Drawing on Nature
May 4-6, 2007
Yosemite
Picture yourself sitting below Half Dome or Bridal Veil Falls creating a memory all your own. If you ever wanted to learn to draw or better your skills, don't miss this comprehensive workshop. The famed wildlife artist, Bill Peters, will be our instructor for this drawing class in Yosemite. Using pencil, pen, or chalk, Bill’s talent and technique will have you drawing a leaf, a feather, and Half Dome before the weekend’s end!
We will be staying at the beautiful Yosemite Bug, a classic rustic resort. Rooms are dormitory style, and we will enjoy delicious meals at the Yosemite Bug café. Arrival time is 3:00 p.m. Friday and departure is Sunday after lunch.
All lodging & meals are included. Check out the accommodations at www.yosemitebug.com.
Instructor: Bill Peters
Number of participants: 30
Cost: $250
Register
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Presentation on the Effects of Global Warming on Polar Bears
Friday, April 27, 2007
Contact: Chad Kister (740) 707-4110; chadkister@gmail.com; www.chadkister.com
Yosemite Bug 209-966-6666 6979A Highway 140 Midpines
Polar Bear Survival tour to present Yosemite Bug Bodie Room, 8 pm
Residents of Midpines and Mariposa have a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the massive impacts of climate change in the Arctic that threatens not only the polar bear, but humanity as well with a presentation at 8 pm in Midpines, Yosemite Bug Bodie room. The polar bear is the canary in the coal mine for climate change, and their rapid decline shows that we are in a serious crisis in desperate need of political action.
With Arctic ice continuing to decline, the US Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that the polar bear could be extinct in the wild as early as 2040, when scientists say the Arctic Ocean will likely be nearly ice-free unless massive changes are made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Arctic Quest and Arctic Melting Author Chad Kister is launching another speaking tour around the United States and Canada, mostly by train, April and May to promote wilderness for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and action on climate change, both needed to protect the polar bear and so much more.
Kister is traveling by fuel efficient train, which gets up to 40 times better fuel efficiency per passenger mile compared to flying or driving, and a major solution to climate change.
Arctic champions in Congress have introduced legislation to protect the Arctic Refuge coastal plain as wilderness, and this tour is an effort to show them support, as well as showing the need for the USFWS to demand a mandatory reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to save the polar bear, and so much more. The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is by far the densest denning ground of polar bear in the world. The tour will help spread the word nationwide about the need to lobby for wilderness protection.
With his Arctic Melting presentation, Kister shows the very latest of climate change's impacts to the Arctic and Alaska , having just finished the second edition updates to the book. The presentation shows the critical need to immediately begin reducing fossil fuel emissions and replace them with solar, wind, efficiency and other renewable resources.
Citizens can take action online until April 7 to support the USFWS proposal to list the polar bear as threatened at www.arcticrefuge.org.
Polar bear live in 19 population groups across the circumpolar Arctic. All are expected to go into decline toward extinction with current trends of thinning ice. Ice has thinned 42 percent in the last 40 years, as measured by U.S. submarine data. Melting in Greenland has doubled in the last 5 years according to NASA senior Scientist James Hansen. He also said that sea levels could rise 80 feet, and that the melting is far more dynamic and fast than previously fast, and accelerating exonentially.
In his Arctic Melting book, Kister has a chapter detailing a 2004 Pentagon report that found climate change a more serious threat than terrorism.
See the first 5 minutes of Caribou People now online, and some of Kister's Berkeley Arctic Melting presentation (now much improved), as well as the updates and action alerts at www.arcticrefuge.org and www.chadkister.com.
Kister is the author of Arctic Quest and Arctic Melting (Common Courage Press), as well as the producer of the 50 minute film Caribou People. His next book, Against All Odds: The Struggle to Save The Ridges is coming out in a few weeks.
