[ October 30, 2010; 4:30 am; ] The NLC Committee on Sustainability is planning a conference focusing on practical ways to live more local and green in our homes, neighborhoods and community. Challenges and Strategies To Go Local and Green. Getting Started, Moving Forward, Working Together
Topics and issues will include:
Where do I start?
Food, energy
Lifestyle
Kids track
Culture
Land use
Transportation
Community collaborations
Transforming homes and neighborhoods.
Saturday, October 30, [...] [...]
[ August 21, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Please come enjoy a bicycle tour visiting some of the interesting ‘green’ happenings in our Amazon neighborhood.
We’ll depart from Camas Ridge Elementary School (29th and Harris) around 10AM.
We’ll enjoy a ride through the Amazon Neighborhood and will be able to visit a number of interesting garden, composting, beekeeping, building, and other green projects underway.
It’s [...] [...]
2010 Sustainable Neighborhood (not just) Bike Tour Schedule
July
17, 18 – River Road Community Organization/RRCO. July 17 meet at 11AM at Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen. Visit pesticide-free public park space, chicken-keeping, permaculture design, green building, neighborhood collaboration, and more. Open house afterwords at suburban permaculture [...] [...]
[ August 8, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] The Fairmount Neighborhood Farmers Market is still going strong, every Sunday from 10-3 PM. The market is held at the Sun Automotive parking lot at the corner of Agate and 19th.
A blog has also been created that offers cooking ideas and recipes for produce and other foods purchased at the Fairmount Neighbors [...] [...]
Churchill Area Neighbors are working on Envision Eugene in our community. At the July CAN general meeting we discussed ideas for our neighborhood that included: 1) more resources for teens in our neighborhoods 2) a possible farmers market in the Churchill area to bring neighbors together 3) Repairing the Skate Park [...] [...]
[ August 7, 2010 11:00 am to August 8, 2010 3:00 pm. ]
Eugene’s Friendly Neighborhood eye-catching Common Ground right-of-way Cooperative Garden and Friendly Street’s ‘new urbanism’-styled Lucía-Community Village will be two of the highlights of the 2010 “Green Neighbor’s (not just) Bike Tours” when they roll through on the Friendly-West tour Saturday August 7th. More related here, here, here, and here. [...] [...]
Join us at RRCO’s August meeting and learn the basics of food preservation.
August 9, 7 PM at the Annex
1055 River Road
Ground storage, above ground keepers, canning, drying.
Why is this important information?
Its free and valuable to know. Bring a friend.
Info 686 6761
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Join us for a potluck and social at Rosetta Park
Friday, July 23, 6:30.
Come early for frisbee or croquet [bring croquet]
Bring your own dish and service, label the ingredients of the dish. Bring a chair and be social! Maybe a show and tell item. Bring a friend!
Kid friendly, there is a playground.
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