Roots of Regeneration: City Repair’s 12th Annual Village Building Convergence
Portland, OR-- The Village Building Convergence (VBC), City Repair’s largest annual project, is now in its twelfth season.
Each year the convergence is made possible through tremendous volunteer efforts and diverse partnerships that bring together Portland neighborhoods, schools, government agencies, businesses, organizations and individuals. The project fosters creativity and community collaboration by revitalizing, retrofitting, and reinvigorating neighborhoods. The VBC demonstrates the power of grassroots “sustainability” as communities come together to work, play, dream and design. This year’s Village Building Convergence will t
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A Sewer Catastrophe Companion: Dry Toilets forWet Disasters
The year is 20__.
The Juan de Fuca tectonic plate has shifted, causing an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, devastating the Pacific Northwest. Underground infrastructure has shaken. Sewers are broken and leaking into waterways.
You have food and water, your house is still habitable, and your friends and family are all accounted for. Finally, you can slow down and take stock.
You need to poop. Where will you go?
Transition Westside: May Meeting and Potluck - Homemade Personal Care Products
The next meeting of Transition Westside will be held on Sunday, May 20th
at 6:00 p.m. at the West Hills Friends Church located at 7425 SW 52nd Avenue.
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Preparing for the next four minutes & beyond
By: Jeremy O’Leary
In response to the insightful Portland Mercury article “The First Four Minutes: A Timeline of Portland's Upcoming Cataclysmic Quake”, I have a couple of suggestions on how to better prepare for the First Four Minutes, how to respond in the hours and days afterward and how we can make the recovery phase more then just gathering the pieces.
Community Built Association 2012 Conference
Sign up now to join the Community Built Association for its inspiring biennial conference. This national conference brings together public artists, architects, designers, builders, gardeners and others who engage the community in projects to transform the places and spaces in which we live. The conference will include engaging speakers, hands-on workshops, and tours of Portland’s fantastic community built spaces.
and many others
Questions? Contact Conference Co-coordinator Katherine Ball, communitybuilt2012@gmail.com
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Urban Permaculture Design Course 2012
Costs and Dates
The course takes place over eight weekends between June and October:
June 30-July 1st July 14-15
July 28-29 August 11-12
Sept 1-2 Sept 15-16
Sept 29-30 Oct 13
Cost of the course is $600-800 sliding scale, which includes a delicious lunch during each class.
Portland Plan: City must prepare for potential economic shocks
By Jeremy O'Leary and Liz Bryant
The draft Portland Plan, intended to guide the city's development to 2035, is in its final public comment stage.
Transition PDX -- a group committed to building resilient, sustainable and just communities that can adapt to challenging times -- recently held a series of discussions about the plan.
Despite its commendable emphasis on equity and its many innovative, aspirational goals for education, the local economy and neighborhoods, the plan falls short for us in the 99 percent in some fundamental ways.
Notably, the plan assumes economic growth.
But growth is far from guaranteed. In a recent city-sponsored talk, energy expert Richard Heinberg joined the National Intelligence Council, environmental economists and retired Wall Street and government insiders in predicting a future characterized by declining tax revenues, persistent high unemployment, falling household income, increased demand for social services, higher energy costs and continued financial system instability.
