Join Ecotrust every Thursday in July, 5-9PM, for our free concert series. Bike on down (we’ve got a bike valet!), enjoy awesome music, and connect with innovative non-profits and businesses!! Visit www.ecotrust.org/sundown for more info.

SCHEDULE for THURSDAY, JULY 22

Featured Speaker: Ecotrust's Forestry and Fisheries Programs

Kory Quinn invites you to pull up a chair on the porch at 5:15PM. Americana, folk, folk rock…all of these categorizations describe Kory Quinn’s music. Kory’s songs of adventure, coined “daunting and beautiful”, will make you feel like you’re relaxing on a friend’s old wooden porch on a still summers’ day.

GOGREEN '10 PORTLAND ELEVATES DIALOGUE ON CUTTING EDGE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS TOPICS IN THIRD YEAR

Fresh Rounds of Panels + Sustainable Business Leaders on the Most Relevant Trends in Green Business Anchor 2010 Program Oct. 5th

It has been proven: Green business is good business. In its third year, the GoGreen Conference is back in Portland on October 5th, 2010 to help Northwest business owners and stakeholders navigate sustainable strategy and invest in opportunities that will help their organizations prosper.

Come support our Youth!

ROSE is holding a Rummage Sale to raise fund for youth programs in low-income housing apartments. Date/Time: Friday, July 23, 2-7pm AND Saturday, July 24, 12-5pm at 8940 SE Reedway place Portland 97206

There will also be: Raffle Prizes and Face painting for kids!

ROSE Community Development is a nonprofit organization serving outer southeast Portland neighborhoods. ROSE’s mission is to build community and strengthen neighborhood economies that Revitalize Outer South East. ROSE programs include affordable housing development, community economic development and building social capital. We provide youth programs such as Summer Arts Academy and after-school tutoring, and a lot more.

Heritage Home Tour

Saturday July 31, 2010 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tickets: $50 [AHC Members: $35]

Six fabulous homes on this new tour cover a century of residential construction in Portland and represent a variety of styles and notable architects. The tour will be on Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Proceeds will benefit the Bosco-Milligan Foundation and its education programs, advocacy efforts, and collection stewardship.

Bag & Baggage Productions presents our second annual summer Gala, in conjunction with our new outdoor summer Shakespeare production of 'Twelfth Night'.

Shakespeare meets F Scott Fitzgerald in this original adaptation by Artistic Director Scott Palmer - and it's the cat's Pajamas!

Join Us for the Gala! Wed July 28th, 6pm dinner, 7pm show. $40 with dinner and local wines included in a beautiful table setting.

Only160 VIP guests can be accomodated. Get your tickets now! (gala is nearly sold out!)

Presented at the The Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza, Downtown Hillsboro, OR (between 1st and 2nd on Main Street).

Adelante Mujeres, a non-profit in Washington County dedicated to the holistic education and empowerment of low-income Latino families, is hiring a Development Director. FTE, competitive salary, full benefits. Visit www.adelantemujeres.org for the full posting. No phone calls please.

Position Title: Solar Program Coordinator, City of Beaverton (AmeriCorps position)   Position Summary: The City of Beaverton is interested in creating a bulk solar purchasing program for residents similar to those that have proven successful in Portland. The Solar Program Coordinator will research similar programs throughout the region and country, develop a plan to bring cost-effective bulk solar options to our residents, create a Request For Proposal via city process to select a vendor(s), work with the vendor(s) to develop an implementation plan, and provide an outreach plan that will educate community members about the benefits of solar power.

There is still space available for the two-day ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) on August 5 and 6, 2010. It will be held at Portland State University, Graduate School of Social Work, in Portland, Oregon.

This two day training (14 hours) provides practical suicide first-aid training for all types of caregivers. Learn how to recognize opportunities to help, assess risk of suicide, apply a suicide intervention model, and practice skills. Youth workers, law enforcement, mental health practitioners, foster parents, health workers, faith community leaders and any other potential caregivers are invited to attend!

Tree Care for Gardeners

Tuesday, July 27 - 6-8pm

Learn tips and techniques for tree care in and around your garden, including how to incorporate shade-lovers and early bloomers around existing trees, maximizing your fruit output. Also learn how to plant, tend, prune and care for the tallest members of your garden. This workshop is in partnership between Growing Gardens and Friends of Trees.

This workshop is a $5-20 sliding scale donation. All proceeds benefit Growing Gardens' programs.

For more information or to sign up and get location directions contact Rodney Bender at 503-284-8420 or [email protected]

Rodney Bender

Garden Programs Manager

IRCO is looking for someone to help up us make our office representative of the diversity and international focus of our organization through a mural in the lobby, the focal point of our main office building.

Stewardship Saturdays

2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month

July 24th Ivy Pull

9am to noon

2nd Saturdays are always ivy pulls and 4th Saturdays may be trail maintenance in the winter

Pull together to remove invasive English ivy and to protect our forest. Ivy out competes our native plants, takes over the forest floor and ruins precious habitat.

* Registration is not required but please call ahead with groups of 5 or more

* All minors must be checked in at the Nature Center and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian

* Gloves and a light snack provided

* Please bring your own water bottle

Saturday, July 31

Whole Foods is generously hosting a tool drive to support Growing Gardens. People bring in new or used working garden tools (pruners, weeders, garden shovels, garden hoes, rakes, spades, brooms, clippers and cultivators) and receive 10% off their groceries.

Participating Whole Foods Market stores include:

* Laurelhurst (NE 28th & E Burnside) * Hollywood (NE 43rd & Sandy) * Fremont (NE 15th & Fremont) * Pearl District (NW 12th & Couch)

We need several volunteers to staff the tool drive at each location for the following shifts:

* 1-3:30pm * 3:30-6pm

OMSI Needs your help August 12-15th (Thursday- Sunday)!

Join the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) as a volunteer this summer!

August 12-15, OMSI will need lots of additional help from you to host OMSI Science Days. During these days the museum will be open 9:00am-9:00pm and visitors will enjoy a variety of offerings around the museum.

This is a major special event that is expected to draw thousands of visitors each day so having additional help will be wonderful! Volunteers at this event will earn a pass for free admission to the museum on a day of their choice.

Each day (Aug 12-15) three shifts are available: