Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Mark Lakeman and Daniel Lerch of Portland's City Repair Project (www.cityrepair.org) will be presenting "Urban Planning for a Post Carbon Portland". Free and open to the public.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Urban Wild: Soulfully Connecting People to Place
Sacred City, Living Earth Workshop
***Ecopsychology is a new field, recognizing that human health cannot be separated from the health of the whole, and must include mutually enhancing relationships between humans and the non-human world. Ecopsychology attempts to bridge the gap between humanity and the earth, between ecology and psychology, to learn to see the needs of the person and the needs of the planet as interrelated and interdependent*** This four hour workshop explores old and new concepts of nature, relationship with place,watershed consiousness, and actions toward sustainable urban living. Using experiential tools from the field of Ecopsychology, we will open our senses to the world, discovering life sustaining connection with the Earth and new methods of effective activism. Through both individual and group activities, we create new understanings of relating to our sacred city and living earth.

This full day event will feature:

• Keynote presentation by Michael Ableman
• Oregon Tilth's Annual Meeting
• Practical seminars and workshops
• Local, organic, seasonal food
• Informative table displays from over 40 progressive organizations
• A poster session highlighting advances in sustainable agriculture research

Come and learn the tools you need to incorporate sustainable practices in your lifestyle - whether it be a farm, a garden, or your home.

Oregon vole forages for plants. Red tail hawk circles overhead hunting its prey.  Oregon wildlife like vole and hawk need open habitats to find the food they need to survive.  Help restore an oak savannah and learn about the animals that live there. Volunteers will plant native oak trees. Great activity for individuals, groups and families!

Join us at Clinton Community Gardens for a fun work party!

Plant native trees and shrubs to enhance city-owned wetland area. Volunteers must be physically capable of traversing uneven terrain in all weather conditions.  Planting requires lifting, digging and kneeling.  No experience necessary.  Training provided on-site.  Great for groups.

Learn how to naturescape your yard.  Naturescaping features beautiful native plants, natural landscapes and environmentally-friendly gardening practices.  The result is less water use, fewer chemicals and less maintenance – direct benefits to you, your garden and the environment.  Plus it attracts interesting and beneficial wildlife.  The workshop includes before and after Naturescaping examples, advice on landscape design and native gardening, networking with neighbors, identifying native plants, and a short outdoor field trip to a nearby home or community project to see naturescaping in action.  Get ideas for your garden, a guide book and a native plant to get you started.  Open to all.

Woods Park is under going a transformation - new bridges, new boardwalks and improved trails.  Now we need to protect Woods Creek at the bottom of the hill.  We will be planting native shrubs along the banks of the creek.   It will be muddy so if you have a pair of high rubber boots, please bring them.  We have a limited amount to share with the volunteers.  Here's how to get there from SW Barbur heading south.  Turn right onto Capitol Hwy.  Turn left onto SW Taylors Ferry Rd. Go a few blocks of SW 48th and turn right then in about a block look to your right and you will see a sign that says "Woods Memorial Park" turn right and follow the road into the park.  See you there!!

Join Urban Water Works, Bridger Elementary School and the Creative Sciences School for a planting work-party. Learn about native plants and be a part of the amazing transformation taking place in this schoolyard as water is diverted from rooftops into the rainwater garden.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Please join Three Rivers Land Conservancy on Tuesday, November 22^nd at 8:00 a.m. for a conversation and an introduction to our organization.  Three Rivers is dedicated to preserving natural areas for the benefit of people and our environment.  Each month we host a discussion and presentation for people about land conversation and what Three Rivers’ role in this is.  Come to our office in Lake Oswego to discuss issues like water quality, air quality, wildlife habitat and what Three Rivers is doing to improve these valuable natural resources. We will take you on a virtual tour and show a brief video of the sites we are currently working to preserve and enhance.  We encourage you to come and talk about any projects or experiences related to these issues you might have.  We appreciate any and all feedback from the people who live and work in greater Portland. 

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Thanksgiving! Giving Thanks. A wonderful time of year. We at Spreading Roots, Spring Forth encourage you to give thanks to all the things that have brought you here to this moment. And of course, if you want to Give Thanks for The Dirt! providing you with timely and fun inspiration to take action and become involved in your community sustainability and ecology, feel free to consider making a donation. All proceeds go towards our capital funds campaign in order to (1) hire a coordinator, (2) pay internet expenses and (3) begin saving towards getting our own internet server to host our domain.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

LESS THAN ONE WEEK  UNTIL THE...

 1st Annual Food Fir All!
Oregon Tilth’s (AmeriCorps Member) Benefit Concert

 WHEN?:  THIS SUNDAY, December 4th, 7:30pm  (YEE-HAW!)

WHERE?:   Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside, Portland (www.dougfirlounge.com)

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

Come Taste Oregon's bounty every weekend in November...
~ Take a tour of the over 60 wineries that are offering complimentary tastings of Oregon pears, cheeses and hazelnuts, paired with their latest vintages.
~ Plan a getaway with an Oregon Bounty travel package at 75 hotels and inns across the state.
~ Dine in one of 70 restaurants featuring Oregon Bounty menus throughout the month .
~ Sample Oregon Bounty products at over 100 grocers.

