What is Your Role on Dirt!/SRSF Civicspace?

Welcome! Currently Dirt!/SRSF Civicspace is setup with seven roles that people can take. The different roles allow for different access points and participation levels on the site. We hope you will enjoy your visit and that you will find a role that fits right for you.

1) Anonymous Cruiser: anyone who can get to the website. An anonymous user will be able to surf the events, the blogs and the forum but will NOT be able to submit any content (events, comments, blog entries, forum threats...)

2) Honored Registered Users (HRUs, Previously called "registered users"): people who have registered and therefore can login with their account from any drupal site. This means they have taken the time to get a login name (FREE) and password (ALSO FREE).

In addition to be able to browse the content, HRUs can submit events and browse through the past event archives. HRUs will also have access to the forums and be able to leave comments. All content will need to be approved by the SRSF Editors. HRUs are invited to also receive The Dirt! as a weekly email version in their inbox.

 

3) Supporters: people who have donated something (in-kind, money or otherwise) to support Spreading Roots, Spring Forth.

In addition to all the perks that come with being an HRU, these valued supporters of our efforts can browse all of the events that are posted into the future, have their own blog (the content will need to be appropriate to the general mission of SRSF) and be able to leave comments and post to the forum without going through the moderation queue.

4) SRSF Editors: Language conscious, detail-oriented, skilled SRSF volunteers who are willing and able to look over content posted to the website and edit information as necessary.

Editors will have access ability to edit content on the website on either all or specific sections, depending on their own acknowledged, time, availability, and interest.

5) SRSF Board: The SRSF Board of Directors

The SRSF Board will have the ability to edit any content and be able to post content that is only visible by the other SRSF Board and the SRSF Web Admins.

6) SRSF Web Admins: Likely just Ryan and Jeremy, for now.

For all of the behind the scenes geeky stuff.
If you have questions or concerns about anything technically-web related, you can reach us by email: webadmin (at) thedirt.org. For other queries please send questions to info (at) thedirt.org

7) Organizers:Individuals who work with an organization, government agency, small business or community group and organize various events in which the public is invited to participate.

Similar to HRUs, these members of the Dirt!/SRSF Civicspace will have abilities to edit their events as well as (in the future) events posted by other organizers who belong to their organization. As always, the content will need to be appropriate to the general mission of SRSF. Organizers will also be able to leave comments, post to the forum without going through the moderation queue. (Additionally, in the future, Organizers will have opportunities to provide a link to their website or, if they don't have one, they may simply create a "business card" that states the mission of their organization, address and other contact information as relevant.) All registered organizers are automatically eligible and invited to be added to our monthly email reminder list where we send messages that keep organizations apprised of possible collaboration opportunities, how to post events and SRSF's own developments and directions.

How to Login

When you first go to The Dirt! you should see the following in the upper left hand corner.

If you don't see this graphic, it means you or someone else is logged in as the User Login block will auto-hide when someone logs in. If you want to create an accout for yourself, click on "Create new account" If you already setup an account and don't remember your username and/or password, click on "Request new password"

Questions about Accounts

Q: What does having a free account allow me to do?

A: A free Dirt! Community account on this website civic space will allow you to create content - in the form of *comments and, at this time, *events. If you want to submit events to thedirt.org, then you must be a registered user. (In the future we will be building in greater capabilities to sort users as organizers also.) Either way, having an account will allow you to edit your events after they are submitted and comment on the forums and blogs.

Q: How do I get an account?

A: To create an account for yourself, click on Create new account which is visible in the "User Login" block in the left hand corner of the page. It is useful to note that if no one is logged in on the browser you are using, you should see a "User Login" block in the left hand corner of the webpage. If anyone is logged in with your browser, the "User Login" block will not be present as it auto-deactivates.

Q: I forgot my password, what do I do?

A: In the same "User Login" block, click on Request new password,
then at the next screen put in your username OR your e-mail
address. Your new password will be e-mailed to the e-mail address
stored in the Civicspace database.

