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Wine Pear Cheese

Event
When: 
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Link: 
Wine Pear Cheese Website

It's time to mark your calendar for fall flavors!

 

Wine+Pear+Cheese

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

6PM-8PM

Billy Frank, Jr. Conference Center

Ecotrust

721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125050

Join Ecotrust, Edible Portland and Salmon Safe for a celebration of Northwest abundance, seasonal flavors, and responsible land stewardship in a round-robin evening of artisanal wine, pear and cheese pairings. Explore terroir, seasonality and artisan craftsmanship while enjoying hand-crafted cheeses, Northwest pears, Walla Walla Salmon Safe wines, and unique flavors created by Portland's most innovative chefs. We know you don't want to let go of summer, so why not ease into fall by tantalizing your taste buds with autumnal flavors to come?

Presented by: Ecotrust, Edible Portland and Salmon Safe

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Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and the Transition Initiative

Event
When: 
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Link: 
ABCD Institute
Link: 
Discovering Community Power: A Guide To Mobilizing Local Assets And Your Organization’s Capacity
Link: 
Regenerating Community: The Recovery of a Space for Citizens

On Wednesday June 30, a trained practitioner on organizing communities based on the talents and skills that people can offer will present an outline of that work to Transition PDX. Mike Vander Veen, who is an AmeriCorp member serving at the East Portland Neighborhood Office, will introduce this approach to community work called Asset Based Community Development – ABCD.
 
When Jim Newcomer heard him speak last week, he told a story about a Chicago neighborhood that has started its own bank, taken over an abandoned hospital building and turned it into a co-housing development, and in general enabled the community to flourish for the past 30 years by listening for and utilizing the human assets provided by members of the community, a struggling community.
 
Michelle Obama has worked and studied with the developers of ABCD, John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, becoming a member of the ABCD Institute faculty. Michelle has endorsed the ABCD approach in speeches since becoming First Lady.

On Wednesday we will have a chance to ask Mike about finding and utilizing community assets – interviewing people, cataloguing their skills, organizing their efforts - and talk about how we might adapt it to communities where we live. This will be one of the great evenings in Transition PDX’ development.

Location

St. Francis Che Room
1131 SE Oak St.
Portland, OR

ReSkilling: hand-sewing and piecing

Event
When: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Local patchwork seamstress Erin Gilday will lead us in making a 9-inch pincushion. Practice skills of hand-sewing and piecing. Please bring needles, thread, and scissors if you have them, and a little cash to help with supplies. (If you have fabric scraps and/or batting, bring those too!) Learn more about Erin at www.patchworkunderground.com.

Location

St. Francis Dining Hall
1182 SE Pine St.
Portland, OR

Better Living Home Garden & Lifestyle Show

Event
When: 
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 12:00pm - Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 7:00pm
Link: 
Better Living Show

You get it. Sustainability is the new word for livability. Balance and harmony are the new touchstones of healthy living. You want to be a more thoughtful consumer. Make a lighter environmental footprint. Take a holistic approach to life. Do just one thing for the planet.

 

The Better Living Home Garden and Lifestyle Show introduces you to businesses and groups in our region that will help you make choices you feel good about. The show highlights seven core topics: lifestyle, home/garden, transportation, food/beverage, clean tech, eco adventure and conservation. All presented in an entertaining way like you've never seen before.

 

Location

Portland Expo Center
2060 N Marine Drive
Portland, OR, 97217
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Beyon

Event
When: 
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Link: 
More information at TrackersPDX

 Beyond a Culture of Collapse, Revive the Village & Restore the Earth

 

When: May 21, 2010 7PM-8PM With a potluck at 6PM-9PM

Location: 5040 SE Milwaukie Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97202

How: Free, no RSVP required

 

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