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EventsMonday November 20, 2006
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 5:00 pm
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Matt Gordon: workshops@tryonfarm.org, 503.245.3847. Please sign up so we can alert you if we're arranging carpooling or running a shuttle to a nearby parking lot. Parking is very limited. Biking and taking public transportation are highly encouraged! Ecological Home and Garden Design workshop with Food Not Lawns co-founder Heather C. Flores. We will use classic permaculture ideas combined with Flores' unique design formula to develop individualized action plans for each participant. 11 participants max. For more info check out www.foodnotlawns.com Sliding Scale $30-50 . $30-50 sliding scale indoor Start: 8:00 pm
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It is helpful to sign up in advance so we can let you know if we’re organizing carpools or a shuttle. To register or for more info, please contact Matt Gordon at workshops@tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847. Come explore how to transform the urban landscape as we push on into the 21st century. Heather Flores will give a short presentation on her new book: "Food Not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community," the premier guide for ecological living in the city through paradise gardening and shared resources. With a foreword by Toby Hemenway and over 400 pages of text, enhanced by almost a hundred drawings by Northwest artist Jackie Holmstrom, “Food Not Lawns†offers a theoretical and practical handbook for ecological community transformation. Heather Flores is a co-founder of the original Food Not Lawns grassroots gardening project in Eugene, OR. For more info check out www.foodnotlawns.com. FREE Indoor Tuesday November 21, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Wednesday November 22, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Thursday November 23, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Friday November 24, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Saturday November 25, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Sunday November 26, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Monday November 27, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 7:00 pm
1-2 hours Friends of Vermont Creek Southwest watershed Resource Center free none good spirits and an interest in local environmental issues and restoration marissa dorais (503) 823-7016 none marissaaauora@gmail.com No The friends of Vermont creek meet every fourth Monday of the month to discuss current environmental issues and plan restoration projects/communtiy education. Tuesday November 28, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Wednesday November 29, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Thursday November 30, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Friday December 01, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Saturday December 02, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 8:30 am
End: 12:30 pm
Sponsored by East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Hosted by Mt. Tabor Neighbors The Naturescaping workshop schedule has been set for Fall 2006. Some of you receiving this message have completed the entire series of Naturescaping workshops, some two workshops, some one, and others have not yet attended a workshop. Start: 9:00 am
Contact Monica Kearsley, Tree For All Program Coordinator, at 503-844-9571 or monica@solv.org http://www.solv.org/programs/tree_for_all.asp Who: Volunteers needed – that means you, your family and friends! What: Tree For All: planting to protect your watersheds When: 9:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, December 2nd Where: Cedar Creek as it runs through Stella Olsen Memorial Park, Sherwood FREE Outdoor warm clothes Start: 9:00 am
Contact Rhyan Grech, Team Up Program Coordinator, at 503-844-9571 or rhyan@solv.org Register on-line at: http://www.solv.org/programs/teamup_watershed_health.asp Who: Volunteers needed – that means you, your family and friends! What: Team Up: planting native trees and shrubs to protect your watersheds When: 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, December 2nd Where: Beaver Creek, Troutdale, Oregon FREE Outdoor warm clothes Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
To register or for more information, please contact Matt Gordon @ mattg@tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847. Turn wool into felt, and learn to make slippers, handbags, and other lovely creations. Make and take home a flat piece of felt that you can turn into a functional pouch or purse. Taught by Samantha Backer, of Tinctoria Designs. $30 including materials. Work-trade may be available. Indoor Sunday December 03, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
TrackersNW Portland, OR $65 +$20 materials fee pre-registration Tony Deis 503.453.3038 tony@trackersnw.com No For this class we use the dyer's polypores on a variety of fiber materials, learning many different colors from reds, yellows to oranges. Work with local fiber expert Julia Pinnix of TrackersNW. Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
