register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
Using plant specimens as subjects, professional scientific illustrator Lynn Kitagawa will encourage participants to exercise observational skills in the understanding of botanical forms. The creation of an accurate pencil drawing will lead to a finished pen-and-ink illustration.
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Mary Paetzel was a self-taught botanist, lepidopterist, and solitary
wasp expert – an extraordinary naturalist. She roamed the Siskiyou
Mountains of southwest Oregon for more than 50 years. By visiting
The City and Beaverton Committee for Citizen Involvement will host its 2nd Neighborhood Summit on "Living Greener" on Saturday, April 19th. The Summit will provide citizens with practical solutions to be earth friendly and information on what the City and region is doing to protect and improve the environment
For more information, and to register go to http://www.solv.org/programs/solv_it.asp, or contact Brett Lyon at 503-844-9571 or brett@solv.org.
Join SOLV and thousands of other volunteers across the Portland area on Saturday, April 19th from 9 am to 1 pm for SOLV IT, one of the largest Earth Day events in the nation. This year we have over 100 project sites in the Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Columbia, and Yamhill counties. Activities include illegal dumpsite cleanup, watershed restoration, invasive plant removal, litter removal, and neighborhood beautification.
see www.earthflow.com or email us at permaculture@earthflow.com
You are invited to join L. Santoyo, Director of EarthFlow Design Works, and a host of other local and international leaders in the world-wide sustainability movement, and learn how to create the conditions for sustainability to happen. This permaculture design certificate course is offered the third weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Cruz, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well.
$90/day, $175/weekend or $950 for entire course. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available
Description
The 2008 Earth Day theme, DANCE of the DINOSAUR!, focuses on the solutions to living as a sustainable city as energy resources around the world become more scarce. The role of Portland area individuals, organizations, businesses and city agencies in finding these solutions will be highlighted in over 150 booths at this free, outdoor event.
Description
The 2008 Earth Day theme, DANCE of the DINOSAUR!, focuses on the solutions to living as a sustainable city as energy resources around the world become more scarce. The role of Portland area individuals, organizations, businesses and city agencies in finding these solutions will be highlighted in over 150 booths at this free, outdoor event.
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
see www.earthflow.com or email us at permaculture@earthflow.com
You are invited to join L. Santoyo, Director of EarthFlow Design Works, and a host of other local and international leaders in the world-wide sustainability movement, and learn how to create the conditions for sustainability to happen. This permaculture design certificate course is offered the third weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Cruz, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well.
$90/day, $175/weekend or $950 for entire course. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available
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.
Friends of Tryon Creek State Park present a Natural Cycles: Art in the Forest talk called Archus Branches. This talk explores the forms, shapes, and structures of organic materials within the context of a forest. This event includes a presentation by the Natural Cycles artist, Matthew Tucker Cartwright and a visit to the art installation along the Trillium trail within Tryon Creek State Natural Area.
Please join the Center for Earth Leadership and the First Unitarian Church for an evening to express gratitude for the privilege of living on our remarkable planet. The program will include special music and vocal performances, meditative singing, time for reflection, and a candle lighting ceremony.
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
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.
Portland Permaculture Guild's meetings are held at Pacific Crest Community School at NE 29th and Davis. The optional potluck starts at 6:00 p.m, and the meeting topic starts at 7:00. Please bring your own plate/cup/utensils for the potluck. Everyone is welcome to attend. Now, read on for Rosi's description of her presentation. . .
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
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.
Owners and stylists from over 45 Aveda salons are coming together for an enormous cut-a-thon hosted at Aveda Institute Portland. Imagine 100 stylists working side by side to provide beautiful haircuts and blowouts with 100% of the proceeds going to a local nonprofit, Columbia Riverkeeper www.columbiariverkeeper.org.
Free, but many ways to donate. Silent auction, trees, martinis, haircuts and more.
Indoors
Bring yourself and some money to spend on a haircut, a tree, a drink or a donation
Owners and stylists from over 45 Aveda salons are coming together for an enormous cut-a-thon hosted at Aveda Institute Portland. Imagine 100 stylists working side by side to provide beautiful haircuts and blowouts with 100% of the proceeds going to a local nonprofit, Columbia Riverkeeper www.columbiariverkeeper.org.
