conservation education

Join us for free urban nature adventures every third Wednesday, February through November (except April and July)! Each guided "hike" will consist of an easy walk or tour with a theme, appropriate for all ages. March theme: Powerful pollinators! Join us on a tour to see native plants beginning to bloom and learn how native pollinators, including bees, birds, and ants, help them spread their seeds! You'll also get to make native wildflower "seed bombs" and mason bee houses to take home!

In the third installment of the Portland edition of ONDA's High Desert Speaker Series, Dr. Tom Connolly shares his experiences as one of Oregon's preeminent cultural anthropologists.

From incipient agriculture to paleoenvironmental studies and geoarchaeology to cultural resource management, Dr. Connolly has a special understanding of the high desert's unique archaeological features.

Archaeological work over the past two decades, and continuing study of museum collections made decades ago, are providing new insights on Oregon's first peoples. Dr. Connolly outlines recent studies that have pushed back evidence for the earliest human presence in the region to about 15,000 years ago, and reviews museum specimens for a clearer understanding of the timing and range of key ancient cultural traditions.

Join us as Dr. Connolly takes us on a journey thousands of years in the making.

The event will take place at Portland's First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Avenue in the Park Blocks. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; please register on Eventbrite HERE.

Grow Your Own! 9 month Course - from soil to seed to table
Nourish your body and our soil.

-Build soil
-Grow vegetables, herbs and edible flowers
-Harvest
-Recipes
-Ferments and Preservation
-Seed saving and more.

Savor the best food you'll ever eat - your own.
http://handmadegardenspdx.com/year-round-harvest-course/
Seeds and Plants, Mentorship, Classes, Community Building

Classes begin February 20.
At NE 45th and Going, Cully neighborhood.
Scholarships, payment plans and work trade available.
www.handmadegardenspdx.com

We would like to invite you to this month's Rewilding Skill Series. The Rewilding Free Skills Series is a class & networking event that happens monthly, that usually occurs (but not always) on the last Saturday of the month. It is a place for social networking where people make new friends and hang out with old friends learning skills to connect us with humanity's ancestral past and more local and sustainable future. We ask for a $5 - $10 suggested donation with no one turned away.

This month's theme is Animal Tracking. Come learn how to identify and follow animal tracks. Learn more about animal tracking opportunities in the Portland area and beyond. Take home a plaster mold of an animal track!

We would like to invite you to this month's Rewilding Skill Series. The Rewilding Free Skills Series is a class & networking event that happens monthly, that usually occurs (but not always) on the last Saturday of the month. It is a place for social networking where people make new friends and hang out with old friends learning skills to connect us with humanity's ancestral past and more local and sustainable future. We ask for a $5 - $10 suggested donation with no one turned away.

This month's theme is Hide-Tanning. Ever wonder how to convert skin into leather? Humans have been tanning hides for thousands of years, using various methods. With a cooking show style demo, we will take participants through two popular methods; brain-tanning and bark-tanning. There will be some hands-on activities, as well as an opportunity for folks to share their own experiences with this practice.