Submitting A Question

First off, to have a question appear within this "book" of questions, it must be asked frequently, or at least seems to be of fundamental pertinence.  You can e-mail webadmin (at) thedirt.org for specific questions about the new website.

Creating New Content

As a Honored Registered User* who has logged-in, congratulations!
You are now ready to start posting content.

Different Types of Content

There are various types of content that you can post using Drupal. Many of these are organized into what are called "nodes". Basically,you can think of a node as the content of a page. This might be, for instance, an article you wish to post, an event, or a comment. Content is added or updated through web page forms. So to add an article, you bring up a form, enter text into it (like the title and content of an article), and hit a button to submit the form.

Topics/Categories/Terms

Content on Drupal websites is usually organized using categories through a system called "taxonomy". A taxonomy has different "terms" that are used as categories for articles. When you are adding an article, you will find a drop-down list for you to select a "Focus Area" and "Habitat". If you are entering an event, you will also be given drop-down options to select such things as "Region" and "Setting." By selecting one, you choose how to categorize your article on the site and where it will show up. If this seems hard to relate to, you can think of topics as being like folders on your hard drive--they help to organize content, so that you can find similar things in the same place.

Permissions

What types of content you can create or edit depends on the privileges that have been assigned to the "role" or user group to which you have been assigned. In general, to find out what you can do:

• On your user menu (the collection of links that has your user name as a title), look for a link that says "create content". Click this to get a listing of the types of content you have permission to post.
• Or else on a particular page, look for links at the bottom of an article. These links say things like "12 comments" (if there are comments that have been made on the article) and "read more" (if you're looking at a short version of an article). If one of these links say "administer" or something like "edit this page", you have permissions to edit that type of content.

Submission Queue

Q: I submitted a story, but it doesn't appear anywhere!
Sometimes a Drupal site is set up so that when you submit a story it goes straight up on the site. Often, though, a Drupal site is set up with a "submission queue". This means that articles submitted are marked for evaluation to be read by an administrator. Don't worry! When a site administrator has had a chance to look over your submission, they wlll make the decision about whether it meets the criteria and post it accordingly.

*HRU's are the minimum role required to post content to the site. Click on the link for a more in-depth description of roles.

Adding An Event

Adding an Event

Step 1. Logging In to The Dirt!
Make sure you have logged-in with your user name. If you have never logged in, you will need to register to get an account.

Step 2. Creating Content
Click on the words under your login name in the right column that say "create content." Choose "event." You will be directed to an online Events Form.

Step 3. Filling out the Events Form
There are 4 categories that will make it easy for your event to be searched and sorted by different users of the site. These are:

• "Focus Area"
• "Habitat"
• "Region"
• "Setting"

Please choose from each drop-down list the category that most closely describes your event.

Step 4. Things to Remember
If you want to select more than one category in each list remember that you can do this from a PC by holding down the control button and from a Mac by holding down the "apple" button. Fill in the additional fields (especially those with a red * next to them!) and include a brief description of 150 words or less.

Step 5. Submit It
When you are finished, click to "preview". This is your chance to check your post for errors. If you are happy and have made any additional changes necessary, click to "submit"

Step 6. (Optional) Adding Multiple Events
You just sent in your first event but you realize that you still have 5 more to do... Instead of starting over at the beginning you can Click the "Back" arrow or button on your internet browser. This will take you back to the web-form you just filled out. Change ONLY the relevant details (like date, time, location, directions) and the other fields will already be filled in for you from before. Click to "submit" again and you are done. Event #2 accomplished! Oooh fun. Repeat this process as many times as you would like for as many events as you have.

Permissions For Different Users

Depending on what "role" or user group you have been assigned, your event may either get put into a moderation queue or posted directly on the web. In general, recognized Organizers or SRSF Editors have the ability post content directly. Thank you! The Dirt! is published both on this website and sent out via email to over 1100 additional readers each week. The weekly email is usually published on Thursdays.

Comment on Community Forums

The Community Forums are a place where we hope people will be able to explore issues in greater depths. This is a place where we all can educate and dialogue with each other online, and post what previously have been considered "SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS" or our "COMMUNITY PAGES" (things that do not fit the mold of exactly BEING an event yet still offer ways that people can participate like writing a letter to the editor, or a congressperson, a conference that might be happening in another state, reading an excellent inspiring book or learning more about a local issue.

