• Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
    COMMUNITY,  Education,  EVENT

    Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum Upcoming Events

    5000 Discovery Dr  The Dalles, OR  Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum in The Dalles is the official interpretive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Open daily 9 am – 5 pm. Hiking trails, live raptor presentations, children’s activities, and exhibits from the ice age through Lewis and Clark, early explorers and 10,000 years of Indigenous cultural heritage.  CURRENT EVENT Through December 31 – Woman of Vision exhibit  For more info: www.gorgediscovery.org 

  • Sand Cranes
    COMMUNITY,  Education,  EVENT,  Nature

    20th Anniversary BirdFest & BlueGrass Celebration

    Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge & Downtown Ridgefield WA  October 4 & 5, 2019  Workshops, hikes and walks all catered to teach you how to use the Refuge. You can learn how to listen for bird species, identify plants, about the geology of the area, the peoples who came before us and still tend to the land, how to take photos of it all, paint the landscape, and much more.  Sandhill Crane Tours Bluegrass Pickers Festival Audubon Wild Birds of Prey Naturalist Led Hikes Cultural Activities Big Canoe Tours Birders Marketplace Local Food and Business Booths 20th Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 4th at Ilani BirdFest events in town include- shopping, food, and…

  • womens-conference
    COMMUNITY,  Education,  EVENT,  Nature

    5th Annual Pacific Women’s Herbal Conference

    September 20-22, 2019  Vashon Island, WA  Herbal Roots Ancestral Wisdom  Over 40 Workshops & HerbWalks  Featured Teachers Harvest Moon, Quinalt Elder and Thea Summer Deer, Herbalist A Lively MarketPlace  Engaging social time  400 Acre Forest reserve  1.5 miles of beach on the Salish Sea  An inter-generational, nourishing, engaging, integrated weekend  For more info: www.pacificwomensherbalconference.com/ 

  • Education,  Electric Vehicles,  EVENT

    National Drive Electric Week

    September 14- 22, 2019 A nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. They are fun to drive, are less expensive and more convenient to fuel than gasoline vehicles, are better for the environment, promote local jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Are you considering going electric? Come talk to owners who have successfully done so.  For more info: driveelectricweek.org 

  • Education,  EVENT

    Mother Earth News Fair

    Aug. 3-4, 2019  Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Linn County Expo Center  3700 Knox Butte Rd. E, Albany, OR  The Mother Earth News Fair is your passport to money-saving hacks, health-boosting remedies, and environmental strategies from leading experts and entrepreneurs around the country. In addition to presentations and hands-on workshops, you’ll encounter a vast marketplace abounding with innovative resources and products to enrich your life.  For more info: www.motherearthnewsfair.com/oregon

  • Oregon Tradeswomen
    BUILDING,  Construction,  Education,  EVENT

    Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair

    The Building Industry in Oregon is experiencing a worker shortage. Oregon Tradeswomen, a Portland nonprofit organization, produces our annual Career Fair to connect career seekers with job openings, ap-prenticeship, and other training opportunities with local companies and organizations.

  • beginning steps
    Education,  RE-THINK,  Think Piece

    Journey

    “So I propose that small cumulative steps do make a difference especially when combined with those of others doing the same thing. Choosing one action to focus on makes it simple. After a while, this becomes a habit and you can move on to the next action.” A few years ago I presented my class “Less is More: Getting to One Can of Garbage a Year” at Northwest Natural Gas over four lunch hours. At the first session, one of the participants said ,“I just don’t know if what I do matters” to which I blurted out, “You’ll feel differently at the end of this class.” Then I thought to myself,…