Indy Staff, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Columns By Laura Stinchfield | Sun Oct 09, 2011 | 6:00am

Moving to a Yurt

Pet Psychic and her animal family have an opportunity to live on the land.

Books By Brandon Fastman | Sun Oct 09, 2011 | 12:00am

Melissa Harris-Perry on Black Women Stereotypes

Scholar and media personality discusses her book Sister Citizen.

Announcement By The Alchemy of Beauty | Sat Oct 08, 2011 | 4:44pm

South Coast-Based Skin Care Marks 20th Year in Santa Barbara

The founder of the Alchemy of Beauty is marking 20 years of working with thousands of clients in Santa Barbara County and has just finished a new book.

Announcement By Environmental Education for the Next Generation | Sat Oct 08, 2011 | 4:32pm

UCSB Student-Founded Nonprofit Expands Statewide

Environmental Education for the Next Generation (EENG), a student-founded nonprofit organization that links college students with 1st and 2nd graders to teach about sustainability, has expanded beyond Santa Barbara with the launch of regional chapters in San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz. College students across the state will begin teaching environmental science and sustainability this week in 20 elementary school classrooms.

Living By Erin Lennon | Sat Oct 08, 2011 | 6:00am

Calling All Seekers

Quakerism 101 offered at Santa Barbara Friends meetings.

News By Michael Vincent McGinnis | Sat Oct 08, 2011 | 6:00am

Across the Ocean

I followed the path of the sooty shearwater, a sea bird off Santa Barbara’s coast which arrives in our region to feed on fish and squid.

Columns By Tam Hunt | Sat Oct 08, 2011 | 6:00am

Evolutionary Spirituality

Andrew Cohen. a spiritual teacher based in Massachusetts, talks about the evolution of God in the first of an occasional series of interview with thought leaders in many different fields.