Do you have a GREAT IDEA for a NEW FORUM TOPIC?

To add a new forum topic you need to be one of the following things:

• a) A Forum Moderator for The Dirt! (willing to help make sure spammers don't go crazy on the site with wierd posts)
• b) A Dirt Community Member Deemed Organizer * (ie. you post events with us )
• c) A Spreading Roots Spring Forth Editor willing to edit portions of the site
• d) Patient and Dedicated to propose your forum topic * to The Dirt!'s Web Administrators. To do this just:
  • email WebAdmin (at) thedirt.org
  • suggest the forum topic you are thinking of posting,
  • wait for them to post it up for you.

OR

• e) A SRSF Supporter*

*= these options are open to pretty much anyone
Thanks for your interest!

COMMENTING ON A PRE-EXISTING TOPIC

It is super easy to participate on an existing forum:

• a) Make sure you have an account and are logged in.
• b) At the bottom of a post you will see some blue links that might say something like "add new comment".
• c) Click on this, type your thoughts to your heart's content, and click "submit."
• d) Ta-DAH! That's it.

Editing and Deleting Content

To edit or delete existing content, log in and then bring up the page you wish to edit. You either must be the "owner" of that page (like BLOG owners or Forum moderators) or you must have permission to edit that page (like an Spreading Roots, Spring Forth Editor). To find out if you have the ability to edit an article (or article summary) look a the "tabs" just above the text on the page. One might say "view" while if you have permission to edit the page, the next one to the right might say "edit".

Depending on your user permissions, you might see this on all pages or only certain ones (like those that you yourself submitted).

Clicking this "tab" will bring up a page with a form for changing the page. To edit the page from there, change the text (found in a box that might say "Body" with a red * or category sorting settings and then submit. If you wish to delete the page, look for a "delete" button near the bottom of the page. When you click it, you'll get a second chance to confirm that you wish to delete the page--or to change your mind!

Hope this helps. We will provide more information about how to edit specific aspects like
* Blogs
* Forums
* Event Calendar
as time allows for us to develop this.

Let us know what your questions are in the meantime and we will do our best to answer them!

Who We Are

AS A PUBLICATION OF SPREADING ROOTS, SPRING FORTH,
The Dirt! helps strengthen the connections between people and the environment.

Who We Are

Spreading Roots, Spring Forth Board Beetles

Laura B. Nobelis the founder of The Dirt! helping breath life into her dream so that it can take shape as the publication of Spreading Roots, Spring Forth. Ms. Nobel graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in Environmental Studies, emphasis in biology. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at Graduate School of Education, in a program concentrating her studies in "Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning." at Portland State University. She has worked within the Portland area environmental community with such organizations as Rock Creek Environmental Center through Washington County Outdoor School, Headwaters To Ocean, The Sierra Club, Friends of Trees, and Tualatin Hills Nature Park. By keeping her ear to the ground and her fingers in many piles of work at once as she chews on new ways The Dirt! and Spreading Roots, Spring Forth can improve, better increasing the quality of information in the publication, and honing our overall networking abilities as a community.

Zeratha M. Young is an optimistic, creative and free-spirited young woman who's vision encompassed within her self titled interdisciplinary studies degree "Harvesting a Sustainable Cultural Consciousness" is what drives her to keep pursuing pathways to a positive sustainable future for all. She is originally from New Hampshire but has also lived in Wisconsin and has now been in Portland for five years and loves it. Currently she is completing a year of Americorps service as a volunteer coordinator. In the fall of 2005 she plans on attending Antioch Graduate School to receive a masters in the environment and community program with a focus on whole system design. Her long term plans include strengthening SRSF and The Dirt!, going for a PhD in international sustainable development with a focus on preserving biocultural diversity, creating documentaries, working on her artwork, becoming published, and eventually developing and running a non-profit and/or NGO. In her leisure time her hobbies and interests include camping, hiking, travelling, music, art, dancing, reading, writing and exploring the natural and spiritual landscape of life. She also is a contributing "Warbling Songster Writer" for The Dirt!