Contact: Chad Kister (740) 707-4110; chadkister@gmail.com; www.chadkister.com
Yosemite Bug 209-966-6666 6979A Highway 140 Midpines
Polar Bear Survival tour to present Yosemite Bug Bodie Room, 8 pm
Residents of Midpines and Mariposa have a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the massive impacts of climate change in the Arctic that threatens not only the polar bear, but humanity as well with a presentation at 8 pm in Midpines, Yosemite Bug Bodie room. The polar bear is the canary in the coal mine for climate change, and their rapid decline shows that we are in a serious crisis in desperate need of political action.
With Arctic ice continuing to decline, the US Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that the polar bear could be extinct in the wild as early as 2040, when scientists say the Arctic Ocean will likely be nearly ice-free unless massive changes are made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Arctic Quest and Arctic Melting Author Chad Kister is launching another speaking tour around the United States and Canada, mostly by train, April and May to promote wilderness for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and action on climate change, both needed to protect the polar bear and so much more.
Kister is traveling by fuel efficient train, which gets up to 40 times better fuel efficiency per passenger mile compared to flying or driving, and a major solution to climate change.
Arctic champions in Congress have introduced legislation to protect the Arctic Refuge coastal plain as wilderness, and this tour is an effort to show them support, as well as showing the need for the USFWS to demand a mandatory reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to save the polar bear, and so much more. The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is by far the densest denning ground of polar bear in the world. The tour will help spread the word nationwide about the need to lobby for wilderness protection.
With his Arctic Melting presentation, Kister shows the very latest of climate change's impacts to the Arctic and Alaska , having just finished the second edition updates to the book. The presentation shows the critical need to immediately begin reducing fossil fuel emissions and replace them with solar, wind, efficiency and other renewable resources.
Citizens can take action online until April 7 to support the USFWS proposal to list the polar bear as threatened at www.arcticrefuge.org.
Polar bear live in 19 population groups across the circumpolar Arctic. All are expected to go into decline toward extinction with current trends of thinning ice. Ice has thinned 42 percent in the last 40 years, as measured by U.S. submarine data. Melting in Greenland has doubled in the last 5 years according to NASA senior Scientist James Hansen. He also said that sea levels could rise 80 feet, and that the melting is far more dynamic and fast than previously fast, and accelerating exonentially.
In his Arctic Melting book, Kister has a chapter detailing a 2004 Pentagon report that found climate change a more serious threat than terrorism.
See the first 5 minutes of Caribou People now online, and some of Kister's Berkeley Arctic Melting presentation (now much improved), as well as the updates and action alerts at www.arcticrefuge.org and www.chadkister.com.
Kister is the author of Arctic Quest and Arctic Melting (Common Courage Press), as well as the producer of the 50 minute film Caribou People. His next book, Against All Odds: The Struggle to Save The Ridges is coming out in a few weeks.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Ethan Steffensen, Live at the Bug
Though most of you have probalby never heard of Ethan Steffensen, don't be surprised if one day you walk into your local record store and see a display of his work. Ethan is a musician local to Mariposa, though he has also done some work in San Luis Obisbo. He is young, but a very talented writer. He first played the Bug shortly after Thanksgiving last year and we were flabbergasted at his progress. Now to clarify, he has always been remarkably talented, though he lacked the full measure of confidence needed to make his voice shine. He seems to have gotten over that hurtle. None of us knew he could sing like that.
Ethan is well known and loved at the Bug as he used to be one of the staff members here and two of his roommates still work here so he spends a lot of time here and is still close to much of the staff. He is heavily influenced by artists like Radiohead and Pearl Jam. One day he may well be an influence on others.
Some video was shot that night and you can find them at YouTube. A staff member here has an account and you can go to here to find a link to that users page and watch to your heart's content. We must share one video here though. I can't tell you the title of the song and I have to apologize for the background noise but the guitar solo was quite an event. Zach Green is also a staff member at the Bug and musician who prefers loud and fast music. He used his wireless set up to surprise the crowd with a solo that he began from the outside deck.