Free, but many ways to donate. Silent auction, trees, martinis, haircuts and more.
Indoors
Bring yourself and some money to spend on a haircut, a tree, a drink or a donation
If you want to be a successful organic gardener, you have to encourage birds to aid your efforts. Local author and fearless gardener Linda Beutler will explain how to enlist birds in a mutually beneficial relationship to enhance your garden and their livelihoods. Bring special beauty and life to your yard!
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
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.
For more information please see website or contact Morgan at Oregon Wild: 503-238-6343 x 203, ml@oregonwild.org
OREGON WILD PRESENTS:
Beneath Big Trees: A Night With An Oregon Conservation Legend.
In 1974, Andy Kerr sat around a campfire with two friends, lamenting the fact that much of the Oregon they loved was disappearing. Together, they decided to take action and formed the organization now known as Oregon Wild. Since that time Kerr has worked for over three decades to protect the wildlands that make Oregon a special place to live.
FREE! AND all participants are entered into FREE raffle including Patagonia gear!
Indoors; 915 SE Hawthorne Lucky Lab brew pub, Portland, OR
What do golden sedge, western lady slipper, and ghost orchids have to do with Portland? What was life like before reed canary grass and English ivy? What did marine shipping have to do with putting Portland on the botanical map? Join John Christy to hear about these and other botanical oddities recovered from 100-year-old publications and specimens documenting Portland's flora in the days of horse-drawn traffic, and how it compares with today's flora. John Christy is an ecologist with the Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center at Oregon State University.
Each of us is a member of multiple circles of influence: a neighborhood, workplace, interest club, extended family, center of faith, school, etc. Each circle provides a natural arena for the work of the change agent seeking to create a more sustainable culture. This class covers the theory, practice, and tools of a change agent working within a chosen circle of influence. Each participant will select one circle of influence, develop a strategy for change, and take steps of early implementation, in consultation with other members of the class.
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
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.
To register as a volunteer: https://www.htfsolutions.com/forms/cwf/volunteer.asp.
Questions: Contact Lisa Peters at 503-823-7439 or lisa.peters@ci.por
On April 24, 2008, more than 1,000 local 4th- and 5th-grade students will attend the Children’s Clean Water Festival at PCC-Sylvania. Through classroom presentations, stage shows, and exhibits, they’ll learn about water science, watershed ecology, and the vital role that water plays in our everyday lives.
n/a
Indoor
Just yourself. Training and free lunch provided to volunteers.
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.”
NeighborWoods Stewards receive free education from local arboriculture experts on such topics as tree identification, tree biology, proper tree care, Vancouver tree regulations, tree planting, natural area restoration, nursery tree production and the benefits of trees. After the training, the NeighborWoods Stewards will be equipped to take on the task of spreading accurate information about trees to their own neighborhoods. NeighborWoods Stewards volunteer to conduct a tree planting or tree-related education project in exchange for the training and education they receive. The Urban Forestry staff will offer guidance and assistance throughout the project.
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.
register online at http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center's Spring 2008 Organic Gardening Classes
Register for all Organic Education Center classes
online at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
See full class descriptions at: http://www.lakeoswegoparks.org/
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.
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Watch wintering and nesting western snowy plovers
that have returned to Gold Bluffs Beach, in
Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP). Look at
their life history and reasons that led to their listing
The third annual Ready. Safe. Go. free training conference and volunteer recognition event is being held on Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm at Portland Community College’s (PCC) Cascade Campus in North Portland.
Learn about Native plants, natural landscapes and environment friendly gardening practices. Get ideas for your garden, a guide book and a native plant to get you started. View Naturescaping examples, get advice on native gardening, identify native plants and great Naturescaping tips.
Marquam Nature Park Restoration Work Party -
9am-12pm -
Saturday, April 26 -
Join Friends of Marquam Nature Park and the West Willamette Restoration Partnership for a morning of urban forest renewal. Meet at Council Crest Park, see map at http://www.trlc.o