TrackersNW Portland, OR $65 +20 materials fee pre-registration Tony Deis 503.453.3038 tony@trackersnw.com No Learn the basics of knapping (stone toolmaking). Assemble your own toolkit of stone scrapers, knives, arrowheads heads and other points. Work with local archeologist and stone tool expert Tom Prang of Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Sponsored by East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District. Hosted by Metro The Naturescaping workshop schedule has been set for Fall 2006. Some of you receiving this message have completed the entire series of Naturescaping workshops, some two workshops, some one, and others have not yet attended a workshop. Monday December 04, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 4:49 am
For additional information or questions, please contact Deb Wechselblatt, dwechselblatt@ci.oswego.or.us, 675-2543 or Greg Creager, gcreager@ci.oswego.or.us, 675-3736. Plese contact us as soon as possible if you are interested so we can send you more information and keep you updated about the event. The City of Lake Oswego is looking for artwork relating to trees. How trees are represented and incorporated into the art is up to the interpretation of the individual artist. We would accept paintings, drawings, photography, and visual art in any form.The location of the art show will depend on the number of pieces on display. Potential locations include Pacific Coffee Roasters, the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, the new Lake Oswego Community Center (Safeco Building), and the public library. All pieces must be submitted by Friday March 23rd. We would like the art to be put up during the last week of March and displayed through the end of April. Free Indoor Tuesday December 05, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Wednesday December 06, 2006
(all day)
Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Thursday December 07, 2006
(all day)
Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Friday December 08, 2006
(all day)
Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 8:00 pm
Earth & Spirit Council info@earthandspirit.org NANCY EGAN, "THE JOURNEY OF LIFE" *December 8, 2006, 7-9 pm* Nancy is a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation in southern Idaho near the Nevada border. She is the great, great, great granddaughter of Chief Egan of the 1878 Bannock-Paiute Indian War in Oregon. Nancy will speak about the journey of life as taught by her grandparents, a brief history of War Chief Egan in the Bannock-Paiute War, and how education compliments her people’s life today. Donation $10-20 requested. indoor Saturday December 09, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 8:45 am
End: 1:00 pm
Kathrynw@friendsoftrees.org Come and Plant with Friends of Trees! The Natural Area Restoration Program wants you to come and help us make Portland green by joining us this weekend, Saturday, December 9th. Find the location that works best for you and bring a friend! Tools, gloves, and snacks are provided, but don’t forget to dress to get dirty and to wear some sturdy shoes. Please call Kathryn at, 503-282-8846 ext.12 with questions, or go to our website www.friendsoftrees.org. See you there! Outdoor Warm clothes, good shoes Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Contact Monica Kearsley, Tree For All Program Coordinator, at 503-844-9571 or monica@solv.org http://www.solv.org/programs/tree_for_all.asp Who: Volunteers needed – that means you, your family and friends! What: Tree For All: planting to protect your watersheds When: 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, December 9th Where: Tualatin River as it runs through Metro’s King Tract, Cornelius FREE Outdoor warm clothes Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:30 am
503-823-1612, comgardens@ci.portland.or.us Please call or email to sign up Join Portland Community Gardens for a pruning class and work party. Learn hands-on how to properly prune common fruit trees. This event is free and open to everyone. Please dress for the weather an FREE Outdoor if you have them, please bring: water, rain gear, gloves, pruning tools Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Contact Rhyan Grech, Team Up Program Specialist, at 503-844-9571 or rhyan@solv.org Register on-line at: http://www.solv.org/programs/teamup_watershed_health.asp Who: Volunteers needed – that means you, your family and friends! What: Team Up for Watershed Health : planting to protect your watersheds When: 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, December 9th Where: Trillium Creek, SW Portland, Oregon FREE Outdoor warm clothes Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Melissa Sandoz; 503-281-1132 or volunteer@columbiaslough.org Help us remove invasive Himalayan Blackberry from riparian areas along West Whitaker Ponds (7040 NE 47th Ave). Please bring sturdy workboots and raingear. Holiday refreshments, tools, and gloves wil free outdoor boots and raingear Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
