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Please join us for a great day of planting native and (some) ornamental plant species in this new swale!  The swale will slow, store, and treat stormwater runoff before it enters Vermont Creek.  Join your neighbors for a chance to learn about your watershed, stormwater runoff, naturescaping, and environmental restoration in the area.

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Please join us for an opportunity to get to know your dog park community, learn about local environmental restoration events, and have some fun!  Activities include a doggie costume contest, planting a swale near the OLA, informational booths from non-profits and community groups, make your own dog bag holder, and plenty of information on how you and your dog can have a fun, safe, and environmentally responsible time in and around Portland.

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The friends of Vermont creek meet every fourth Monday of the month to discuss current environmental issues and plan restoration projects/communtiy education.

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The friends of Vermont creek meet every fourth monday of the month at 7:00pm to discuss current environmental issues in vermont creek/Gabriel park and to plant restoration events and community educati

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The friends of vermont creek meet every fourth monday of the month at 7:00pm to discuss current environmental issues in Gabriel Park and to plan restoration projects and community education in the are

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A day of food gardening workshops for beginning and continuing gardeners.  Topics will include Composting, Winter Gardening, Seed Saving, Garden Design and more!

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Please join us for some much needed restoration in Gabriel Park.  While this work party is an ivy pull, it is part of a larger effort to remove invasives, plant natives, rework trails and general

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October 18

 

2006 Collins Lecture – Earth on Edge: Choosing Our Future. 7 to 9 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland. This year's topic will center on sustainability and the environment. The featured speakers will be Bill McKibben and Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda. McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, a classic work on the environmental crisis. His most recent work is titled Wandering Home. Moe-Lobeda is the author of Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God. Her latest work is Public Church: For the Life of the World. She is an associate professor at Seattle University. Cost: $10; $5 for students with ID. For more information, call Jan Elfers at (503) 221-1054.

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October 18

 

Oregon Faith Forum on Energy and Global Warming. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland. Sponsored by EMO’s Oregon Interfaith Power and Light project and the Oregon Interfaith Global Warming Campaign, the forum will explore the moral dimensions of global warming and national policy with Bill McKibben and the staff of Oregon’s congressional delegation and Oregon business leaders. Cost: $20; $10 for students with ID. Dinner will be included. For more information, call Jenny Holmes at (503) 221-1054.

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Join the Friends of Dickinson Park as they remove invasive plant species to make these small woods more enjoy for humans and other animals.