants is one way for me to do that.  Below is an entry from the Meristem Health Distro blog about the ethical harvesting of plants, especially relevant since it is spring time. Meristem also has a wide variety of health related zines at SubRosa.

 

Ethical Harvesting

I wanted to post to the blog about the ethical harvesting of wild plants and came across this entry that expressed all that I would (and more).  So I copied and adapted the entry (thank-you) and present it here (go to  link to see original version).  I very much appreciate Lisa’s perspective, and the importance of showing the plants respect and developing a relationship with the plants one harvests.  I also like to nurture the land where I harvest and/or have a special relationship by expressing my care and thanks in various ways (that can range from listening and talking to the land to picking up garbage and so on).

  Ethical Harvesting of Wild Plants

From http://www.hawthornehillherbs.com/content/ethical-harvesting-wild-plants

Submitted by Lisa on Tue, 07/21/2009

Plant based medicaments have been harvested from the wild for thousands of years. Herbal training now and throughout time has always maintained a focus on how, when, where and how much to harvest of any particular plant.  There is a considerable degree of discretion required in terms of not just identification, but also what parts to harvest and at what stage of maturity. Another important consideration is whether or not to harvest at all. This question is central to the issue of ethics in harvesting.

These long Summer days are filled with busyness for me as new flowers are budding, blooming and pollinating everyday. Although Spring and Fall are also busy with roots, barks and berries, Summer is always brimming with the urgency of weeding my cultivated gardens and hour upon hour spent in the woods and meadows foraging as each needed species comes into its peak. With the increasing popularity of herbal medicine in mainstream culture, many instances of over-harvesting have arisen especially in regards to native and endangered plant species. It is of utmost importance to the community herbalist and the lay person gathering for personal use to learn, know and remember the principles of ethical wildcrafting.  This not only ensures continued proliferation of our healing plants into the future, but also returns the kindness and respect to the plant world and nature as we take only our share leaving enough for other species to partake and for the plant to continue to grow and reproduce.

Below are a few guidelines that I have been a taught and follow:

• 1.    Make sure you know what you are picking. Some plants have a poisonous look alike. I usually cross-reference with at least one other book. If you have an herbalist nearby bring them a piece of the plant or a picture or bring them with you.
• 2.    Make sure you are harvesting the proper part of the plant in the proper season. Some parts of certain plants are edible in one season, but poisonous in another.
• 3.    Avoid foraging in the following areas

               -    close to main roads, parking lots
               -    In commercially sprayed areas( including agriculture, especially corn fields)
               -    Under power lines
               -    Near old houses
               -    Unfamiliar lots/fields, near lawns that have been treated chemically
               -    Down stream from factories or agribusiness

• 4.    Gather with awareness, reverence and ask permission,*give thanks to the life your are about to harvest*, scatter seeds.
• 5.    Choose plants that appear healthy and in abundance, but leave the strongest out of respect and to encourage a future supply. Leave plants on the top of hillsides because they will seed down slope.
• 6.    Never gather endangered species. Many of these plants can be cultivated for medicinal use or you can research for other plants with similar properties that are not threatened. Check United Plant Savers for a list of endangered and at-risk medicinal plants.
• 7.    Harvest only 1/3 of naturalized plants or native flowers and leaves and only in abundant stands. If possible, harvest only the necessary part of the plant. Digging up the root kills the whole plant.
• 8.    Develop a relationship with the plants that you are gathering. Know the plants that grow around them, know the kind of soil they appear healthiest in, watch them mature through an entire season.
• 9. Harvest with gratefulness in your heart, a song on your lips and peace in your mind.

Benefit Show for SubRosa, Sat. Apr. 27th at 7pm

Hello friends and supporters of SubRosa!

Its getting towards the summer months, which is a time when SubRosa needs support to stay open. Many of our friends who volunteer to keep the space open daily are often gone traveling or working on other projects during the summer, which makes it hard for us to afford our RENT.

If you've ever been to a show, or a Free Skool class, a Guerrilla Drive-In, an open mic, a book/speaking event, or just stopped by for coffee or our free lending library of radical literature, please come to this show, Saturday April 27th, 7-10pm, to show your support for us!


Temple of Europa (santa cruz doomy metal)
http://templeofeuropa.bandcamp.com/

Halt Citizen (santa cruz sludgy power violence)
https://www.facebook.com/HaltCitizen?fref=ts

Looms (santa cruz grunge punk)
http://thrishi.bandcamp.com/

∆N∆BEL (santa cruz dream pop//'soft-grunge')
from storey house!

Please bring some dollars to support SubRosa but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

Gasland- film shoiwng, Wed. April 24th at 7:30pm

Can you light your water on fire?

A documentary film by Josh Fox
at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave.
Wed. April 24th at 7:30pm, free

Oil and gas "fracking" is a looming threat to the lands and waters of central and southern California.  Companies are currently rushing to secure drilling rights to the vast Monterey Shale formation, which is estimated to hold 15.4 billion barrels of potentially recoverable oil.

Gasland exposes the dangers of hydraulic fracking.  Part travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part banjo bluegrass meltdown, part showdown.  The film is a cross-country odyssey with unexpected humor, uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.

The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe?

http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/

New Springtime Hours!

We're now open afternoons
and weekends!

-Wednesday:   2-7pm  
-Thursday:   2-7pm
  & Open Mic sign ups at 7:30pm
-Friday:   10am-2pm
  & SCAMPER 3-6pm (kids only space)
-Saturday:   2-7pm
-Sunday:   2-7pm
-Monday:   closed
-Tuesday:   closed
 

Let's enjoy the sunny courtyard and scheme for summer!

So Much Going On At SubRosa In The Weeks Ahead!

Wafflocalypse: 

Community Brunch
and much more happening 

at SubRosa!
703 Pacific Ave.

Sunday April 14th- 9am-12pm, friends of SubRosa will be making waffles and you can also bring toppings and other brunchy food to share!

and the next week...

Saturday April 20th- 11am-2pm,
Wafflocalypse:  Community Brunch in conjunction with the Really Really Free Market- a completely free market based on a gift-economy striving to subvert exploitative exchange.  Bring food to share, special items that you don't use but can't throw away, and/or special talents to offer people.  Please remember to take home whatever you bring that doesn't get taken!

And then the next day, Sunday April 21,
attend and participate in the Improv Workshop, 3-5pm- Come play!  We will be exploring improvisational acting and interactive games as a way to nurture creativity, spontaneity, playfulness, trust, confidence and a general sense of well-being.  No experience required.

Whow!  and the day after that, Monday April 22nd,
come to Spaceclub: Radiolab, 7-9pm- The first hour we'll be listening to a Radio LAB show, followed by a one hour group discussion on the topic. Topics- April: Choices. Requirements: Something comfy to sit on while listening. 

And of course, come and participate in the weekly Open Mic, every Thursday, sign-ups at 7:30pm, and the third Thursday is the Women Trans Queer Open Mic!