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Seattle Spring Home Show A great resource for all those home repair needs or wants. Feb 20-28, times vary Qwest Exhibition Center 1000 Occidental Ave S, SODO, Seattle Innovations & Careers in the Green Tech Industry An interactive expert panel will take a look at how Seattle is contributing to solving...

Northwest Bike Show The Northwest Bike Show will offer something for every level of cyclist. The event will feature over 150 exhibitors and vendors, daily seminars and an extreme stunt show. An outdoor bike valet will be available. Admission is $7 adults, children under 12 free. Sat, Feb 20, 9am-6pm...

Introduction to Sustainable Living on a Budget This introductory workshop focuses on how to make big improvements with surprisingly little effort that will reduce your monthly grocery bills and make your home, your family and the environment healthier. Cost: $35. Thu, Feb 11, 7-9pm Beaumont Middle School...

Green Empowerment , a Portland based non-profit committed to bringing water systems and renewable energy to rural communities across the globe, presents Sun, Wind & Gears: a 35-mile bike ride fundraising event this Sunday, Oct 4th. The Sun, Wind & Gears ride brings renewable energy and local...

This Friday catch the regular Kidical Mass family biking event for a special ride to City Hall to encourage the city not to cut funding to Safer Routes to School , a program that teaches children to walk and bike to school safely. Costumes welcome, and hot cocoa provided. Meet at 5:30 at Sunnyside School...

Look for The Wheel American Family in a bakfiets! Details from the BTA: Friday, February 20th KIDICAL MASS SOUTHEAST Sunnyside Environmental School SE 34th and Taylor Meet at 5:30 Ride at 6:00 Kids are traffic, too! Be sure to bring lights and warm clothes. This will be a mellow, law-abiding ride. All...

QUESTION: What could be better than a sweet, chewy doughnut on the way to work? ANSWER: The taste of the doughnut while you bike to work, or, in our case, school. My sons enjoy this monthly event on our way to school. Breakfast on Bridges is put on by SHIFT the last Friday of every month. It is a way...

Kidical Mass meets on the third Friday of the month to bring people together and demonstrate bike safety as we ride through the city. It is a family event. Last month our group met at the Park Blocks in downtown Portland--a motley group of families on bikes ranging from wooden scooters to bakfietsen...

Update: PARK(ing) is on Taylor St between Broadway and Park. Noon to 2ish. There are 7,000 on-street parking spaces in downtown Portland (in addition to nearly 4,000 spaces in city owned SmartPark lots). PARK(ing) --an open-source art project which culminates with international PARK(ing) Day each September...

Yesterday you may have seen speedy, alien looking riders in the time trials on Naito parkway for the start of the Mt Hood Cycling Classic, one of the top pro races in the country. The women's races will be qualifiers for the Olympics. Today 150 men and 90 women will ride a course circling Mt Tabor...