SHIFT: A Green Salon, Sharing and Inspiring Sustainable Design
AIGA presents 10 five-minute presentations from designers, creatives, and innovators that are making communications more sustainable. Topics include creative print/web challenges, creating energy efficient sites, green office renovations, earth-friendly printing and more. Followed by short Q&A and networking.  Please RSVP, $5 non-members.
Thu, Nov 5, 7-9pm
Pop Art Community Room, 718 SW Alder St

Farm to Table 10th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate Zenger Farm's ten years of educating youth, farmers and families in sustainable agriculture.  Chef Joe McGarry of Bon Appetit will be serving five delicious, locally grown courses, paired with local beer and wine. Join the silent and live auction and go home with something great.
Fri, Nov 6, Silent Auction 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:30pm
OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave
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Incognito is a SCRAP fundraiser and dinner award party that celebrates creativity, sustainability and mystery. Evening includes drinks and dinner, auctions, awards, trashion show and musical entertainment. Costumes welcome, and masks are a must; if you arrive without one, you may purchase a mask creation from SCRAP volunteers. Order your tickets today!
Oct 29, 5:30pm Cocktails and Silent Auction
7pm Awards, Dinner and Live Auction
8:30pm Transcendental Brass Band, Junk to Funk Trashion Show
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Sisters of the Road Hoedown and 30th Anniversary
Pull out your fancy boots and parade chaps and come hear the fabulous Old Time tunes of Uncle Earl and Casey Neil and the Norway Rats. Evening includes sit-down dinner and dessert, free wine and beer, dancing, children's activities, silent auction and more. Tickets are $85, call 503-222-5694 ext. 19 to purchase.
Fri, Oct 23, 6-10pm
Portland Art Museum's Kridel Grand Ballroom, 1219 SW Park Ave
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This Saturday, July 18th, Whole Foods Vancouver (815 SE 160th Ave) is hosting a local vendors fair from noon to 3pm. Chinook Book's Sustainable Business Accounts Manager Kyla Burnet will be there with food samples to give away and books to sell. Make a purchase of $100 or more at Whole Foods and you'll get a Chinook Book for free!

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If you haven't participated in Pedalpalooza, a month of exploring Portland by bicycle, start by bringing your bike tomorrow for the City Green Building Ride hosted by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. I'm still reading through the draft Climate Action Plan from the City of Portland, and looking forward to this ride to shed some light on the details. See you there!

From Shift2Bikes:
CITY GREEN BUILDING RIDE
Ecotrust, 721 NW 9th Avenue (3rd floor deck)
3:00pm - 5:00pm

Waterfront tour of green buildings starting at Ecotrust and ending at South Waterfront.  Visit a mix of new and existing certified green buildings while visualizing a carbon-neutral future through the lens of the City's proposed High Performance Green Building Policy and Climate Action Plan.

Vinh Mason, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, 503-823-3246 More...

Today we celebrated the birthdays of Carrie T, Community Outreach Manager, and Kyla B, Sustainable Business Accounts Manager (at right). The Organic Martinelli's, white wine, and mini cupcakes made for a Friday afternoon party! That's Eric L, Director of Business Development, pouring the bday wine.

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People around the world will unite for the planet on June 5th for World Environment Day 2009, for a strong call for environmental action just six months before the crucial United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen.

World Environment Day is truly a People's Day: it is the chance for everyone, young and old, with their community or with close friends, to show that they care for the planet. Visit the website so you can learn what is happening in our country and around the world. You may register your activities so others can learn what you are doing to protect the environment and reduce Global Warming. Simple actions can have large impacts and now is the time to focus on positive changes – at home, work, school and the entire community.

June 5, 2009
Worldwide Activities
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Join the Alliance for Reason and Knowledge and Growing Gardens at this special Clackamas County Green Drinks where you can learn to grow your own food. This is also your lasts chance to purchase a Chinook Book from this fundraising group.

Thrusday May 28th
Milwaukie Flying Pie Pizza, 16691 SE Mcloughlin, Milwaukie

Schedule:
Networking 5:30-6
Film: The Future of Food: 6-7:30
Music Interlude: 7:30-7:40
Presenter Erin Wallace, Growing Gardens: 7:40-8:00

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Portland Center Stage is gearing up for the production of Grey Gardens May 26th-June 21st. This is one that we're really looking forward to! You can help build the set by dropping off clean, empty cat food cans at Gerding Theater by May 13th. Bring in 2 dozen or more and you'll get a free ticket to the show!

No cats? Use a Chinook Book coupon for 2 for 1 tickets.

PCS: Your Cat Food Cans Can Be Stars

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