Jeremy O'Leary spins a fine web with his expertise as a unix system administrator and Oracle database administrator. His expertise with blogging, open source and botany shines and only erved us in good stead when he reminded us to put good content on the web. He is one of the original masterminds to research and place The Dirt! website up using Drupal as its background database program. He has also taken much time to train new users (read SRSF Board members and more!) on ways they can use the site easily.

Advisory Mason Bees

Historically, Members of the Advisory Commmittee participated in a collaborative decision making process that steered the future direction of The Dirt! This board evolved from pure sounding board initially to undertake many efforts including: writing of a grant, design of a reader survey, moderation of focus groups, performing an analysis of various avenues to achieve financial stability, plus participating in two strategic planning retreats. Currently, the Advisory Board is undergoing a period of transition as some members have morphed into sitting on the actual Board for our developing nonprofit corporation. However, the Advisory Committee remains as a testament to the hard preliminary work of many dedicated individuals. Currently Ariana Kramer holds down the fort here in her esteemed position as one of its longest standing members. (She was there when we first dreamed up the name The Dirt! for the publication!!) Past members include such esteemed persons as: Joe Pruett, Andrew Epstein, Allen Poole, Janet Beatty, Amy Livingston, Adam Robins, Gaston To'olo, Laura Nobel and Ann Pickar. If you are interested in participating in this capacity, please contact us.

Ariana Kramer has a keen eye and ear for facilitating an excellent work environment, promoting collaborative efforts and busily brainstorming new possibilities. She has worked in such non-profits as Renewable Northwest Project, The Salvation Army, and Multnomah County's 4-H Youth Development Progrram. She has also volunteered with other organizations like Oregon Trout's SalmonWatch program, and The Nature Conservancy. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning from Portland State University. Her skills lie in the realm of wildlife studies,people, process awareness, creative writing, education and communication.

Susan Glasser rolls out management skills gained in her 20+ years in the business community. A former student at Portland State University,University of New Mexico, and Loyola University in Chicago, she offers leadership skills and a can-do attitude in financial operations, human resources, coordination of company sponsored events, and a myriad of practical office administration and management. Her rich and diverse background includes NYSE brokerage services, accounting, fish and wildlife contract services, media broadcast management, and non-profit administration. A Board member from April, 2004 until March, 2005, Susan played an integral role in the early days of the newly formed board. She continues on now as a supportive Advisor and is actively involved with her family (including three grandsons!), while simultaneously managing an independent business venture.

Graphic Design Potato Bugs

Chris Johnson has rolled his valuable graphic design knowledge into the production of concert tickets, poster, thank you cards, stationary, sign-up sheets and The Dirt! brochure. The original Dirt! logo was collaboratively designed by Laura Nobel and Chris Johnson.

Web-wise Data Spiders

Jeremy O'Leary spins a fine web with his expertise as a unix system administrator and Oracle database administrator. His expertise with blogging, open source and botany shines and only erved us in good stead when he reminded us to put good content on the web. He is one of the original masterminds to research and place The Dirt! website up using Drupal as its background database program. He has also taken much time to train new users (read SRSF Board members and more!) on ways they can use the site easily.

Zachariah Nobel was instrumental in getting our first events database written in php online and functioning efficiently so that organizers could submit their events via working web-forms that fed directly into our events database.

Joe Pruett handles the networking of our computers, maintains The Dirt!'s web site domain on a server and keeps an eye toward building in greater functionality with regards to our email list capabilities.

Allen Poole works as an independent consultant to non-profits specializing in information management, technology assessment, training, and planning. Allen combines his strong interests in environmentalism and community organizing, with a broad knowledge of non-profit organizational development, fundraising, web and database technologies. He has used his considerable database expertise to develop a donor database to keep track of The Dirt!'s incoming revenues and implement our online reader survey in May 2003.

Kara Chanask has significant expertise in website strategic planning, design and development. Her eye for style, site layout and detail has helped us consider presentation to the public in our own web site re-design (not up online yet -stay tuned!)