Ethan did a lot of original material that night as well as some covers, including "Wagonwheel" which was a big hit and was also captured on video. You can find it at the YouTube link found above.
We know the video quality could be much better, w=but what do you think? Would you buy Ethan's album or see him live? I suspect he'd impress you and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he got even better by the time he is done writing his lasted album's worth of material.
See you at the next show.
Ethan is well known and loved at the Bug as he used to be one of the staff members here and two of his roommates still work here so he spends a lot of time here and is still close to much of the staff. He is heavily influenced by artists like Radiohead and Pearl Jam. One day he may well be an influence on others.
Some video was shot that night and you can find them at YouTube. A staff member here has an account and you can go to here to find a link to that users page and watch to your heart's content. We must share one video here though. I can't tell you the title of the song and I have to apologize for the background noise but the guitar solo was quite an event. Zach Green is also a staff member at the Bug and musician who prefers loud and fast music. He used his wireless set up to surprise the crowd with a solo that he began from the outside deck.
Ethan did a lot of original material that night as well as some covers, including "Wagonwheel" which was a big hit and was also captured on video. You can find it at the YouTube link found above.
We know the video quality could be much better, w=but what do you think? Would you buy Ethan's album or see him live? I suspect he'd impress you and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he got even better by the time he is done writing his lasted album's worth of material.
See you at the next show.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Ben Carpenter playing live at the Bug
Saturday night, March 31st, local talent was playing at Cafe at the Bug, and I do mean talent. Our friend Ben Carpenter played with assistance from our friend and one time employee, Ethan Steffensen. There is an incredible amount of music talent in the area from Yosemite National Park to Mariposa and the Cafe is a great place to showcase that. Ben played a good deal of original material as well as some covers and fortunately, an employee was equipped with a digital camera capable of taking video as well as stills. One of Ben's own songs was captured for your viewing pleasure. The quality isn't great, though the sound is pretty good.
The weekend progressed into Sunday which happened to be another Full Moon Acoustic Gathering. Some guests were introduced to hand drumming. The circle this time was graced for the first time by the presence of a friend of an employee from Sacramento, and his son, a man who happens to be quite a skilled drummer. He taught his son to drum for what I believe was the first time and that young man picked it up as though it were part of his genetic make-up. There was a young lady there with her parents who were staying at the Bug for the weekend and when our gentlemen offered to teach her she said she thought she had it (apparently just from listening), and once she had a djembe in her hands, she proceeded to prove it! Those kids were jamming and blew the rest of us away. Some employees who have been participating in the circle for the better part of a year aren't yet that skilled!
We would like to thank our friend from Sacramento for helping make the Gathering a richer experience for those who were there. And we would like to invite you to our next Full Moon Acoustic Gathering so that you may experience it for yourself. Furthermore, we would like to invite you to share your thoughts. Are you a drummer? What was your best drum circle experience? What do you think if Ben Carpenter's song Changed?
The weekend progressed into Sunday which happened to be another Full Moon Acoustic Gathering. Some guests were introduced to hand drumming. The circle this time was graced for the first time by the presence of a friend of an employee from Sacramento, and his son, a man who happens to be quite a skilled drummer. He taught his son to drum for what I believe was the first time and that young man picked it up as though it were part of his genetic make-up. There was a young lady there with her parents who were staying at the Bug for the weekend and when our gentlemen offered to teach her she said she thought she had it (apparently just from listening), and once she had a djembe in her hands, she proceeded to prove it! Those kids were jamming and blew the rest of us away. Some employees who have been participating in the circle for the better part of a year aren't yet that skilled!
We would like to thank our friend from Sacramento for helping make the Gathering a richer experience for those who were there. And we would like to invite you to our next Full Moon Acoustic Gathering so that you may experience it for yourself. Furthermore, we would like to invite you to share your thoughts. Are you a drummer? What was your best drum circle experience? What do you think if Ben Carpenter's song Changed?
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