description:

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.”

contact info:
www.earthflow.com/slo2008.php

info@earthflow.com

Description:
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.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:

Hike into the Coyote Creek drainage to discover the
beautiful spring bloom in Northern California’s Bald
Hills. Key out wildflowers and grasses in coastal
prairies and Oregon white oak woodlands. Learn

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Collect lichens from trees, ground, and rocks and
process them into vibrant and muted dyes that color
fibers without the use of caustic chemicals. Craftswoman
and author Karen Casselman says “Lichen

contact info:
503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
A container can be large or small, last for one season or four and can serve a multitude of purposes in the landscape. Designer and writer Lucy Hardiman, of Perennial Partners, has more than 50 containers in her garden and delights in creating the right pot for the right place.

description:

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.”

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Collect lichens from trees, ground, and rocks and
process them into vibrant and muted dyes that color
fibers without the use of caustic chemicals. Craftswoman
and author Karen Casselman says “Lichen

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
Do you love the look of those stone garden planters but hate the cost and weight? Learn how to create the look without the hassle in a hands-on class with our trough guru Ginny Maffitt. Make “faux stone” planters using foam boxes, paint, sand and creativity. They’re lightweight and great for container gardening. Besides being functional, this project keeps non-biodegradable plastic from going to the landfill. Bring your own foam container and a screwdriver for texturing. Ginny will also spend some time discussing planting your trough, and alpine plants will be available at a discount.

description:

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.”

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
The Camassia Natural Area, only 26 acres, supports an extraordinary diversity of habitats: oak--madrone woodlands, ponds, and stunning wet-meadows. On this hike, with geologist Dick Thoms, learn where the dark gray basalt bedrock came from and how it became exposed. Be prepared for muddy trails on this easy hike.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
Don Tarbutton
503-235-8432

Description:
Find out about a new urban Ecovillage/Cohousing condominium forming in NE Portland. Come meet current members and the developer, learn about our plans for intentional, multigenerational, multicultural, sustainable community, and how you can become a part of it.

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
Kym Pokorny, garden writer for The Oregonian for 13 years, will take the mystery out of drip irrigation. She will demonstrate a simple, step-by-step system, showing you how to assemble it from start to finish. She will discuss sources of materials and the advantages of drip irrigation, which include conserving water, money and time.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Hike an unroaded section of California’s north coast
and observe the state’s fourth largest seabird colony,
foraging seabirds, migrating gray whales, a rookery
for the threatened Steller’s sea lion, and the mouth

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Hike an unroaded section of California’s north coast
and observe the state’s fourth largest seabird colony,
foraging seabirds, migrating gray whales, a rookery
for the threatened Steller’s sea lion, and the mouth

contact info:
see www.earthflow.com or email us permaculture@earthflow.com

Description:
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 second weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Barbara, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:

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

contact info:
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m.
Place: 1900 Building, Room 2500A
1900 S.W. Fourth Avenue,
Portland, OR

Registration fee: $40 (includes instructional materials and lunch)

Description:
SPIN stands for S-mall P-lot IN-tensive and is a production driven, organic-based system that will help you achieve levels of productivity that go far beyond current home gardening practices. Backyards, front lawns and neighborhood lots can be transformed into a steady and dependable supply of vegetables.

contact info:
Betty McArdle,
503-797-1842,
naturescaping@yahoo.com

Description:
In Sherwood, site TBA:

This introduction gives participants experience with steps involved in planning a project. Learn to measure your property, assess your lifestyle and garden style choice, determine site concept, and make site analyses.

contact info:
Karen Munday at kmunday@audubonportland.org, 503-292-6855 x116, www.audubonportland.org

Description:
Located at Sellwood Park, just south of Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge.

Join Audubon Society of Portland, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of Portland for a Celebration of Migratory Birds.

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
Take your garden to a new level. Author of celebrated home permaculture guide, Gaia’s Garden, and PSU adjunct professor, Toby Hemenway has devoted many years to the science and art of functional and beautiful landscapes. In this day-long workshop, learn to design natural landscapes that not only produce food and beauty for people, but also shelter birds and beneficial insects, harvest water and preserve biodiversity. Workshop includes: basic principles of ecological landscape design, efficient and pest-resistant garden layout, selecting plants that have many uses, drought-proofing your yard, creating plant communities that work together and conserving energy through careful landscape planning.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
see www.earthflow.com or email us permaculture@earthflow.com

Description:
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 second weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Barbara, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
Don Tarbutton
503-235-8432

Description:
Find out about a new urban Ecovillage/Cohousing condominium forming in NE Portland. Come meet current members and the developer, learn about our plans for intentional, multigenerational, multicultural, sustainable community, and how you can become a part of it.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:

For more information, contact Kate Chester, Community Relations Manager, PCC Sylvania, at (503) 977-8233.

Description:

Spring cleaning to celebrate Mother Earth: PCC Sylvania hosts first-ever ‘E-Cycling’ drive

Spring cleaning just got easier, thanks to PCC Sylvania’s “E-Cycling” drive with Bear eCycling and GreenWall Industries, to make recycling old electronics equipment fun, convenient and cost-efficient!Mark the calendar for Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Sylvania campus, 12000 SW 49th Ave., in the P10 parking lot (follow signs and volunteer flaggers).

