For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Learn basic bird identification from experienced
guides in birding areas well
known for exceptional land and
sea bird viewing opportunities,
including Point St. George, Lakes
Earl and Tolowa, Crescent City
Examine the role of small livestock in integrated design systems at Tryon Life Community Farm. TLC Farm has goats and chickens and is actively transforming their care and housing to be more in line with permaculture principles. The workshop will discuss some basics of goat and chicken care, examine how animals can be helpful parts of a farm ecosystem, and touch on the many ethical considerations in animal husbandry.
The world is constantly shaped by patterns of disturbance across many scales. This talk and workshop may shed some light on how we might respond to and generate change in personal, political, economic, and ecological system. We will look at behavior, technology, guiding succession, making responsive decisions, and combatting the “Shock Doctrine.”
The bees are masters of pollination; we can thank them for much of the fruit we enjoy. Come learn the basics of beekeeping and how to develop a relationship with a hive.
Led by: Jacqueline Freeman, Friendly Haven Farm, thefreemans@sisna.com
In this class, we’ll take a look at the progression of the solar power movement in our area, and talk about ways in which you can be involved. Topics will include renewable energy education, both for students and educators, finding a job in the solar industry, and how you can become an independent power producer. We’ll also talk about what some other communities are doing with solar, and think of creative ways to advance what we’re doing here.
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Learn basic bird identification from experienced
guides in birding areas well
known for exceptional land and
sea bird viewing opportunities,
including Point St. George, Lakes
Earl and Tolowa, Crescent City
Soil is alive, and creating the right conditions for the underground community to flourish helps new plants thrive. Come learn the basic techniques of layering for weed control, grass removal, gradual breakdown of nutrients, and the additions required for a healthy, diverse soil crumble. Expect to learn how to maintain a newly sheeted area, how long it will last, and how to design by ‘patch-working.’ Learn how tilling with machinery is a viscous cycle – worms are our tilling friends! All materials provided.
LGL has started planting a food forest as a nature inspired, peripheral garden-walk around the grounds. Come learn how to build a soil guild around fruiting trees and shrubs with sheet composting techniques, and successive layering of plants that provide a host of complementary, and mutually beneficial effects, known as a “plant community,” or guild. All materials provided.
In this workshop, we will begin with the premise that our own body is our most direct link to the Earth. In order to connect our sense of ethics and Earth activism with our ritual and artistic sensibilities, we will explore various improvisational and body-based art games derived from such diverse techniques as yoga, contact improvisation, action theater, butoh and many others. Through these physical practices, we initiate the process of learning principles of permaculture, sustainability and cooperation directly through the body, and cultivate our ability to move from outrage and overwhelm to creative empowerment and action. This work is intended to restore the arts to their rightful place at the center of a healthy and sustainable community. No experience necessary–just bring a spirit of playfulness.
Come join us for this workshop on ways that you can design your gardens to conserve water using materials found onsite and nearby. This is the first workshop in a series of workshops on how to create a food forest corridor near Mount Tabor Park.
Join local installers at a recent grid-tied photovolatic installation to talk about system design, component selection, and installation basics. We’ll check out the job from the solar modules all the way back to the grid. We will also cover off-grid design for a small cabin-style system. Bring something to sit on!
“Natural play spaces support healthy child development and connect children with the wonderment of the natural world. This workshop will explore ways to transform yards and tired playgrounds into unique Natural Play-scapes using local materials and community energy.”
Tour a working 10 year old Urban Permaculture with over 50 trees providing most of the house food needs year around. See great examples of Permaculture principles in action. Take an herb walk in a Permaculture food forest and learn what you can do with the many plants in your backyard. You can produce fiber, meat ,manure, pelts in a very small space. These animals are wonderful part of any urban Permaculture.
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, multicultural, multigenerational sustainable community, and how you can become a part of it.