TrackersNW Portland, OR $65 +$10 materials fee pre-registration Tony Deis 503.453.3038 tony@trackersnw.com No Make you own spindle whorl and spin different fibers. Make cordage and learn age old techniques of homespun fibers. Work with local fiber expert Julia Pinnix of TrackersNW. Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
TrackersNW Portland, OR $65 +$20 materials fee pre-registration Tony Deis 503.453.3038 tony@trackersnw.com No Knapping an Obsidian Knife is for those with a basic knowledge of knapping and stone tool making (Knapping 101 recommended). Explore different material and complete an obsidian blade. Work with local Start: 11:00 am
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Please sign up in advance so we can let you know if we’re organizing carpools or a shuttle. To register or for more info, please contact Matt Gordon at workshops@tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847. NOTE: Saturday & Sunday 11am-3pm both days (TWO-PART WORKSHOP). In this two-day workshop we will focus our creative intentions to construct ceremonial prayer-rattles that will help your spirit take flight. We’ll use rawhide, synthetic sinew, glass beads, sticks, and any natural decorative objects you choose to add. We will use leather-working tools, such as awls, punches, scissors, needles and thread. Some tools provided. Leatherwork and sewing experience will helpful, but not required. Presenter Rick River-Wolf has considerable knowledge about the magic and medicine of traditional cultures, due to a life spent studying the wisdom of the past. He specializes in the archaeology of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. $35-50 sliding scale -- materials included Indoor stick, natural objects to add to the rattle that have significance to you Sunday December 10, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor End: 3:00 pm
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Please sign up in advance so we can let you know if we’re organizing carpools or a shuttle. To register or for more info, please contact Matt Gordon at workshops@tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847. NOTE: Saturday & Sunday 11am-3pm both days (TWO-PART WORKSHOP). In this two-day workshop we will focus our creative intentions to construct ceremonial prayer-rattles that will help your spirit take flight. We’ll use rawhide, synthetic sinew, glass beads, sticks, and any natural decorative objects you choose to add. We will use leather-working tools, such as awls, punches, scissors, needles and thread. Some tools provided. Leatherwork and sewing experience will helpful, but not required. Presenter Rick River-Wolf has considerable knowledge about the magic and medicine of traditional cultures, due to a life spent studying the wisdom of the past. He specializes in the archaeology of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. $35-50 sliding scale -- materials included Indoor stick, natural objects to add to the rattle that have significance to you Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
TrackersNW Portland, OR $65 Tony Deis 503.453.3038 tony@trackersnw.com No Welcome to the Wild Table. From wine to dessert, every dish at this feast is made from wild plants and animals! Eat wild nutria, beaver and wild plants. Learn how to forage and cook from nature with local wild foods experts Tom Prang and Julia Pinnix of TrackersNW. Monday December 11, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
End: 10:52 am
teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Tuesday December 12, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Wednesday December 13, 2006
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Start: 10:52 am
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teampoty@photooftheyear.net Photo of the Year 2006, an amateur photography contest benefiting the MESD Outdoor School Program is LIVE! If you are an amateur photographer, enjoy beautiful photography, or are a supporter of natural science education, please visit our newly re-mastered website at www.photooftheyear.net. Indoor Start: 10:24 am
http://www.photooftheyear.net The December 31st deadline is fast approaching... submit your photos! http://www.photooftheyear.net Be a part of Photo of the Year 2006 and help support the MESD Outdoor School in Portland, OR. The winner of this year's event will take home $500, while second and third place will each receive $50 and some outdoor gear. see website Both Start: 7:00 pm
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www.portlandpeakoil.org * Are you concerned about transportation and how it impacts your family, your community and our region’s livability? * Would you like to have your voice heard in determining how transportation dollars are spent over the next 20 years? free indoor Thursday December 14, 2006
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