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July 11 - 12
Hazardous Waste Roundup*
Friday - Saturday
9am to 2pm
Lake Oswego Junior High School
2500 Country Club Road
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
July 19
Hazardous Waste Roundup*
Saturday
9am to 2pm
Forest Grove Transfer Station
1525 B Street
Forest Grove, OR 97116
July 25 - 26
Hazardous Waste Roundup*
Friday – Saturday
9am to 2pm
Spring Mountain Elementary School
11645 SE Masa Lane
Clackamas, OR 97086
*While participating in these events, please try not to idle your car- we are solving the toxic waste problem, but we are potentially creating another problem by contributing to air pollution; excessive idling can be hard on your engine and you can reduce smog by turning your engine off when your vehicle is parked or waiting in line. Ten seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting your engine, and restarting a car many times has little impact on engine components.
Events of Interest
July 1
Portland Green Drinks
Tuesday
7pm to 9pm
Every month people who are interested in environmental topics and issues meet up in cities around the world for informal sessions known as Green Drinks. These events are very simple and unstructured. It's a force for good, so please join us. Hot Lips Pizza and Beer (no host)
Ecotrust Building
Main Lobby on the first floor
721 NW Ninth Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Info: portlandgreendrinks@yahoo.com
July 4
NWVeg Meatless 4th of July Potluck Picnic
Friday
1pm to 5pm
Bring your favorite vegan (no eggs, dairy products or other animal-derived ingredients), or vegetarian (no meat, fish) dish, enough to share for 6 people — and we'll supply drinks. Please bring a card listing the ingredients of your dish and plates and utensils for your use. Bring lawn or table games. We have reserved a number of picnic tables, but you may want to bring lawn chairs or blankets. A swimming pool at the park is available for a few dollars per person.
Sunny weather:Raleigh Park
3500 SW 78th Avenue
between Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97225
Rain: West Hills Unitarian Fellowship
8470 SW Oleson Road
Portland, OR 97223
Info: 503.224.7380
July 5
Electric Vehicle Show
Saturday
9:30am to 5pm
Free
The event, designed to show dramatic strides in clean-car technology, showcasing more than two dozen electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The show commemorates Electric Vehicle Awareness Day and is sponsored by the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA), the state chapter of the national Electric Auto Association.
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, OR
July 9
Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
Wednesday
7pm to 8:30pm
Join NWRage on the Second Wednesday of every month for their public meeting and a Screening of Videos relating to Genetic Engineering and discussion on how you can help to promote a safe and sustainable food supply.
3347 SE Belmont Street, Office #5
Portland, OR 97214
503.239.6841
July 11
Population Awareness Day
”We must alert and organize the world’s people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises- exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.” Jacques Cousteau
July 12
GreenFest
Saturday
9:30am – all day
Free
A community sustainability festival with workshops, activities, exhibits, displays, vendors, food, music and lively fun, designed to engage the entire family in healthy and smart day-to-day sustainable practices.
Along the Columbia River
Marine Park and the Water Resources Education Center
4600 SE Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA 98661
July 12
Friends of Trees Neighborhood Coordinator Training
Saturday
9am to 1pm
Advance registration required
Learn how to organize tree plantings in your neighborhood for next year's planting season.
Call for meeting location and directions.
Register at: 503.282.8846 ext. 12
July 12
Winter Vegetable Gardening Class
Saturday
9am to 11:30am
Free
Winter gardening means summer planting. Join Portland Community Gardens for a winter gardening class and learn what you can plant now to be eating through the fall, winter and early spring.
Register at: 503.823.1612
Rigler Community Garden
5401 NE Prescott Street
Portland, OR 97218
July 13
Gardens of Natural Delights Tour
Sunday
10am to 4pm
Peek into the beautiful backyards of passionate home gardeners, and learn their secrets to chemical-free success with Metro’s free natural gardening techniques tour. Natural gardening keeps our yards safe for people and pets, and it helps protect our rivers and streams from harmful and polluting garden chemicals. The tour gives natural gardeners the chance to show off their work and for others to enjoy the beauty of their efforts and learn their techniques. Seeing is believing.
Cost and registration info will be posted closer to the event date.
July 18 – 19 – 20
Film: Blue Planet
Directed by Franco Piavoli
Friday – Saturday 7pm & 9pm
Sunday 6pm
An examination of the passage of time through the four seasons, twenty-four hours of a day and the evolutionary progress of the planet, Blue Planet serves as a gloriously unconventional portrait of man’s effect on the planet, and time’s effect on man. (90 mins.)
$7 General
$6 Students, Seniors
Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Info: 503-221-1156
July 19
Be Your Own Champion Bike Clinic
Saturday
10am to 1pm
Bike Gallery presents a 3-hour hands-on clinic covering basic bike maintenance, flat repair, and cleaning techniques. Bring your bike or a wheel and tools if you have them.
Multnomah Arts Center
7688 SW Capitol Highway
Portland, OR 97219
July 19
Natural Gardening Seminar: Gardens of Eatin'
Saturday
10am to 12pm
Free
Registration required
Grow a beautiful feast. Join celebrity chefs and gardening leaders for a feast of the senses and a bundle of tips for growing and eating beautiful, delicious, edible plants. Join local chefs from Nutshell, Nostrana, The Dundee Bistro and Nick's Italian Café to cook (and taste) a harvest of local organic foods you can grow yourself at home.
Call for meeting location and directions.
Register at: 503.234.3000
July 22 – 23
Cracked Pots 2008 Garden Art Show
Tuesday and Wednesday
1pm to 8pm
Artists showing and sale of garden art made from recycled materials.
McMenamins Edgefield
2126 SW Halsey Street
Troutdale, OR 97060
503.669.8610
(get directions)
July 24
Back in the Saddle Bike Clinic
Thursday
6:30pm to 8pm
A review of gear, laws, riding skills, routes, basic bike upkeep,
and flat tire repair.
Seven Corners Cycles
3218 SE 21st Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
p.o. box 1771 | hillsboro oregon 97123
503.681.2527