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.”
EarthFlow's Two Week Permaculture Design Course Intensive for Design Professionals, Homeowners & Students...
This course has something for everyone. The training includes some of the most inspiring examples of sustainable land use and human ingenuity from around the world.
$1450 for course includes meals and camping. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available.
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.
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
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Hike into the Coyote Creek drainage to discover the
beautiful spring bloom in Northern California’s Bald
Hills. Key out wildflowers and grasses in coastal
prairies and Oregon white oak woodlands. Learn
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
A container can be large or small, last for one season or four and can serve a multitude of purposes in the landscape. Designer and writer Lucy Hardiman, of Perennial Partners, has more than 50 containers in her garden and delights in creating the right pot for the right place.
