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2010
September 11
Hazardous Waste Roundup: Montavilla
Saturday
9am to 2pm
Location info: 503.234.3000
September 18
Hazardous Waste Roundup: Beaverton
Saturday
9am to 2pm
Location info: 503.234.3000
September 25
Hazardous Waste Roundup: Hillsboro
Cornell Road
Saturday
9am to 2pm
Location info: 503.234.3000
Events of Interest
September 4
Central Library Eco-Roof Tour
Saturday
10:30am to 10:50am
Registration required
Constructed with living plants and simulating the processes that occur
in nature, eco-roofs absorb rain water like a meadow in a natural setting.
The Central Library eco-roof is not accessible to the public. Frequent backstage tours allow you to see the roof from windows overlooking
the roof.
Central Library first floor Welcome Desk
801 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Registration: 503.988.5234
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September 5
Energy Healing 101
Sunday
2pm to 4pm
Free
Come learn about the “next generation” technique for accelerating healing and enhancing well being. Often referred to as “acupuncture without needles,” Energy Healing is an effective tool for treating ailments and preventing illness that is easy to learn, easy to apply,
and best of all is portable and can be used anytime, any place.
Taught by PNW Pranic Healing, a regional educational non-profit.
Central Library
801 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Info: 503.502.5186
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September 7
Food Preservation: Pickling
Tuesday
6pm to 8pm
Registration required
Sliding scale donation of $5-$20
Learn about the many ways that you can preserve your summer vegetables and fruits.
NE location provided with registration.
Registration: 503.284.8420
September 7
Green Drinks Networking
Tuesday
7pm to 9pm
$5
Good conversation and a chance to network with other
environmentally minded people. No-host beer and pizza.
Ecotrust Building Lobby
721 NW Ninth Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Info: 503.823.7700
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September 8
Seed Saving
Wednesday
6pm to 7:30pm
Sliding scale donation of $5-$20
Registration required
Learn to save seeds from the garden during this hands-on workshop.
SE location provided with registration.
Registration: 503.284.8420
September 9
Cooking with Summer Vegetables
Thursday
6pm to 8pm
Sliding scale donation of $5-$20
Registration required
Prepare fresh, delicious & nutritious garden veggie dishes during this hands-on workshop with a local chef.
NE location provided with registration.
Registration: 503.284.8420
September 10 – 12
5th Annual Muddy Boot Organic Festival:
Nourishing Spirit City to Farm
Friday, Keynote Speakers 7pm
Saturday, 12pm to 9pm
Sunday, 12pm to 6pm
$5
The Muddy Boot Organic Festival features local, organic, sustainable food and beverages, live music, ecofriendly kids' activities, workshops on sustainable living, local vendors of sustainable, organic products
and services.
Muddy Boot's mission is to promote sustainable living practices within our local communities, thereby enhancing the health of our world, our neighborhoods and ourselves.
St. Philip Neri Church
2408 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Info: 503.231.4955
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September 12
Wild Edible Plants Taster
Sunday
9am to 1pm
$25
Learn the basics of plant identification along with skills for a lifetime
of study in herbology and wildcrafting. The class also covers how sustainable harvest can actually restore and cultivate abundance in
the land we live.
TrackersNW
5040 SE Milwaukie Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
Info: 503.354.3143
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September 12
Parking-strip Paradise: Drought-tolerant Natives
Sunday
1pm to 2:30pm
Free
Advanced registration is required
Learn to turn a lifeless parking strip into a beautiful, water-wise
and wildlife-friendly wonder, from design, to planting, to easy care.
Complimentary coupons and publications will be given to all participants.
Location provided with registration.
Registration: 503.234.3000
September 14
Central Library Eco-Roof Tour
Tuesday
12pm to 12:20pm
Registration required
Constructed with living plants and simulating the processes that occur
in nature, eco-roofs absorb rain water like a meadow in a natural setting.
The Central Library eco-roof is not accessible to the public. Frequent backstage tours allow you to see the roof from windows overlooking
the roof.
Central Library first floor Welcome Desk
801 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Registration: 503.988.5234
MAP
September 14
The Laws of Salsa: Preserving Tomatoes and Salsas
Tuesday
12pm to 1pm
Free
Learn how to preserve the bounty of ripe tomatoes from your
summer garden.
Central Library US Bank Room
801 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Info: 503.988.5123
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September 14
Forging Citizen Leadership to a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Leadership Class Introduction
Tuesday
7pm
Free
If you are drawn to the vision of citizens working from the bottom up
to create a sustainable future, The Center for Earth Leadership invites you to a free introductory class regarding course content, take-away skills, and the growing Agent of Change Network. Learn from class graduates about the impact their eco-projects are having on our community. Meet recognized leaders in the sustainability movement. Begin to envision yourself as an agent of change. Enjoy light refreshments.
Center for Earth Leadership
319 SW Washington Street, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97204
Info: 503.227.2315
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September 17
Queen of the Sun Premier Film Screening
Friday
7:30pm to 9pm
Tickets $8
What are the bees telling us? Queen of the Sun is a profound, alternative look at the global honeybee crisis from Taggart Siegel, award-winning director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John. Come to
special event nights! Q&As with the director, producer & local beekeepers! Your movie stub will be a raffle ticket for prizes!