Emily Pollard just rolled into the heap to help with sorting out our website. Welcome!

Ryan Matson has significant skill and lots of energy for the task in crafting usable php interfaces. A late night owl, his presence on the team has helped keep momentum going on the project.

Fund Raising Springtails

Teresa Hill lends an element of fun to everything that she does. The highlight of her career so far was when she masterminded a sold-out concert party in March of 2002.

Allen Poole significantly spring boarded funds raised when he asked Dirt readers to contribute in a matching funds donation "ask." in November, 2001. He came through again for us through taking on the task of selling some yard tools leftover from our recent Yard Sale in September 2004.

Energetic Earthworm Editors

Scarth Locke matched wit with careful editing eye, sifting through weekly event submissions to catch grammatical mistakes, spelling errors and jumbled words and turn them from a pile of events sift them into the weekly Dirt! issue as we know it. Scarth has moved on to San Francisco to pursue his editing career, and will be missed. We are currently looking for new editors that would like to help out with this aspect of issue production. Good Luck Scarth!

Chris Stockner joined us in 2004 and has wiggled about doing both editing and outreach to organizations that work with us.

Creative Crane Fly

Daniela Naomi Molnar was born in New York City, but couldn´t wait to leave. After traveling widely for years, she has happily settled in Portland, and can often be spotted talking to other people´s dogs or biking in the rain. A lifelong artist, poet, and athlete, she is currently working towards a graduate degree in Science Illustration. Her artwork was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine, and she is currently working on a mural in Portland´s Pearl District. As artist extraordinaire, Daniela painted the tree on our most beautiful Spreading Roots, Spring Forth Tabling Display Board. She is available for custom illustration, signs, murals, or prints.

SRSF Songster Writers

Ariana Kramer hatched the idea of the popular Meet Your Neighbor feature that explores the world around us by examining fellow "neighbors" from a natural history point of view She has worked in such non-profits as Renewable Northwest Project, The Salvation Army, and Multnomah County's 4-H Youth Development Progrram. She has also volunteered with other organizations like Oregon Trout's SalmonWatch program, and The Nature Conservancy. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning from Portland State University. Her skills lie in the realm of people and process awareness and communication.

Clair Klock Strong supporter and yearly Songster Writer Clair Klock has farmed for the past 25 years with his wife Beverly,. They started with a leased field and then developed their own blueberry farm at 931 NE Salzman road in Corbett on the western end of the  Columbia River Gorger. They concentrate mainly on U-pick and ready, fresh-picked blueberries. The berries are available later in the season than most in the Willamette Valley because they are grown at a higher elevation. The Klock's have always run the farm as a teaching center for agriculture and conservation, answering any questions asked. Clair and Beverly give a free annual Berry Care Seminar in late January or early February for the public. Klock Farm can be found as part of the Farm Fresh Produce Guide or by calling 503.695.5882

Zeratha M. Young is a fun, mature and visionary 27 year old poet who loves reading, writing, music, art, hiking, camping, dancing, traveling, and being socially and environmentally conscious and active. In her own words she describes her life: "Currently I serve as an Americorps coordinator developing a volunteer program from the bottom up for The Arc of Multnomah County. I recently graduated with a bachelors degree from Marylhurst University in interdisciplinary studies entitled "Harvesting A Sustainable Cultural Consciousness", with concentrations in ecology, spirituality and the social sciences. I have been in Portland for over four and a half years and love it here. Originally I am from the East Coast- New Hampshire to be exact. I also lived in Wisconsin for ten years before moving here to Portland to attend M.U. My future plans include going to grad school for international sustainable development and international environmental policy with a focus on preserving biocultural diversity. Eventually I would like to run an NGO/Non-profit, create documentaries, work on my art, be published, do a stint in the Peace Corps or other international volunteer opportunity and live a fulfilling spiritual, conscious lifestyle while hopefully helping make a difference in this crazy world of ours."

