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EventsSunday May 04, 2008
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ongoing over a year or more none none as of yet FREE--donations accepted Zeratha Young open mooglicious@gmail.com No My name is Zeratha Young and I am a graduate student through Goddard College’s ‘Socially Responsible Business and Sustainable Communities’ program. My area of focus is whole systems design and participatory sustainable development. Currently I am working on a thesis project which will result in a participatory public ecological art restoration installation’. The installation itself will serve as a visual, interactive, educational, restoration focused whole systems map of the Portland area bioregion including components of social, natural and economic systems and capital. It is titled: Art as a Transformative Environmental Education Process: A Participatory Community and Systems Based Approach to Place Based Ecological Art Installations and Restorations.” (all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org (all day)
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org Collect lichens from trees, ground, and rocks and process them into vibrant and muted dyes that color fibers without the use of caustic chemicals. Craftswoman and author Karen Casselman says “Lichen $80 Start: 1:00 pm
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org Do you love the look of those stone garden planters but hate the cost and weight? Learn how to create the look without the hassle in a hands-on class with our trough guru Ginny Maffitt. Make “faux stone” planters using foam boxes, paint, sand and creativity. They’re lightweight and great for container gardening. Besides being functional, this project keeps non-biodegradable plastic from going to the landfill. Bring your own foam container and a screwdriver for texturing. Ginny will also spend some time discussing planting your trough, and alpine plants will be available at a discount. $18 indoors Bring your own foam container and a screwdriver for texturing. Monday May 05, 2008
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ongoing over a year or more none none as of yet FREE--donations accepted Zeratha Young open mooglicious@gmail.com No My name is Zeratha Young and I am a graduate student through Goddard College’s ‘Socially Responsible Business and Sustainable Communities’ program. My area of focus is whole systems design and participatory sustainable development. Currently I am working on a thesis project which will result in a participatory public ecological art restoration installation’. The installation itself will serve as a visual, interactive, educational, restoration focused whole systems map of the Portland area bioregion including components of social, natural and economic systems and capital. It is titled: Art as a Transformative Environmental Education Process: A Participatory Community and Systems Based Approach to Place Based Ecological Art Installations and Restorations.” (all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org Start: 1:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org The Camassia Natural Area, only 26 acres, supports an extraordinary diversity of habitats: oak--madrone woodlands, ponds, and stunning wet-meadows. On this hike, with geologist Dick Thoms, learn where the dark gray basalt bedrock came from and how it became exposed. Be prepared for muddy trails on this easy hike. $10 Space is limited. Registration required. Outdoors Be prepared for muddy trails on this easy hike. Tuesday May 06, 2008
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org Wednesday May 07, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org Thursday May 08, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Don Tarbutton 503-235-8432 Find out about a new urban Ecovillage/Cohousing condominium forming in NE Portland. Come meet current members and the developer, learn about our plans for intentional, multigenerational, multicultural, sustainable community, and how you can become a part of it. Free Indoor Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org Kym Pokorny, garden writer for The Oregonian for 13 years, will take the mystery out of drip irrigation. She will demonstrate a simple, step-by-step system, showing you how to assemble it from start to finish. She will discuss sources of materials and the advantages of drip irrigation, which include conserving water, money and time. $15 Registration required. indoors Friday May 09, 2008
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
info@permaculture.org Wind River Ranch, Las Vegas NM - learn practical solutions for sustainable living: from basics of nature-based design, to natural building, alternative energies use, productive ecologies, food forests and orchards design to rainwater harvesting, community building, alternative economics and more. Through learning outdoors, lecture, video, guest speakers, field trips and hands-on work opportunities gain understanding of permaculture and its applications for personal and community-wide sustainability. With Scott Pittman of Permaculture Institute. Early bird registration until March 25th, last day to register is April 23rd – more information at www.permaculture.org (all day)
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org Hike an unroaded section of California’s north coast and observe the state’s fourth largest seabird colony, foraging seabirds, migrating gray whales, a rookery for the threatened Steller’s sea lion, and the mouth $40 Saturday May 10, 2008
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org Hike an unroaded section of California’s north coast and observe the state’s fourth largest seabird colony, foraging seabirds, migrating gray whales, a rookery for the threatened Steller’s sea lion, and the mouth $40 Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m. Place: 1900 Building, Room 2500A 1900 S.W. Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR Registration fee: $40 (includes instructional materials and lunch) SPIN stands for S-mall P-lot IN-tensive and is a production driven, organic-based system that will help you achieve levels of productivity that go far beyond current home gardening practices. Backyards, front lawns and neighborhood lots can be transformed into a steady and dependable supply of vegetables. $40.00 indoor (all day)
