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May 27, 2010 – Thanks so much for coming this evening and celebrating Conexions with us.  We are grateful to have this time together to see you and to thank you for all of your support. We also are excited to share with you our plans for moving forward.

March 17, 2010 – In keeping with our mission to advance regenerative social, ecological and business practices that enable Earth to thrive, we are always looking for t

December 18, 2009 - Conexions’ project “Getting Going Growing” helps schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to start and sustain their school garden progra

December is here again with its cool, crisp days and longer nights.

December 1, 2009 - We are proud to announce our new and improved website!  The former site is something that we pulled together and was supposed to be temporary -- that was fo

Thank you for joining us today to learn about and celebrate the work of Conexions. Your presence is truly affirming. Before going any further, I want to acknowledge a few more people here today.

This is the wonderful talk that Tom gave at Conexions’ Power of Positive Change Benefit on November 1, 2009. 

CHOICES – Every day we make thousands of them. They range from “what time am I going to wake up” to “what am I going to eat for dinner.”

Musquee de Provence

Lessons from our Elders
Permaculture Mentoring, Community Inspiration, Direct Application

Earth Action Mentor

Have you noticed?

It’s peak season for tomatoes!

When’s the last time you ate a tomato?

During the summer months, Exploring a Sense of Place will be exploring the San Francisquito Watershed in July and in August we will experience our place in the Universe.

exploring sense of place russian ridge

A conversation with Susan Stansbury, Executive Director of Conexions, and Co-director of Conexions Green Fork project.

Q:  Hi Sam, Liz, Natasha, and Cathy.  Conexions offers a project called Enneagram Studies. What is it?

Over 10,000 years ago, once the great ice floes that once covered North America had melted and life was abundant, relationships were formed.

It was early in the morning when all the students of the Permaculture Design Course went out for their morning observation sit.

Greens in the winter are not only abundant but they are easy to grow, easy to cook, taste great, and are healthy — the darker the green the better.

The Enneagram Studies Team offered a remarkable workshop, “The Enneagram, Loss and Grief – The Path to Transformation, Freedom, and Living Love” at the end of January, 2009. 

The new Take A Bite! workshops designed by Green Fork to celebrate local and seasonal food abundance.

Springtime for me starts in February when the California Buckeye tree in my backyard starts putting out green tips.

One of my neighbors has a pomegranate tree from which she has generously supplied me with more pomegr

I have an enormous persimmon tree in my front yard and would like to invite the Village Harvest folks over to harve

Friends of mine have given me a few of their extra CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) boxes this fall, and each box came with a number of winter squash.

The Valley of Heart’s Delight tag line – reconnecting to local, seasonal, organic food - rolls off the tongue nicely – but what does this small phrase me

Winter time might seem a little slow for food abundance, but that's not really so for the area where we live.

November 16, 2007.  Palo Alto Weekly by Andrea Wang

Last month, I shared with you with thoughts on how to seed pomegranates without painting your kitchen with random red polka dots.

For those of you who have been zipping along doing the normal whatever-happens-daily routine, take a quick break, and look outside to see that the weather has changed.

“Movin’ right along in search of good times and good [food]
With good friends, you can’t lose,

Sept/Oct 2007 and Nov/Dec 2007.  Loma Prietan, the newsletter of the Loma Prieta chapter of Sierra Club by Kay Bushnell

When I think of applesauce, I think of July, hot days, my neighbor's crabapple tree, and a winter full of great dessert.

July 13, 2007. Palo Alto Weekly by Rotem Ben-Shachar

This month, I'm looking forward to eating an abundance of summer fruit.  You might have noticed that it's not yet summer, but the Farmer's Markets are full of deliciou

I watched our garden transition this year from winter to spring by noticing that the plants which had over-wintered and grown at a slow snail’s pace suddenly wake up and start growing so fast

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

November 17, 2006. Mountain View Voice by Ann Duwe

Conexions in the News

November, 3 2009 1:56pm

CHOICES – Every day we make thousands of them. They range from “what time am I going to wake up” to “what am I going to eat for dinner.”

August, 24 2009 3:54pm

Lessons from our Elders
Permaculture Mentoring, Community Inspiration, Direct Application