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.
SOLV’s Team Up for Watershed Health has a program that provides an opportunity for volunteers to become more involved in watershed restoration at the leadership level.
Early registration (includes lunch) deadline is January 6, 2006
yeakley@pdx.edu
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The 4th annual Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium will be held on January 27, 2006. Please see the Urban Ecological Research Consortium's web site at http://www.esr.pdx.edu/uerc/ for more information about the symposium, details about submitting abstracts, and to learn about other Urban Ecological Research Consortium-sponsored events, including past symposia. We look forward to your involvement!
the Guild, Hollywood and PSU 5th Avenue theatres among others, also Ecotrust building
stay tuned
a friend
Sara Foster
(503) 248-0104
inbox@livableplace.org
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PINE Film, Portland's environmental and community-focused film festival, is fast approaching, to be held January 27 through February 4th. This year's festival expands in its scope and mission, and includes many highly acclaimed films as well as new venues and events. A special January 18 preview will feature the Portland premiere of "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" (7pm, at the Guild). Done with the quality and broad appeal of "Super Size Me" and other highly acclaimed documentaries, "Farmer John" tells a compelling and engaging story of one farmer's journey from family farming to corporate farming to community supported agriculture. It also tells the underlying story of what it is like to be "different" in an industry and a community that pushes for sameness. PINE FILM screens newly released and highly acclaimed films on themes of sustainability, culture and social justice, emphasizing the interconnection of people to people and people to place. We aim to entertain and engage, while empowering audiences to make a difference. We present approximately 25 long format films (dramatic and documentary), each paired with one or more entertaining shorts. Programming is selected from around the world and includes films that will release theatrically after our festival as well as films from Sundance 2006. The festival also includes a welcome reception, a community dinner, workshops, a children's program, a student film competition and an awards ceremony. Venues include the Guild, Hollywood and PSU 5th Avenue Theatres. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more updates! See you in January!
Join us for another excellent movie as part of the Pine Film Festival for Livable Place. In "Devil's Miner", this film gives a harrowing portrait of child laborer Basilio Vargas as he suffers a meager existence in the sweltering darkness of claustrophobic Bolivian silver mine shafts. While Basilio and his 12-year-old brother and co-worker are pious Catholics above ground, underground it is the Devil himself whom they worship as their God and protector from certain death and disease. Musical guest Grupo Condor rounds out the experience. Film by Kief Davidson, USA. This documentary was made in 2005 and runs 82 minutes long. This film is shown in collaboration with the NW Film Centerand has won numerous awards: Best Cinematography, BendFilm 2005; Emerging Filmmaker Special Mention, Tribeca; Fipresci Award, Hot Docs; Best International Doc, Hot Docs.
Main Street Sanctuary, 1011 SW 12th Street Portland
$5 donation suggested at the door
(503) 228-6389
inbox@livableplace.org
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Part of our Heart of the Earth Environmental Film Series. Suburbia, and all its promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, “The End of Suburbia” explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.
