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
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.
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
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.
$3 suggested donation to benefit Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Tom Costello, Portland Audubon Society 503 292 6855
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.
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?
$3 suggested donation to benefit Portland Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Indoors, accessible, convenient to public transportation, bike parking available
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
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.
$15; $10 Children 12 and under. Space is limited; registration required.