Tile mosaic is a fun way to add color and flair to your home or school garden. In this workshop we will learn how to make decorative signs and birdbaths from broken tiles and terra cotta saucers. You may bring your own saucer—preferably 12-16” in diameter—or purchase one at cost upon arrival. For a birdbath, also bring a matching terra cotta pot suitable for a base when upside down. All other materials will be provided.
Brandy works with other communities/projects to find their way through regulatory and legal processes which challenge the development of legitimate models of land use, alternative building, ownership and governance. The intention to have all individuals & communities step aside from their rank & roles to enter into a more connected sense of community building is at the heart of this work.
Native forest plants nourished and sustained indigenous people for many generations. Come share stories about edible and medicinal plants that have traditionally grown in this region as we plant a food forest near the Runaway Circus Puppet Theater’s new bike rack.
John Kaufmann from the Oregon Department of Energy will be speaking about the latest data regarding the peaking of world oil supplies. John Kaufmann is Senior Policy Analyst in the Conservation Division of Oregon Department of Energy, and served as staff for the City of Portland’s Peak Oil Taskforce. Mr. Kaufman took the lead in getting Oregon to adopt the most energy efficient building codes in the U.S. and managed Oregon’s Business and Residential Tax Credit Programs, and Building Technologies program for 10 years.
Sheet Mulching is a technique for using large pieces of waste materials (such as cardboard, newspaper, clothing, burlap, etc) to shade out the grass and prepare the ground for planting an intentional garden. Please join us for the second project in our series of workshops as we create a food forest corridor near Mount Tabor Park.
Ever since you were a kid you knew the value of it. Making something AWESOME from nothing! Also, you want to be like Lagolas in Lord of the Rings. Make simple yet elegant 40 lb bow out of a plank of bamboo. Learn the basic concepts of being a bowyer while starting out simply. Leave with the finished product.
Plants provide almost everything we need to maintain our health. In this workshop we will prepare medicinal tinctures and salves form herbs and flowers cultivated or wildcrafted locally—some right from the gardens of LGL! All materials provided.
LGL staff and students have been seeding herbs and medicinals in anticipation of a permaculture bed planting this Spring. Come learn how to plant in keyhole beds and herb spirals—two designs easily transferable to your own home or school garden. All materials provided. Lead: Yveline Wilnau and Angela LeVan (angela.levan@gmail.com)
This summer will see an amazing series of community gatherings in Portland, Oregon, involving tea, food, music, and celebration! Beginning at City Repair’s new headquarters, the site of our original T-Project, the Moonday T-Hows, we will incubate and then launch a new movement for celebration and sustainable culture! This will all lead to the launch of the reincarnated T-Horse project!
Learn how to make a covered free box that can be attached to a telephone pole to create a place, in minutes, to share your things. This is a design-build workshop in which we will create one, or several, free boxes that will we then install in a place where it will be used. I got the idea when I noticed a particular corner that frequently had free stuff offered, and watched how the things got ruined with the rain. That corner sports a telephone pole several feet back from the curb so there is plenty of room for a free box to fit.
In this culture we often ascribe an inability to surmount challenges in our lives to a lack of willpower, or skill, or other such abstract factors, yet often we can find their source in our lack of health and wellness. Mental focus, a positive mental attitude, and a joy in your physical body comes to you as you deeply reflect and act on your own unique nutritional needs, and physical expression. Using such resources as the bio regional martial and movement art SHIFT, you learn from world-class instructors on how to let your primal self out and truly express a wild and hyper competent body awareness. A core focus is practical training for Body Control including muscle attunement, consciously shifting internal temperature and accelerated healing.
Today, we will be discussing Overstory plant relationships both in nature and in intentional situations such as the Food Forest. We will focus today on planting fruit trees and berry bushes to provide snacks for those on site and pedestrians that walk by the property on the way to the park.
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, multicultural, multigenerationa
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.
