Luscher Farm August 21, 6:00-8:00pm Cost: $20

Do you like the idea of plucking fresh salad greens, tender broccoli shoots and delicious root vegetables from your garden all winter long? If so, there is no better time than right now to prepare your beds and begin planting. Attend this class and learn how to plan your garden, prepare your soil and protect your plants over the winter. We will go over season extension techniques, from cloches to cold frames that will allow you to extend the garden season beyond the fall and into next spring. With a little planning and some simple techniques, you will learn just how easy “off-season” gardening can be!

Please join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and the Portland Water Bureau for Subs on the Slough - a special picnic lunch at a hidden gem of a canoe launch along the Columbia Slough on Friday, August 15 from 11:30am - 1:00pm.

It’s a great way to meet Slough neighbors and local business people over a great lunch, and to learn about our local groundwater resource and the Groundwater Protection Program that is underway in the Columbia Slough Watershed. After a tour of the canoe launch and a walk along a short section of the 40-mile loop trail, we’ll enjoy lunch in a shaded picnic area. Lunch is provided. Free.

Location:

Portland Water Bureau Canoe Launch, 16650 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97230

Around the world, women are part of a bold resistance to reactionary social and political forces. During the months of August and September Radical Women will be discussing two of the papers to be presented at the conference.  

October 3-6, 2008, in San Francisco at The Women’s Building, 3543 18th St. 

Speakers will include: Embattled civil liberties attorney Lynne Stewart Activists & scholars from Central America, China, Australia and the U.S.  

Key topics* Multi-racial organizing in a society divided by racism* The dynamic leadership of youth and queers* Women of color and immigrant women spark a labor revival* For a grassroots feminist movement independent of the twin parties of war & reaction  

The Presbytery of the Cascades, a regional governing body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), seeks an Administrative Assistant to work with its chief ecclesiastical officer.  Requirements are: general office and administrative skills, stable work history, proficiency in WordPerfect, Word, and Excel.  Must have strong interpersonal & communication skills.  Cascades Presbytery offers a competitive salary & benefits package.  Details of the position and the application form are at http://www.cascadespresbytery.org/AAStated-Clerk2008.pdf.

When: Saturday February 21, 2009 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in Sherwood offers an Environmental Education program which enables students to learn the value of our ecosystems, and extends the learning process beyond conventional classroom limits, thus allowing students to make connections with their natural environment. The workshop provides K-8 teachers with the tools they need to bring students out for teacher-led field trips.

Thursday October 2 from 6-9pm Saturdays October 4th-December 6th (except November 29th) from 9am-4pm

Learn the knowledge and skills of organic gardening, urban agriculture and ecological landscaping in this comprehensive hands-on training. Topics include, soils, compost, plant biology, plant propagation, garden planning/design, year round vegetable gardening, ecological landscapes, ornamental plants, rain gardens, pervious pavement, ecoroofs, entomology, integrated pest management and fruit and nut production.