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
erica.maharg@oregon.sierraclub.org

Description:

Changing the Paradigm: The Transition from Uneconomic Growth to Sustainability

When: May 15th Third Thursday
6:30pm Refreshments
7:00pm Presentation

Who: Rob Dietz, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

contact info:

For more information, contact
Metro Recycling Information
503-234-3000
sabrina.gogol@oregonmetro.gov
www.oregonmetro.gov/
Metro | People places. Open spaces

Description:

Who: Speakers: Elaine Ingham, Soil Food Web, Inc. (owner/researcher)
When: Thursday, May 15, 2008
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Ave, Portland 97232
Topic: Renewing your soil's health. An incredible diversity of life in the soil makes healthy, productive plants possible. Dr. Ingham and her company helped pioneer and continue to inspire a movement of using aerated compost tea and the full food web in the soil to produce dramatically positive results. Learn how and where to test your soil and compost for biological activity and where to find biologically active compost and compost tea.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Come spend the weekend celebrating spring with expert naturalists. Courses offered include Birding Deer Creek Center, Birding by Ear, Botany for Beginners, Ferns in the Field and more! Stay at the beautiful Deer Creek Ranch in Selma OR, enjoy free evening presentations on owls and bird song.

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

Description:
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.

contact info:
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

Description:
Come spend the weekend celebrating spring with expert naturalists. Courses offered include Birding Deer Creek Center, Birding by Ear, Botany for Beginners, Ferns in the Field and more! Stay at the beautiful Deer Creek Ranch in Selma OR, enjoy free evening presentations on owls and bird song.

contact info:

Brett Lyon

SOLV Outreach Specialist

503-844-9571

brett@solv.org

Description:

Help restore the Sunrise Wetland across from Clackamas High School in Clackamas as part of SOLV’s Down By The Riverside event on Saturday, May 17. The event starts at 9 am and will be over by 1 pm. Volunteers will be removing invasive, non-native plants and mulching. By volunteering you will help improve habitat for birds, small mammals, and fish in this important urban waterway.

contact info:

Ray Pratt, City of Portland
503-823-3780
rpratt@fire.ci.portland.or.us

Description:

This Saturday, May 17 from 9 am to 1 pm join the City of Portland and SOLV to clean up the Willamette River in Portland from the Fremont to Sellwood Bridges. We will be breaking the river up in sections and assigning each to an interested resident, business, or volunteer to manage and pick up trash. The garbage bags will be picked up by boaters and transferred to a barge with dumpsters that will be traveling up and down the river. Since this cleanup is taking place along the Willamette be cautious working along the banks and watch out for homeless camps and poison oak. Bring your OWN DRINKING WATER, snacks, litter grabber, work boots, camera and if in a boat, your own PFD.

contact info:

Brett Lyon

SOLV Outreach Specialist

brett@solv.org

503-844-9571

Description:

Help restore Hall Creek in Beaverton as part of SOLV’s Down By The Riverside event on Saturday, May 17. The event starts at 9 am and will be over by 1 pm. Volunteers will be removing invasive, non-native plants and mulching. By volunteering you will be helping improve habitat for birds, small mammals, and fish in this important urban stream.

contact info:

Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332

Description:

Want to take advantage of the sunny weather forecast this weekend? Concerned about the spread of invasive species in Oregon? Then come out to Metro’s Native Plant Center in Tualatin on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm where volunteers will remove old fence line, invasive blackberry, mulch and weed around rare or threatened native plants and perform maintenance at the center. These native plants or their seeds will be used in restoration projects on Metro’s natural areas throughout the region. With the forecast for warm weather we are asking volunteers to bring their own water to the event. For more information visit: http://www.solv.org/programs/event_details.asp?eventID=13546 or contact Brett Lyon at SOLV at 503-844-9571 or brett@solv.org. To register contact Brett or visit: http://www.solv.org/programs/forms/form_dbr_registration.asp?EventID=13546&EventDt=5/17/2008&eventName=Invasives Removal at Metros Native Plant Center

contact info:
Meghan McGuire
office - (503) 808-2695
cell - (541) 840-9906
mmcguire@natlforests.org

Description:
Hi Dirters!

On behalf of the National Forest Foundation and the Portland Water Bureau, I would like to invite you to Portland's historic Dodge Park on Saturday, May 17, from 9am until 1pm. Come help us treat trees, protect salmon habitat, explore this Portland park and learn about the city’s plans to help salmon thrive there!

