Not your dad's Intertwine Summit! At this fall's event, spend an afternoon hearing the stories of our region's youth leadership and how their perspectives can inform your work. Participate in a workshop (rumored to be mind-blowingly awesome!) led entirely by young people. Also featuring the 2014 Force of Nature Awards.
The 2014 Rural Living Field Day is set for Saturday, August 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Howell Territorial Park on Sauvie Island. To register, just visit the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District website at www.wmswcd.org and click on "Events." The cost is only $15 per person or $20 for families. Morning beverages and snacks will be served as well as a fully catered lunch!
Rural Living Field Day is a fun event for rural landowners and this year the event is sponsored by West Multnomah, Tualatin and Columbia Soil & Water Conservation Districts and the Oregon Small Woodland Association. Our partners include the Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, the Oregon Forest Resource Institute, the Skyline Ridge Neighborhood Association and the Sauvie Island Community Association. The event features speakers addressing a wide variety of issues that face rural homeowners, farmers, and land managers every day. Topics include wildlife, forests, pollinators, invasive weeds, orchards, riparian restoration, crops and soil health, and manure composting.
Speakers include:
Tonia Lordy, Home Orchard Society
Mike Cloughesy, Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Michael Ahr, West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
Chas McCoy, Scappoose Bay Watershed Council
Roslyn Gray, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Chip Bubl, OSU Extension
Liz Ruther, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
Dean Moberg, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Megan Denton, Able Farms
Evan Gregoire, Boondockers Farm
Amy Love, Love Farm Organics
The location of the event will give participants the opportunity to visit a stream riparian area, a woodland stand, an orchard, a working organic farm and barn. Folks will participate in some hands-on demonstrations and will be able to ask the experts about specific concerns during the break-out sessions. Whether you're a seasoned landowner or just starting your own farm, this is the event for you!
Rural Living Field Day is also a great time for landowners to meet each other and share concerns and ideas about their properties and operations, and make valuable professional and personal contacts.
Please join us for Rural Living Field Day, Saturday, September 28 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Howell Territorial Park on Sauvie Island! Get to know your neighbors and learn about issues facing rural landowners every day. Multiple sessions feature experts on topics including pollinators, small farms, invasive weeds, wildlife, healthy woods, stream restoration and more. It's easy to register--just click Events at www.wmswcd.org and fill out the form. The cost is only $10 per person/$15 per couple/family.
For more information, contact Carolyn Lindberg at carolyn@wmswcd.org or 503.238.4775, ext. 101.
The event is sponsored by the West Multnomah, Tualatin and Columbia Soil & Water Conservation Districts.
Join us this Fall for the Fourth Annual Portland Plant Medicine Gathering!!
$85 for full weekend if you REGISTER BEFORE OCT. 31st November 16th, 17th and 18th Friday evening 7-9pm 10-6 Saturday and Sunday...
Join us this Fall for a full weekend of workshops on Herbal Medicine and Healing. This weekend is for all different levels of learning. It is a fun and exciting way to learn about plants and to spend time with the herbal community. This year we are excited to welcome teachers, Sarah Holmes, Clinical Herbalist from the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine in California, Sean Donahue, Traditional Herbalist from Washington and local herbalists, Cascade Anderson Geller, Colette Gardiner, Deborah Frances, Scott Kloos, Gradey Proctor, Erico Schleicher, Missy Rohs, Shayne Case, Howie Brounstein, Allison Carr, Laura Altvater, Lydia Anne Bartholow, Iris Leslie, Ben Pixie and many more!! We will have classes on Plant Spirit Medicine, Herbal First Aid, Making Medicine, Growing Medicine, Physiology of Stress and>Botanical Interventions, Flower Essences, Magical Herbalism and Much More! We are lucky to also have a really incredible Herbal Market Place filled with talented Medicine Makers, Healers and Gardeners sharing their herbal potions & wares. Check out pdxplantmedicine.org for a full list of classes, to Register and for More Information!
Join walkers, bikers and advocates to learn, discuss and celebrate the
economic value of local, regional, state and national trails.
October 26, 2012
Economic Benefits of Trails: Community Forum & Dinner with
Professor, Dr. John Crompton.
The event will begin at 6:00pm with a social time and book signing by
Mike Houck, editor of “Wild in the City”.
Nationally recognized keynote speaker, John Crompton, Professor of Recreation,
Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University.
Following dinner there will be table discussions on current issues impacting trails: plans for
Columbia River Crossing, local pedestrian, bike and water trails, the Intertwine system, state trails, backcountry or national trail and advocacy issues.
A great opportunity to network and share your thoughts and vision.
To learn more and register for this special event visit:
www.parksfoundation.us/events/community-events
Hosted by the Portland Sustainability Institute, the EcoDistricts Summit is one of the world's premier conferences on urban sustainability. We invite policymakers, developers, business leaders, and planners as well as community members who are passionate about creating healthy and prosperous cities. Through presentations from green leaders from around the world, we hope to catalyze the sustainable urban movement.
Visit the EcoDistricts Summit website at ecodistrictssummit.comfor the full story and to register. Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/pdxinstitute Twitter at @pdxinstitute. Watch for #ecodistrictssummit and #greencities.