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

In commemoration of Kenneth Deffeyes' prediction of a Thanksgiving World Oil Peak Day, Portland Peak Oil is throwing a party! This Nov. 30th party has a suggested donation (no one turned away!) with local foods potluck (remember to bring something!) and get-down country dancing with master caller and fiddler David Kaynor and Sue Songer on piano. Should be a good time.

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

A walk with Urban Naturalist, Mike Houck from the north end of Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge around the 160-acre wetlands.  Mike has led tours at the Bottoms for over 30 years and is intimately familiar with the history of Oaks Bottom being designated as Portland’s first official urban wildlife refuge and current efforts to restore fish and wildlife habitat throughout the refuge.  Directions and other details will be mailed to registrants.

The only beer festival in the Northwest to be held outdoors in the dark, cold and often wet month of December, the Holiday Ale Festival is truly distinctive. Despite chilly temperatures and often-inclement weather outside, attendees stay warm and dry under a large clear tent that covers the venue while allowing for views of the city lights.  Gas heaters create a cozy ambience under the boughs of one of the region's largest decorated Christmas trees. Thirty-five potent winter ales are featured at the event, all of which are created specifically to bring warmth and cheer to the holiday season. The beers are rich, robust and full of complex flavors.  Many have been seasoned with spices, and enhanced with ingredients such as honey, cranberries, ginseng, Sitka spruce tips and espresso beans. Festival highlights include on-site food; craft vendors; beer apparel and merchandise; a complimentary root beer garden for minors and designated drivers benefiting the Children’s Cancer Assn; mead tasting; and seasonal background music. Minors are allowed when accompanied by a parent. Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Thursday through Saturday; Noon to 6 pm Sunday. A Brewers Brunch will take place on Sunday, December 4th at the Square beginning at 9 am.  It will feature a Belgian themed breakfast with croissants with turkey or ham, Chimay cheeses, fresh fruits, sweet pastries, juice and coffee.  Specialty warm Leige waffles will be made to order.   There will also be beers not featured at the event, including Chimay Grand Reserve Blue, St. Feuillien Cuvee de Nöel, Tuck's Brewing's Farmers Daughter, and Full Sail's Vesuvius.  The ticket price of $30 includes eight five-ounce pours of each beer, plus breakfast. Tickets are available at www.holidayale.com. 

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

The only beer festival in the Northwest to be held outdoors in the dark, cold and often wet month of December, the Holiday Ale Festival is truly distinctive. Despite chilly temperatures and often-inclement weather outside, attendees stay warm and dry under a large clear tent that covers the venue while allowing for views of the city lights.  Gas heaters create a cozy ambience under the boughs of one of the region's largest decorated Christmas trees. Thirty-five potent winter ales are featured at the event, all of which are created specifically to bring warmth and cheer to the holiday season. The beers are rich, robust and full of complex flavors.  Many have been seasoned with spices, and enhanced with ingredients such as honey, cranberries, ginseng, Sitka spruce tips and espresso beans. Festival highlights include on-site food; craft vendors; beer apparel and merchandise; a complimentary root beer garden for minors and designated drivers benefiting the Children’s Cancer Assn; mead tasting; and seasonal background music. Minors are allowed when accompanied by a parent. Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Thursday through Saturday; Noon to 6 pm Sunday. A Brewers Brunch will take place on Sunday, December 4th at the Square beginning at 9 am.  It will feature a Belgian themed breakfast with croissants with turkey or ham, Chimay cheeses, fresh fruits, sweet pastries, juice and coffee.  Specialty warm Leige waffles will be made to order.   There will also be beers not featured at the event, including Chimay Grand Reserve Blue, St. Feuillien Cuvee de Nöel, Tuck's Brewing's Farmers Daughter, and Full Sail's Vesuvius.  The ticket price of $30 includes eight five-ounce pours of each beer, plus breakfast. Tickets are available at www.holidayale.com. 

Peter Wilcox of RiversWest.org will make a presentation on "Willamette River Ferry Options." RiversWest is restoring three historic tour boats from Crater Lake to run on hybrid solar electric-biodiesel. This talk is part of Portland State University's Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2005 Transportation Seminar Series. Peter will describe the history of past plans and the current effort led by a local non-profit called RiversWest to develop a river-based transit system for downtown Portland. The Willamette Ferry is planned to utilize three historic passenger vessels from Crater Lake that RiversWest has acquired and is storing at the Eastbank Esplanade. The plan is to repower these beautiful, locally-built vessels to utilize Oregon biodiesel fuel and solar power to strengthen Portland's reputation as a center of sustainability, vastly improve access to the Willamette, attract visitors and conventions, and increase Portland's livability by taking advantage of our maritime location.