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
For over 60 years, Heifer International (HI) has helped more than 8 million people all over the world to become self-sufficient through training about husbandry and crop production, and donation of materials and livestock. Long-time HI volunteer Leo Tautfest has visited project sites in several countries, from Tanzania to Zenger Farm in SE Portland. Urban ecology, including production of organic crops and ornamental plants is one aspect of HI’s vision. Join us as Leo illustrates, through slides and a DVD, HI’s wider mission: to “end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth” as well as showing success stories in urban agriculture and the impacts of HI’s work upon the lives of people.
An introduction to making and applying earthen plasters, specifically inside existing homes. We will discuss the creation, the wall prep, the application of such plasters. Joshua Klyber has been a contractor working with earthen plasters and paints for about 5 years. He enjoys bring the natural world of clay and lime into people’s homes. Loving to experiment with new techniques and recipes, he brings a fresh, innovative and knowledgeable approach to his workshops.
Understory describes all of the low growing plants that support the fruit trees and berry bushes we planted yesterday. We will be discussing different qualities that these understory plants provide in creating plant guilds. A plant guild describes a community of plants that grow together in relationship to support the whole ecosystem in which they reside.
Herbalist and educator, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, will share traditional healing practices, inviting conversation and sensory experiences to awaken our hearts to the wisdom of the land, water, and plants. An herbal tea will be served. Led: Judy Bluehorse Skelton
Come see and hear the chronology of the rise of City Repair! Beginning with the smallest, sweetest little Tea House, leading to all that City Repair does today.
Come see and hear about how to repair cities, towns, and neighborhoods by converging with people where you live!
The urban sphere of Portland is unique. TrackersNW instructors make their own living gathering with seasonal rhythms and so will you. Learn about wild harvest that promotes plant propagation. Gain a broader understanding of gathering and preserving. The Willamette Valley of Portland, Oregon becomes your larder and home. Ask the questions, how can it help sustainability to make over 50% of your diet hunted and gathered. This contributes and enhances the Personal Health and Training thematic. Learn about wild edible plants that can be the basis for healthy living. Attune your life to the cycles of the plants.
Join Nature at TLC Farm to perform what he calls ‘Earth Meditation Consciousness’ and co-create sacred space. Any mystery will be answered by simply listening to the land. Come heal the land and your relationship with her, by immersing yourself fully in the forest.
For those who already have earthen plaster experience, we will be trying out two advanced decorating techniques, stenciling and polychromatic plasters. We will be doing both raised and dropped stencils, as well as coloring a 15’ by 9’ wall with multiple colors. Joshua Klyber has been a contractor working with earthen plasters and paints for about 5 years. He enjoys bring the natural world of clay and lime into people’s homes. Loving to experiment with new techniques and recipes, he brings a fresh, innovative and knowledgeable approach to his workshops.
Compost Maintenance (bin-deconstruction, building, and dispersing)
Composting is one of the most important practices for learning how to create a closed-loop system, teaching us to rethink the term ‘waste.’ Learn how to manage and maintain a seasonal compost, including techniques and methods (windrows, bins, tumblers, worms), materials used (carbon, nitrogen), resourcefulness (sourcing materials), and how to identify when your compost needs some extra assistance (additions, temperature monitoring, aeration, turning). How insects, worms, microbes, and bacteria aid in this process will be covered as well. Lastly, we will be getting dirty, so please dress appropriately. All materials provided.
LGL has started planting a food forest as a nature inspired, peripheral garden-walk around the grounds. Come learn how to build a soil guild around fruiting trees and shrubs with sheet composting techniques, and successive layering of plants that provide a host of complementary, and mutually beneficial effects, known as a “plant community,” or guild. All materials provided.
Corporate leaders want us to act like consumers, not citizens, so we can leave the act of governing to them, while we happily vote with our dollars. They also manage to get us to THINK corporate, even when WE think we’re acting rebellious. We the people are mostly fractured and confused. Life itself is at stake. Learn how to change the way you think and speak about corporate rule. It’s even FUN, believe it or not!