see www.earthflow.com or email us permaculture@earthflow.com You are invited to join L. Santoyo, Director of EarthFlow Design Works, and a host of other local and international leaders in the world-wide sustainability movement, and learn how to create the conditions for sustainability to happen. This permaculture design certificate course is offered the second weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Barbara, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well. $90/day, $175/weekend or $950 for entire course. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available Indoor See website for details Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Betty McArdle, 503-797-1842, naturescaping@yahoo.com In Sherwood, site TBA: This introduction gives participants experience with steps involved in planning a project. Learn to measure your property, assess your lifestyle and garden style choice, determine site concept, and make site analyses. Free and open to the public 70% indoor; 30% outdoor Pre-registration required, Pre-requisite - completion of the Basic Naturescaping workshop Start: 9:00 am
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org Mary Paetzel was a self-taught botanist, lepidopterist, and solitary $40 Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org Take your garden to a new level. Author of celebrated home permaculture guide, Gaia’s Garden, and PSU adjunct professor, Toby Hemenway has devoted many years to the science and art of functional and beautiful landscapes. In this day-long workshop, learn to design natural landscapes that not only produce food and beauty for people, but also shelter birds and beneficial insects, harvest water and preserve biodiversity. Workshop includes: basic principles of ecological landscape design, efficient and pest-resistant garden layout, selecting plants that have many uses, drought-proofing your yard, creating plant communities that work together and conserving energy through careful landscape planning. $50 indoors Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Karen Munday at kmunday@audubonportland.org, 503-292-6855 x116, www.audubonportland.org Located at Sellwood Park, just south of Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. Join Audubon Society of Portland, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of Portland for a Celebration of Migratory Birds. Free, no regisration required. Outdoors at Sellwood Park with bird walks through Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Sunday May 11, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
see www.earthflow.com or email us permaculture@earthflow.com You are invited to join L. Santoyo, Director of EarthFlow Design Works, and a host of other local and international leaders in the world-wide sustainability movement, and learn how to create the conditions for sustainability to happen. This permaculture design certificate course is offered the second weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Barbara, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well. $90/day, $175/weekend or $950 for entire course. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available Indoor See website for details Monday May 12, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project Start: 6:00 pm
Don Tarbutton 503-235-8432 Find out about a new urban Ecovillage/Cohousing condominium forming in NE Portland. Come meet current members and the developer, learn about our plans for intentional, multigenerational, multicultural, sustainable community, and how you can become a part of it. Free Indoor Tuesday May 13, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project Start: 9:16 am
For more information, contact Kate Chester, Community Relations Manager, PCC Sylvania, at (503) 977-8233. Spring cleaning to celebrate Mother Earth: PCC Sylvania hosts first-ever ‘E-Cycling’ drive Spring cleaning just got easier, thanks to PCC Sylvania’s “E-Cycling” drive with Bear eCycling and GreenWall Industries, to make recycling old electronics equipment fun, convenient and cost-efficient!Mark the calendar for Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Sylvania campus, 12000 SW 49th Ave., in the P10 parking lot (follow signs and volunteer flaggers). free for first 500 monitors or TV's outdoors Bring old electronics that you would like to recycle. Wednesday May 14, 2008
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project Thursday May 15, 2008
(all day)
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
erica.maharg@oregon.sierraclub.org Changing the Paradigm: The Transition from Uneconomic Growth to Sustainability When: May 15th Third Thursday Who: Rob Dietz, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. Free Indoor Just you and your friends Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
For more information, contact Who: Speakers: Elaine Ingham, Soil Food Web, Inc. (owner/researcher) free Friday May 16, 2008
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Brett Lyon brett@solv.org 503-844-9571 x 332 http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species. FREE outdoor Depends on project (all day)
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org Come spend the weekend celebrating spring with expert naturalists. Courses offered include Birding Deer Creek Center, Birding by Ear, Botany for Beginners, Ferns in the Field and more! Stay at the beautiful Deer Creek Ranch in Selma OR, enjoy free evening presentations on owls and bird song. varies outdoor  |
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