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

The only beer festival in the Northwest to be held outdoors in the dark, cold and often wet month of December, the Holiday Ale Festival is truly distinctive. Despite chilly temperatures and often-inclement weather outside, attendees stay warm and dry under a large clear tent that covers the venue while allowing for views of the city lights.  Gas heaters create a cozy ambience under the boughs of one of the region's largest decorated Christmas trees. Thirty-five potent winter ales are featured at the event, all of which are created specifically to bring warmth and cheer to the holiday season. The beers are rich, robust and full of complex flavors.  Many have been seasoned with spices, and enhanced with ingredients such as honey, cranberries, ginseng, Sitka spruce tips and espresso beans. Festival highlights include on-site food; craft vendors; beer apparel and merchandise; a complimentary root beer garden for minors and designated drivers benefiting the Children’s Cancer Assn; mead tasting; and seasonal background music. Minors are allowed when accompanied by a parent. Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Thursday through Saturday; Noon to 6 pm Sunday. A Brewers Brunch will take place on Sunday, December 4th at the Square beginning at 9 am.  It will feature a Belgian themed breakfast with croissants with turkey or ham, Chimay cheeses, fresh fruits, sweet pastries, juice and coffee.  Specialty warm Leige waffles will be made to order.   There will also be beers not featured at the event, including Chimay Grand Reserve Blue, St. Feuillien Cuvee de Nöel, Tuck's Brewing's Farmers Daughter, and Full Sail's Vesuvius.  The ticket price of $30 includes eight five-ounce pours of each beer, plus breakfast. Tickets are available at www.holidayale.com. 

Arbor Lodge is one of Portland's first Pesticide-free Parks! The success of this trial program is dependent on volunteers like you! We will be pulling weed and replacing the use of pesticides with people power!It is okay to show up for all or only for part of the workparty!

There grows the neighborhood...Come out rain or shine to the first Neighborhood Trees planting of the new season!

Learn tree planting techniques and join the HAND and Richmond neighborhoods to beautify our urban areas. No experience is needed. Just be dressed for the elements and prepare to dig in!

The forest in Gabriel Park has been devastated by over use of people and off leash dogs.  Last year we started a replanting project to help the understory of the forest.  We put in approximately $10,000 worth of plants and surrounded it by a temporary fence.  Now we need to enlarge that planting area and continue to improve the forest.  We need your help to do this, please come and help fix your neighborhood park and forest.

The public is invited to attend a FREE tree planting workshop. The workshop is part of Tree Talk, an exciting new series of free educational workshops all about trees. Vancouver is blessed with many beautiful trees. Tree Talk workshops are a great way for residents to learn why trees are important, how to properly plant and care for trees, and how to landscape with native plants. This first workshop will focus on how to properly plant a tree so that it can grow to be healthy and mature. Urban Forestry staff will give demonstrations and then work side-by-side with workshop participants in hands-on practice. Workshop attendees will receive a native plant seedling, product samples and a coupon for discounted trees and shrubs provided by Clark Public Utilities and Yard 'n Garden Land.  Participants should bring their own gloves and shovel and dress for the weather and the mud.  Pre-registration is preferred.

City Repair invites you and your community to propose a project for the 2006 Village Building Convergence. Projects can be place-oriented, ecological, artistic, structural, social, even alive! The main goal is to promote cooperative, community-based efforts to reconnect with each other and enhance the places we live. Details on previous projects, the proposal process, and requests for proposals on line vbc.cityrepair.org or at City Repair Headquarters, 2122 SE Division, (503)235-8946.

The only beer festival in the Northwest to be held outdoors in the dark, cold and often wet month of December, the Holiday Ale Festival is truly distinctive. Despite chilly temperatures and often-inclement weather outside, attendees stay warm and dry under a large clear tent that covers the venue while allowing for views of the city lights.  Gas heaters create a cozy ambience under the boughs of one of the region's largest decorated Christmas trees. Thirty-five potent winter ales are featured at the event, all of which are created specifically to bring warmth and cheer to the holiday season. The beers are rich, robust and full of complex flavors.  Many have been seasoned with spices, and enhanced with ingredients such as honey, cranberries, ginseng, Sitka spruce tips and espresso beans. Festival highlights include on-site food; craft vendors; beer apparel and merchandise; a complimentary root beer garden for minors and designated drivers benefiting the Children’s Cancer Assn; mead tasting; and seasonal background music. Minors are allowed when accompanied by a parent. Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Thursday through Saturday; Noon to 6 pm Sunday. A Brewers Brunch will take place on Sunday, December 4th at the Square beginning at 9 am.  It will feature a Belgian themed breakfast with croissants with turkey or ham, Chimay cheeses, fresh fruits, sweet pastries, juice and coffee.  Specialty warm Leige waffles will be made to order.   There will also be beers not featured at the event, including Chimay Grand Reserve Blue, St. Feuillien Cuvee de Nöel, Tuck's Brewing's Farmers Daughter, and Full Sail's Vesuvius.  The ticket price of $30 includes eight five-ounce pours of each beer, plus breakfast. Tickets are available at www.holidayale.com.