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2010 Sustainable Neighborhood (not just) Bike Tour Schedule

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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 site at 212 Benjamin, 3 to 5PM.

August

7 – Friendly Neighborhood- West (of Jefferson St)/FAN-West (excursion into Crest Dr neighborhood 8/7). Meet at Friendly Street Market, 2757 Friendly, at 11AM. Tour will include community right-of-way cooperative “Common Ground” garden, chickenkeeping, beekeeping, edible landscaping, passive solar design home by UO women’s student architecture group, high-density new urbanism ‘Lucia Village’ community, permaculture home design presentation by Heiko Koester, and more
8 - Friendly Neighborhood- East (Jefferson St & east)FAN-East. Meet at Village School, 2855 Lincoln, 1 PM. Tour will include a permaculture design presentation by Heiko Koester, a visit to a solar PV College Hill home, as well as a visit to a home with an ultra hi-efficient ductless heat pump indoor climate system.
14 – Jefferson Westside, 10AM, meet at Monroe Park. Tour will include chickenkeeping, beekeeping, permaculture gardens, recycled garden art, water catchment, solar panels, and more. The tour homes are within walking distance of each other.
21 – Amazon, meet at Camas Ridge Community School, 1150 East 29th Avenue, at 10am. Tour will visit school gardens, feature beekeeping, chickenkeeping, communally built outdoor oven, aerobic composting, compost teamaking, passive/active solar design, rainwater catchment, green building, and more.

September

4 – Whiteaker Community Council/WCC
11- Fairmount Neighborhood- more to come.
18 – Active Bethel Citizens/ABC. Tour features a permaculture-designed eco-village, backyard chickens, rainwater catchment, ‘geo-thermal’ heating (more to come), PV solar design, and a gathering at Peterson Barn featuring locally-grown food. More to come.
19 (Sunday)- Laurel Hill Valley. 1-3 pm. Meet at Northwest Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta St. Tour by bike, pedicab and carpool. Sites feature organic gardens, PV electricity, green home design and reuse of materials, wildlife-friendly landscaping, small-scale chickenkeeping, food preservation, bioswales and watershed protection.
25 – Southeast Neighbors/SEN, meet at 450 E 30th Ave, 10 AM.

Fairmount Neighborhood Farmers Market, Sunday, August 8, 10-3 PM

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August 8, 2010
10:00 amto3:00 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 Farmers Market… http://fairmountmarket.blogspot.com/

M.O.R.E. Recycling Event

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June 5, 2010
11:00 amto4:00 pm

Don’t Dump Your Stuff!  Donate it or Trade it!

The CommUniversity Resource Assistant Program, Central Presbyterian Church, and Campus Recycling, with the support of ASUO, the Office of the Dean of Students, the UO Office of Government and Community Relations, and the Department of Public Safety present the Move Out Recycling Event.

Bring reusable furniture ,  household items, clothing, books, and other old belongings. Only items in good condition and clean will be accepted. Donations will benefit Looking Glass Independent Living Program, St. Vincent DePaul, and Habitat for Humanity!

Also bring working and non-working electronics! NextStep Recycling will reuse and recycle computers, iPods, televisions, printers, alarm clocks, and more!

Saturday, June 5th, 2010, 12:00pm-4:00pm

Prince Lucien Campbell (PLC) Parking Lot 16B
(Between 13th Ave., 14th Ave.,
Alder St., and Kincaid St.)
University of Oregon

Also bring reusable furniture, household items, clothing, books, and other belongings to these locations:

Central Presbyterian Church, 555 E. 15th Ave. (parking lot)

Saturday, June 5th, 2010, 11:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, June 12th, 2010,  11:00am-3:00pm

Koinonia Center,  1414 Kincaid St. (parking lot)
Saturday, June 12th, 2010, 11:00am-3:00pm

For more information on the event or to volunteer, contact:
Heather Marek, hmarek@uoregon.edu

New Farmers Market, 19th and Agate, beginning May 30, 10 – 2 or 3 pm

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May 21, 2013
1:10 pm
May 21, 2010
10:00 amto2:00 pm

Mark your calendars! If all goes according to plans, Eugene City Bakery and friends will be starting a farmers market on the southeast corner of Agate and 19th Ave (Fairmount neighborhood). The proposed start date is May 30th and the hours will be 10am to 2pm or 3pm. Check eugenesustainability.org for updates this week!

Fairmount Neighborhood launches sense of place/local history booklet project

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A group of Fairmount neighbors has received a grant from the City of Eugene’s Neighborhood Matching Grant program to create a booklet about our neighborhood’s unique past and its sustainable future. Our plan is to use archival research, interview long-time residents, and write and publish a booklet that links our neighborhood’s history to its potential for sustainable neighborhood practices. Although we have been fortunate to receive lots of enthusiastic support and offers of help, we do have a need for more volunteers willing to conduct oral history interviews, transcribe the interviews using a computer program, and edit the final transcripts for accuracy. More interview volunteers will allow us to interview as many long-time Fairmount neighbors as possible. No previous experience is necessary—we are putting together an interviewer training session where we can all learn interviewing techniques and how to use the recording and transcription equipment that we’re borrowing from the City of Eugene. If you are interested in volunteering as an interviewer or transcriber, please email FairmountProject@gmail.com. Thank you!

Tom Bettman to speak about gardening at the Fairmount Neighbors general meeting, May 18

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May 18, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Tom Bettman, an OSU Extension Service Master Gardener, an instructor at the University of Oregon Urban Farm, and a member of the NLCCS Speakers Bureau, will speak at the May 18th Fairmount Neighbors general meeting. The Fairmount Neighbors general meeting will be held at the Many Nations Longhouse (University of Oregon campus, behind the law school and the Natural and Cultural History Museum) from 7:00 to 9:00 pm; Tom will be speaking from about 7:15 to 8:00. We’ve asked Tom to focus on two gardening challenges, summer water conservation and clay soils, but there will be plenty of time for questions from the audience.  And come early (6:30 – 7:00) for a seed and plant exchange! Contact: Katherine Lieberknecht, klieberknecht@gmail.com.

Fairmount Neighbors seed and plant exchange, May 18

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May 18, 2010
6:30 pmto7:00 pm

The Fairmount Neighbors Sustainability Subcommittee is hosting a seed and plant exchange, from 6:30 to 7:00 PM on May 18th, just before the Fairmount Neighbors general meeting. The seed and plant exchange will be held either in the courtyard outside the Many Nations Longhouse (University of Oregon campus, just behind the law school and the Natural and Cultural History Museum) or just inside the Longhouse (depending on the weather). All are welcome. Bring your extra perennials, seeds, starts, indoor plants, and gardening supplies. No money is exchanged. Come meet your neighbors, stay for the general meeting, and take home some new plants! Contact: Katherine Lieberknecht, klieberknecht@gmail.com.