Nancy Wolf just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Cheyenne Glasgow just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Jill Kuehler just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Casey Bynum just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Louise Banks just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Chad Honl just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Alberto Naranjo is a Fairy Princess of the First Order of Princi. Yes, I know. You´re probably wondering how could this be. Must not a princess be a girl? Well, generally speaking yes, but there have been a few exceptions to this rule. Alberto´s mother bore no daughters. So, when she retired at the ripe young age of 879, he picked up her mantle and wears it proudly to this day. The job of Fairy Princess is not nearly so glamorous as one might imagine. It´s basically an executive position. Alberto works very hard, troubleshooting and supervising a rather large crew of pixies, nymphs, and other assorted species as they fly about the forest at night looking after all of the woodland creatures. For Alberto, the most difficult part of his job is the dancing which must be done at the end of each shift, just before sunrise. Swirling and twirling in Fairy Rings makes Alberto very dizzy and somewhat nauseous, but he cannot shirk this duty. After all, if the Princess did not dance no one else would either, and then things would really start to fall apart!

Nina Jett just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Tim Holbert just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Jenny Andrews just rolled into the heap to help as a Warbling Songster Writer of the weekly introduction section. Welcome!(A better description will be forthcoming soon.)

Amazingly Active Actinomycetes

Tim Brandon, Doug Burcomb, Kris Frietag, Ameer Tavakoli, and "BD" fill in holes on an as-needed basis to do outreach, research, brainstorming, and Dirt! promotion through tabling. Most recently Tim and Kris formed the bulk of the tabling committee to design a fantastic new Tabling Display Board for SRSF and The Dirt!. Ameer has taken on the task of helping create website documentation.

We are currently looking for more volunteers.

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Community Group Thank Yous

Thank Yous
To All Organizations who posted an event with us!

IN SEPTEMBER

• Audubon Society of Portland
• Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
• Bio-Diesel Co-op
• City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development*
• City Repair Project
• Clackamas River Basin Council
• Clark Public Utilities
• Cooper Mountain Elementary School
• Friends of Vermont Creek
• Hoyt Arboretum Friends
• Illahee
• Klamath-Salmon Media Collaborative
• Living Earth Gatherings For Change
• No Ivy League
• Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides
• Oregon Trout
• Portland Community Gardens
• Portland Parks and Recreation
• Portland Peak Oil
• Portland Permaculture Institute
• Resolutions Northwest*
• SCRAP: School and Community ReUse Action Project
• The Siskiyou Field Institute
• SOLV
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Try/On Life Community Farm
• Xerces Society

total organizations in September: 27
total events in September: 45


IN AUGUST

• Butler Promotions
• Clark Public Utilities
• City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services
• EnviroSingles
• Forum on Geonomics
• Oregon Biodiesel
• Oregon Trout
• Portland Community Gardens
• Portland Peak Oil
• Portland Permaculture Institute
• the EDGE
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Sierra Club
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Try/On Life Community Farm

total organizations in August: 15
total events in August: 39


IN JULY

• Cracked Pots
• Columbia Slough Watershed Council
• EnviroSingles
• FreeGeek
• Friends of The Columbia Gorge
• Metro
• Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides
• Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
• Oregon Oil Awareness Group
• Portland Permaculture Guild
• Portland Permaculture Institute
• Salmon Nation
• SCRAP: School and Community ReUse Action Project
• SOLV
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Try/On Life Community Farm

total organizations in July: 20
total events in July: 29


IN JUNE

• City of Portland
• Friends of Straub Environmental Learning Center
• Friends of Trees
• Go Biodiesel Co-op
• Hands On Portland
• Illahee Lecture Series
• Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
• Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides
• Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
• Oregon Natural Resources Council
• Portland Community Gardens
• Portland Permaculture Institute
• Portland State University Center for Lakes and Reservoirs
• The City Repair Project
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Sierra Club
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Try/On Life Community Farm
• Tualatin Riverkeepers
• United States Dept of Agriculture