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

Description:
A teacher of basketry for over 15 years, Kim Black will guide us through a modern exploration of a traditional Native American craft. Take home your own handmade pine needle bowl. Extra supplies and instruction materials available for purchase.

contact info:

Robin Smith
rmsith@hdcnw.org
503-693-2937

Description:

Enjoy the sun with the Hillsboro Development Commission and SOLV in a planting party this Saturday, May 17 from 9 am to 1 pm. Tenants and local volunteers will plant and landscape around a the Sierra West apartment complex in Hillsboro.

contact info:

Brett Lyon

SOLV Outreach Specialist

brett@solv.org

503-844-9571

Description:

Help restore the Beacon Hill Wetland and Johnson Creek Watershed in Beaverton as part of SOLV’s Down By The Riverside event on Saturday, May 17. Plantings start at 9 am and end by 1 pm. Volunteers will be removing invasive, non-native plants and mulching.

contact info:

Courtney Vengarick
503-636-4112 x 105
courtney.vengarick@berrybot.org

Description:

It is supposed to be gorgeous on Saturday. Why not be outside? Invasive species threaten to push out other plants and animals all across Oregon. Garlic Mustard is one of the many invasive species taking over Oregon's landscape and it is making an appearance at the Berry Botanic Garden in SW Portland. If uncontrolled it may overwhelm this lovely plant-filled oasis. Join volunteers this Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm at the Garden at 11505 SW Summerville Ave, 97219. For more information contact Courtney Vengarick at courtney.vengarick@berrybot.org or 503-636-4112 x105. Directions to the garden can be found at http://www.berrybot.org/administration/directions.html. With the forecast for warm weather this weekend, please bring your own water to this event, preferably in a re-usable bottle.

contact info:
see www.earthflow.com or email us at permaculture@earthflow.com

Description:
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.

contact info:

kyla@redirectguide.com
503-231-4848

Description:

Join us at the Greener Homes and Gardens Expo on May 17/18 and become more self-sustained in your garden by attending free seminars about making your own soil amendments, caring for urban chickens, managing small–scale beekeeping, harvesting rainwater, incorporating pet-friendly gardening techniques, utilizing permaculture practices and more.

contact info:
Tom Costello, Portland Audubon Society 503 292 6855

Description:
Portland Audubon's annual Native Plant sale is on Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18. Over 100 species of Oregon wildflowers, shrubs, and trees will be available to enhance your yard. 10AM to 4PM at 5151 NW Cornell Road. Free speakers at 1 PM and 2 PM Saturday.

contact info:

katieh@redirectguide.com
503-231-4848

Description:

The ReDirect Guide is presenting our 6th annual home & garden show, the Greener Homes & Gardens Expo. This year's show will be more exciting and action-packed than ever before. Over 100 different exhibitors will be offering environmentally-friendly ideas and solutions for your home & garden, but that's just the beginning! This year there will be hands-on workshops and seminars for you to learn new things, a Meet the Candidates Environmental Forum, a Seed Swap and Start Market, an Environmental Film Festival in a virtual drive-in with alternative vehicles and electric cars, a 411 Eco-Info Booth for all home & garden project questions, a Creative & Custom Bike Competition, children's activities, live music, food, and more! Come on up, and have a full day of fun and exciting things to do! And the entire show is a benefit for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, so you get to help families get into new houses while you're having fun, learning, dancing and eating. Does it get any better than that?

contact info:
Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp

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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.

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For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org

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Come spend the weekend celebrating spring with expert naturalists. Courses offered include Birding Deer Creek Center, Birding by Ear, Botany for Beginners, Ferns in the Field and more! Stay at the beautiful Deer Creek Ranch in Selma OR, enjoy free evening presentations on owls and bird song.

contact info:
see www.earthflow.com or email us at permaculture@earthflow.com

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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.

contact info:

kyla@redirectguide.com
503-231-4848

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Join us at the Greener Homes and Gardens Expo on May 17/18 and become more self-sustained in your garden by attending free seminars about making your own soil amendments, caring for urban chickens, managing small–scale beekeeping, harvesting rainwater, incorporating pet-friendly gardening techniques, utilizing permaculture practices and more.

contact info:
Tom Costello, Portland Audubon Society 503 292 6855

Description:
Portland Audubon's annual Native Plant sale is on Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18. Over 100 species of Oregon wildflowers, shrubs, and trees will be available to enhance your yard. 10AM to 4PM at 5151 NW Cornell Road. Free speakers at 1 PM and 2 PM Saturday.

contact info:

katieh@redirectguide.com
503-231-4848

Description:

The ReDirect Guide is presenting our 6th annual home & garden show, the Greener Homes & Gardens Expo. This year's show will be more exciting and action-packed than ever before. Over 100 different exhibitors will be offering environmentally-friendly ideas and solutions for your home & garden, but that's just the beginning! This year there will be hands-on workshops and seminars for you to learn new things, a Meet the Candidates Environmental Forum, a Seed Swap and Start Market, an Environmental Film Festival in a virtual drive-in with alternative vehicles and electric cars, a 411 Eco-Info Booth for all home & garden project questions, a Creative & Custom Bike Competition, children's activities, live music, food, and more! Come on up, and have a full day of fun and exciting things to do! And the entire show is a benefit for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, so you get to help families get into new houses while you're having fun, learning, dancing and eating. Does it get any better than that?

contact info:
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org

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Ethnobotany is the study of how humans use plants. In this entertaining workshop naturalist Deb Scrivens will share her knowledge of plants traditionally used for food, medicine, baskets and many other uses.