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Boulevard
Portland, OR 97212
Info: 503.281.4215
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September 18
Blooms for Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Saturday
10am to 11:30am
Free
Discover how native flowering plants in your yard can add new dimensions of beauty and benefits from birds, bees and butterflies. Learn how this wonderful world of wildlife can lighten your gardening workload by providing free pollination, pest control and soil improvement services.
Complimentary coupons and publications will be given to all participants.
Blue Lake Regional Park
20500 NE Marine Drive
Fairview, OR 97024
Info: 503.234.3000
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September 18
Food Preservation: Tomato Canning
Saturday
10am to 12pm
Sliding scale donation of $5-$20
Registration required
Learn about the many ways that you can preserve your summer vegetables and fruits.
NE location provided with registration.
Registration: 503.284.8420
September 18
Aquifer Adventure
Saturday
12pm to 4pm
Big and little pirates alike are welcome to join a family festival all
about groundwater! Play fun games and explore the Columbia Slough Trail in search of hidden treasure - not gold, but groundwater, a precious resource that flows beneath your feet. Come dressed in yer finest pirate togs, or else the Cap'n might make ye walk the plank!
Portland Water Bureau Canoe Launch
16650 NE Airport Way
Portland, OR 97230
Info: 503.281.1132
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September 18 – 19
VegFest
Saturday and Sunday
10am to 6pm
$5, kids 10 years and under FREE
VegFest celebrates and promotes sustainable, compassionate and healthy food choices and lifestyles. This fun and food-filled event features speakers, information, and music.
The mission of NW Veg is to educate and empower people to make vegetarian choices for a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate
world.
Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A
777 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR 97232
Info: 503.746.8344
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September 23
Rainwater Harvesting and Rain Gardens
Thursday
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Free
Registration required
This workshop will focus on both the fundamentals of harvesting rain water for later use and designing a rain garden to improve stormwater infiltration.
Wilsonville Library
8200 SW Wilsonville Road
Wilsonville, OR 97070
Registration: 503.655.3144
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September 23
Ingredients Film Screening
Thursday
7pm to 8:30pm
Tickets $9
Ingredients crisscrosses the country over the course of four growing seasons looking at the people working to reconnect local producers
and communities. It highlights heroes of the local food movement
and shares the challenges of realizing their vision for a healthy, sustainable, local food paradigm.
Northwest Film Center
Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Info: 503.221.1156
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September 25
Stream Stewards Leadership Training (beginning class)
Saturday
8:30am to 2pm
Free
Registration required
Reconnect with your inner explorer. Become a Stream Steward and
help make a difference in the great outdoors. Six Saturday sessions and three evening workshops (Sept. 25 through Oct. 30) provide
hands-on, leadership training on local natural history, native plants, stream restoration and wildlife. In return for the training, stewards
share their knowledge by providing 45 hours of volunteer time with
the StreamTeam and other program partners. No prior skills or knowledge required.
Location provided with registration.
Info: 360.992.8585
September 25
Blooms for Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Saturday
10am to 11:30am
Free
Discover how native flowering plants in your yard can add new dimensions of beauty and benefits from birds, bees and butterflies. Learn how this wonderful world of wildlife can lighten your gardening workload by providing free pollination, pest control and soil improvement services.
Complimentary coupons and publications will be given to all participants.
Clackamas Community College
Clairmont Hall room 117
19600 Molalla Avenue
Oregon City, OR 97045
Info: 503.234.3000
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September 25
Blooms for Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Saturday
10am to 11:30am
Free
Discover how native flowering plants in your yard can add new dimensions of beauty and benefits from birds, bees and butterflies. Learn how this wonderful world of wildlife can lighten your gardening workload by providing free pollination, pest control and soil improvement services.
Complimentary coupons and publications will be given to all participants.
Cooper Mountain Nature Park
18892 SW Kemmer Road
Beaverton, OR 97007
Info: 503.234.3000
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September 25
2010 Build It Green! Info Fair
Saturday
11am to 5pm
Tickets $15
Twenty-one green remodels and new homes, showcasing a variety of ways homeowners are conserving energy and water, and reducing their carbon footprints. Homes are located throughout the City of Portland and Milwaukie. The tour is presented by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. A FREE fun, family-friendly Info Fair will follow featuring booths with green home products and services, raffle prizes, demonstrations, food, drink and music. Map of homes provided with purchase of ticket.
Ecohaus
819 SE Taylor Street
Portland, OR 97214
Info: 503.823.5431
September 28
NW VEG Master Vegetarian Program Begins
Tuesdays (6 classes)
6:45pm to 8:45pm
Registration required
The "Master VEG" Program, a sustainable approach to food, is sponsored by NW VEG and co-sponsored by People's Food Co-op
and the National College of Natural Medicine. The goal of the program is to provide information on following a plant-based diet. It is aimed
at people who want to find out how our food choices affect our health, the environment, and our relationship with animals. The program is
also service-oriented.
Locations and schedule provided with registration.
Info: 503.746.8344
September 29
Putting the Garden to Bed
Wednesday
6pm to 8pm
$15
Learn techniques to prepare your garden for winter weather while creating a low-maintenance, nutrient rich space for spring planting.
Basic techniques for over-wintering vegetables will be discussed.
Marshall Center
1009 McLoughlin Boulevard
Vancouver, WA 98663
Info: 360.487.7100
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