Speaker, Debate & Forums

Jon Young: Bird Language, Epic stories of ancient trackers

Submitted by trackersnw on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 21:49.
09/02/2008 - 19:00
09/02/2008 - 21:00

info@trackersnw.com
503.453.3038

TrackersNW is proud to host Jon Young, storyteller & teacher...

Coyote Mentoring is legendary. With epic tales of tracking, survival, awareness and ghost like warriors passed down from a lineage of mentors and teachers. As Trackers Cascadia thrives and breathes by its people collaborating and relearning to live, we recognize the many different paths as humans returning to the natural world. The many ways to rewilding. TrackersNW respects and supports the evolving work of this ancient tradition.

$10 sliding scale at the door, $8 dollars if you register online
Indoor

FREE Stream Stewards Environmental Classes!

Submitted by StreamTeam on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 14:18.
07/16/2008 - 14:15
07/16/2009 - 14:15

Lisa Beranek
StreamTeam Coordinator
(360) 992-8585
StreamTeam@clarkpud.com

Become a Stream Steward today!

The Stream Stewards are community members interested in learning more about our environment and how they can promote stewardship in our community. The Stewards complete hands-on classes, apply their new skills and enjoy social gatherings with like minded individuals.

$10 materials fee will cover the 200+ page reference binder each participant will receive
Workshops are held both indoors and out

Community Seekers Fair

Submitted by karuna on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 15:54.
07/26/2008 - 09:00
07/27/2008 - 12:00

Don Tarbutton
503-2335-8432

Join us to hear stories from communities, plus singing, meals, dance and celebration. Visit community tables, hear Diana Leafe Christian, author of "Finding Community" and "Creating a Life Together". Hosted by Columbia Ecovillage of Portland and Northwest Intentional Communities Assoc. For more information and registration: www.ic.org/nica, 503-235-8432.

None
Outdoor
Yourself and friends

Community Seekers Fair

Submitted by karuna on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 15:48.
07/25/2008 - 19:00
07/25/2008 - 21:30

Don Tarbutton
503-235-8432

Come and hear Diana Leafe Christian, author of "Finding Community" and "Creating a Life Together". Meet residents and learn about living more sustainably in communities such as ecovillages, cohousing and cooperatives. Hosted by Columbia Ecovillage of Portland and Northwest Intentional Communities Assoc. For more information and registration, www.ic.org/nica. Contact: 503-235-8432.

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Indoors
Yourself

The ReBuilding Center Community Trees Unveiling and Celebration

Submitted by The ReBuilding ... on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 13:45.
07/09/2008 - 18:00
07/09/2008 - 18:30

Genesis McKiernan-Allen, Outreach and Education Assistant
(503)542-5051
communications@ourunitedvillages.org

The ReBuilding Center of Our United Villages invites you to attend the grand unveiling of a community art sculpture called The Community Trees. Located in the Community Gathering Space on Mississippi Avenue, the three-story sculpture features cob tree trunks topped with branches and leaves crafted from reclaimed metal and household objects donated by community members.

FREE!!
Outdoor

Oregon's Land Use System: Integral to Protecting the Environment

Submitted by columbiagroup on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 17:48.
06/19/2008 - 18:30
06/19/2008 - 20:30

For more information about the event, email scott.chapman@oregon.sierraclub.org

When: June 19th Third Thursday - 6:30pm Refreshments/7:00pm Presentation

Where: Sierra Club Office, 2950 SE Stark St, Suite 110.

Join the Sierra Club for an informative discussion about the history and future of Oregon's land use system; and its connection to transportation investments and our efforts to curb climate change. Lean about the original thinking behind Oregon’s land use system, past attempts to overturn it and current programs to re-evaluate it. Then join a dialogue on upcoming legislation that needs to result in better land use integrated with efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

Free

Secrets of the Green Hiring Professionals

Submitted by Vlind60 on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:19.
06/03/2008 - 19:00
06/03/2008 - 20:30

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.

$5 Suggested Donation
Indoor, wheelchair accessible

Greener Homes and Gardens Expo

Submitted by Kyla Mullen on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 09:11.
05/17/2008 - 10:00
05/18/2008 - 17:00

kyla@redirectguide.com
503-231-4848

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
At the Portland Expo Center

Renewing your soil's health

Submitted by sabrina.portland on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 16:57.
05/15/2008 - 19:00
05/15/2008 - 20:30

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

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.

free

VBC 8 evening session: "Vision in Action"

Submitted by Jeremy on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 22:14.
05/31/2008 - 17:00
05/31/2008 - 23:00

Saturday, May 31st "Vision in Action"

8:10pm Kiko Denzer, "Natural Art & Building"

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several pricing options
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