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Welcome to the latest edition of the TheDirt.org!

Just as before you can login to TheDirt.org, make blog posts and post events.  There is a new form and we can now display Google Calendar feeds to the calendar! We've already added  Google Calendars from Friends of Trees and a few other organizations to give folks a better idea of what the calendar will be like. 

See below for a quick view of events this week or click here for the full page, monthly view.

 

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Class May 11: Expert Garden Skills, Harvesting and Spring Recipes

May 11, 2013 - 1:00am to 3:00am

Portland Fruit Tree Project Benefit at 5th Quadrant

May 9, 2013 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Composting Outside the Box

April 27, 2013 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Transition Drinks

April 16, 2013 - 7:00pm

Composting and Better Garden Management (kid-friendly class!)

April 13, 2013 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Native Plant Sale

April 20, 2013 - 10:00am to April 21, 2013 - 4:00pm

Tar Sands Blockade Updates and Solidarity Workshop

April 23, 2013 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Johnson Creek Science Talk on Amphibians

April 4, 2013 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Invasive Species Invasion at Columbia Grove

May 25, 2013 - 9:00am to 1:00pm

Stewardship Saturday at Columbia Springs

May 11, 2013 - 9:00am to 1:15pm

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Arctos' Herbalism and Ecosystems: Foundations for Botanical Medicine

When: 
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 9:00am
Web: 
Register!

Arctos is delighted to offer our program for the seventh year! Our intimate class starts with the verdant shoots of early Spring and continues through the fungal wonders of Autumn. We meet every three weeks to support the unity of the class while allowing time for other pursuits. 

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Village Building Convergence 13 - RFP!

To Apply to be a site for VBC 13, please down load this placemaking kit and fill out the RFP included in it by Jan. 24th 2013. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank You! - Click Here and Download:  VBC13 RFP & Placemaking Toolkit

City Repair's Village Building Convergence is an annual ten-day placemaking festival that combines crowdsourced activism, creative community development, hands-on education and celebration. Volunteer Now!

Habitat: 
Urban
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The Top Ten films as chosen by Transition initiatives!

I know it has been a thrillingly exciting wait, but now we can announce the Top Ten films most popular with Transition initiatives!!  Thanks to everyone who voted.  I know the fever pitch of excitement this has generated.  You can either read them below (click ’read more’) or you can play this little player to hear them read out in a Top Ten countdown kinda stylee.

10.  The End of Suburbia

9.  There’s no tomorrow

8.  Dirt, the movie

7.  Voices of Transition

Joint 5th. The Age of Stupid

Joint 5th. The Economics of Happiness

4.  Koyannisqaatsi

3.  The Power of Community

2.  A Farm for the Future

1. In Transition (1.0 & 2.0)

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Now recruiting for 2013 Fruit Tree Stewardship Intern

 The Fruit Tree Stewardship Intern will aid in the implementation of Portland Fruit Tree Project's Fruit Tree Stewardship programs by assisting in the coordination our Tree Care Teams program and Tree Care Workshop series, and helping us maintain our existing Community Orchard sites.

Habitat: 
Urban
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A Sewer Catastrophe Companion: Dry Toilets forWet Disasters

Link: 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/94061058/A-Sewer-Catastrophe-Companion

The year is 20__.
The Juan de Fuca tectonic plate has shifted, causing an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, devastating the Pacific Northwest. Underground infrastructure has shaken. Sewers are broken and leaking into waterways.

You have food and water, your house is still habitable, and your friends and family are all accounted for. Finally, you can slow down and take stock.

You need to poop. Where will you go?

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Preparing for the next four minutes & beyond

By: Jeremy O’Leary

In response to the insightful Portland Mercury article “The First Four Minutes: A Timeline of Portland's Upcoming Cataclysmic Quake”, I have a couple of suggestions on how to better prepare for the First Four Minutes, how to respond in the hours and days afterward and how we can make the recovery phase more then just gathering the pieces.  

Habitat: 
Urban
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Portland Plan: City must prepare for potential economic shocks

Link: 
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/12/portland_plan_city_must_prep...

By Jeremy O'Leary and Liz Bryant  

The draft Portland Plan, intended to guide the city's development to 2035, is in its final public comment stage. 

Transition PDX -- a group committed to building resilient, sustainable and just communities that can adapt to challenging times -- recently held a series of discussions about the plan. 

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