total organizations in June: 20
total events in June: 48






IN MAY

• 7th Principle Environmental Group
• Bridger Elementary School
• City of Lake Oswego
• Columbia Slough Watershed Council
• Earth and Spirit Council
• Earth Charter
• Ecoroofs Everywhere
• Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
• Envirosingles
• First Unitarian Church
• Forests Forever, Inc.
• Friends of Trees
• FUEGO!
• Hands On Portland
• Illahee Lecture Series
• Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns
• Jane's Park Group
• Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
• Metro
• Native Plant Society
• Naturescaping For Clean Rivers
• Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides
• Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
• Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
• Oregon Food Bank, Washington County
• Portland Community Gardens
• Portland Permaculture Institute
• Portland Water Bureau
• Rachel's Friends Breast Cancer Coalition
• ReDirect Guide
• The City Repair Project
• The Nature Conservancy
• The No Ivy League
• The Sierra Club
• The Columbia Slough Watershed Council
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Tryon Creek Watershed Council
• Try/On Life Community Farm
• Urban Water Works
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Wild Food Adventures


total organizations in May: 42
total events in May: 59




IN APRIL

• Clackamas County
• Friends of Trees
• Portland Community Gardens
• SCRAP
• Columbia Slough Watershed Council
• Institute for Culture and Ecology
• April Think Globally, Eat Locally Film Series
• Earth & Spirit Council
• OLCV Voter's Forum
• NWRAGE
• ONRC
• Audubon Society of Portland
• EnviroSingles
• Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Volunteers
• Clark Public Utility
• Three Rivers Land Conservancy
• Wild Food Adventures
• City Repair Project
• Sauvie Island Organics
• The Nature Conservancy
• Tualatin Hills Nature Park
• Oregon Biodiesel Workshop
• Try/on Life Community Farm
• SOLV
• City of Lake Oswego
• Deva Communion & Oatfield Estates
• Siskiyou Field Institute


total organizations in April: 27
total events in April: 52



 

Monthly Newsletter to Organizations

March Monthly Newsletter

March! They say "it blows in like a lion and out like a lamb."  One month away from Earth Day, and we would love to know not only about any events you are planning for that special day but also possible tabling opportunities for other organizers as well. Send us an email that includes the title of the event, the link to information about it found on our website (so you don't have to retype your information more than once) and specifics with regards to how many people you project might attend your event, how much it might cost to have a table at your event, and whom to contact for more information, we will be sending out a follow-up post to all the organizers on our list on or around March 11, 2006. Participate in what makes The Dirt! an effective tool for the entire community! Share your news with the rest of us! Also, of course, as always, send in any events that you have planned upcoming for the months of March, April and beyond.

*Tips To Remember*
1. You can post as far into the future as you know of events.
2. AND, if you are an organization that has multiple events to post - you can do that by entering an event and then clicking "BACK" on your web browser to re-load the form. (It should re-load with your information previously entered. Simply change the relevant portions and click submit again.)

1. Log in to your FREE Dirt Community Web Account

2. Post Your Event

3. Our HELP/FAQ page gives tricks on how to enter multiple events.

4. See Our Current Calendar of Events

Thank You! As always, by taking the time to send in your event(s) to The Dirt! you greatly support our efforts to inform the public in a timely fashion about the wide variety of environmentally - related events happening in the Portland metropolitan region and beyond.*

PS. For those of you that might know of something that extends beyond the Portland metropolitan region (an action alert, an upcoming conference, eco-friendly tips, a note about your most recent publication, etc.) please contact us to see how you might get this information posted as well! The new website has a lot of capabilities that we are still sorting out how best to present the information. We would love to work with you.

The Dirt!
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of Spreading Roots, Spring Forth

*Our definition of the Portland metropolitan region includes Clark County, Washington, as far east as Gresham, as far west as Beaverton and as far south as Oregon City. We define events to be environmentally-related if they address how humans may be interacting with the natural world around them in such ways that include how we connect through: natural building, energy use, conservation issues, transportation, food, water, air, land, ecosystems, watersheds, forests, urban gardens, and wildlife, to name a few. With regards to what types of events might be relevant, we include such things as conservation announcements and alerts, notices of public meetings, conferences, hikes, bikes, walks, films, festivals, celebrations, dinners, get-togethers, learning opportunities, workshops, and more.

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