Self-Organizing Teams are the new paradigm for collaborative learning and leadership. Eliminate hierarchical systems and replace them with truly democratic models of working together. We look at a family, a village, and a community as a team where everyone has gifts to share. TrackersTEAMS principles come from a place you would not expect, the high-tech world of software development. Truly innovative software developers leave hierarchy behind and celebrate getting work done well and quickly with common effort. They call this model Agile Teamwork. With the blessings of our elder and internationally renowned team consultant Diana Larsen, we have combined the awareness of ecology with agile teamwork principles for a highly effective way of getting things done. We call it Natural Agile Teams. TrackersTEAMS helps you foster sustainability in both learning and working. As we work through our year we take on core routines of facilitation and find that coming together generates better communication and healthier results. While many models sound great on a whiteboard or flip chart, Natural Agile Teams yields results tested by some of the most successful collaborative entrepreneurs and companies today.
Fungal relationships greatly enhance the drought tolerance and nutrient availability within a garden. Today, we will be inoculating mushrooms into the soil of the food forest corridor to enhance our effectiveness and yield in creating this garden. We will be discussing different types of mushrooms that can be included in permaculture gardens and some of the qualities of each of these varieties.
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
If fungus gardening has a peculiar appeal, because
you like to eat shiitakes for instance, get yourself
some hands-on experience. Prepare outdoor mushroom
beds, plant sawdust spawn into those beds
This workshop is designed to orient village builders with wild edibles growing in the Portland area. We will be taking a short plant hike, identifying common weeds and expanding at length on their various uses. We will also cover medicinal preparations for certain plants as well as the ways in which our website can help you change Portland. This will be completely informal and open to everyone.
We will look at some school success stories around the Portland area. Then take a detailed look at tips and tools for a successful project. The group will review a website created to help teachers and students plan and create whole systems schools (www.wisedesign.org). We will talk about Portland Public School District and city approval and concerns. How to put together a team of community members that will fulfill the projects needs. Finally, we will cover some design specifics for garden, stormwater and other projects. I hope people will come with their ideas and questions.
Join the tour, and bring home new ideas and inspiration for your yard! Discover how individuals use Naturescaping techniques in their own front and back yards.
This self-guided tour of six homes in SW (3), SE (1), N (1) and NE (1) Portland will demonstrate Naturescaping along streams, on typical city lots, newly-planted Naturescaping, and lush, mature Naturescaped yards.
FREE and open to the public
Outdoors. Six yards in Portland
Pre-registration required. Tour is self-transport, drop-in style
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
www.berrybot.org
The Berry Botanic Garden enjoys a special connection with the Platt family and is pleased to play a part in making the Platt Garden accessible to visitors. Again this spring, the Platt family graciously opens the internationally acclaimed garden that John Platt and his wife, the late Jane Kerr Platt, built in the hills of Portland.
Portland, OR – Pink Martini and McMenamins announce FundFest 2008! – a four-night fundraising concert event at the Crystal Ballroom on June 3 to 6 to benefit four local non-profits. Pink Martini and McMenamins will produce the event and donate 100% of the net proceeds to be equally divided among the following beneficiaries, which were selected by Pink Martini band members:
Green Drinks and Net Impact present:
Secrets of the Green Hiring Professionals
June 3, 7-8:30 pm
Sponsored by Willamette Week and Ecometro.com
This special Green Drinks program will help career changers and job seekers compete for positions in Portland’s most desirable green businesses and organizations. If you have ever wished a hiring manager would tell you whatever happened to your perfect resume for that perfect green job, this event is for you.
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 an intentional, multigenerational, multicultu
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
Make informed decisions about where, what type, how and when to install a water garden. Annie Beadle of Hughes Water Gardens will discuss materials, sources, plants, safety features and wildlife.
