Week of Thanksgiving

Environmental Club members& supporters,

Amidst the rain & cold & piles of homework,Environmental Club members gathered last week for some good times. Wehammered out plans for Water Awareness Week next term andthen gorged potluck-style while discussing food systems. Don't worry,there's one more meeting this term, and a bunch of other events oncampus, so push that homework aside and come join us next Thursday inthe GreenSpace!


Environmental Club events:
EnvironmentalClub's final meeting of Fall term
Thursday, Dec 3rd
4:30 - 6:00 pm
GreenSpace, SMSU 28

For our last meeting of the term, we will be doing something fun &amazing, but we can't tell you yet because it's a secret (even to us).After the meeting, those who are interested will stay to talk about theSeasonal Portland Cookbook (see next)!


Environmental Club's Seasonal PortlandCookbook
At our meeting last week, some folks had a bright idea - let's make acookbook geared towards local & organic foodstuffs in Portland!

At the next meeting on Dec 3rd, bring yer recipes! For those that areinterested, we'll sit down immediately after our next meeting and dosome delegatin' and some outlinin' and some all around good plannin'.If you can't make it but have some recipes burning a hole in yourbrain, email them to me!


Ban the Bag with Surfrider
At our last meeting, Mason talked about the Ban the Bag campaign.Here's more info:

Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmentalcatastrophes of our generation. It is estimated that 60-80% of alldebris in the ocean is plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years tobreak down at sea and most types never truly biodegrade. As a result,marine animals often get entangled in the debris or mistake it forfood. In Oregon (and the world!) the very first volunteer beach cleanupwas held in 1984 under the title "Plague of Plastics", callinghistorical attention to the rise of plastics in our oceans and on ourbeaches.

The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation supports a 20 cent fee(or ban) on single-use plastic bags within the City of Portland. Manyother cities have taken similar action recently, including SanFrancisco and Oakland, which both recently passed ordinance bans onplastic bags.

What you can do:
Become a fan of Banthe Bag facebook page
Check out the Chapter Page for more info http://www.surfrider.org/portland/
Sign the online petition too http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/portlandriseaboveplastics

Want a re-usable bag or a t-shirt?
Mason will be bringing some re-usable bags and t-shirts to our nextmeeting on Dec 3rd. Bags are free, and t-shirts are $15. All proceedsgo toward the campaign. People can email Mason their sizes ifinterested: mason.brock@yahoo.com


Plugging in for Sustainability
Interested in...

• Take Back the Tap? ContactLisa Meersman at ecpsu.redwood@gmail.com ORjust come to our nextmeeting!
• Recycling andcomposting on campus? Contact Honore Depew at honoredepew@gmail.com.Thereare plenty of opportunities to make surecomposting and recycling are fully utilized at events and throughoutcampus.
• Gardening activities,indoors and outdoors? Environmental Club workshops will be startingin November.
• Energy efficiency?Contact David Nokovic in Sustainability Leadership Center at dnokovic@gmail.com
  
• Stopping climatechange? Contact Jesse Boudart in Cascade Climate Network at boudartj@pdx.eduOR contact Jenny Bedell-Stiles at Sierra StudentCoalition at jenny@ssc.org
• Environmental law? Staytuned for future workshops in collaboration with the Pre-Law Society!
• Community service? Staytuned or contact Hanna Davis at ecpsu.cedar@gmail.com for SOLV events.
  
• Local food?Contact PJ Houser at ecpsu.maple@gmail.comto help compile a seasonal, local, & sustainable Portland cookbook.
  
• Bikes? Sign upfor the [bikes]email list and keep up-to-date on all bike-related events
  

Also, PSU'sSustainability Leadership Center has started a generalvolunteer sign-up for all campus-related sustainability events andissues - check it out, fill it out, get involved!


Campusevents:
PSUBAC (Bicycle Advocacy Collective) Saturday coffeerides
Sat, Nov 28
11 am - 1 pm-ish
meet in front of Millar Library

Ride Bikes!  Socialize and Drink Coffee!

Join friends for the weekly Saturday coffee ride. Leaves from PSUMillar Library at 11am, ride to two coffee shops within 5 miles andhang out. Always good company and lots of fun. Rain or shine.

If coffee isn't your cup of tea, try checking out PSU Cycling's longerrides: http://psucycling.com/events


VolunteerOpportunities with the Sustainability Leadership Center
Research for Leadership Credit Syllabus
We have compiled a list of about 15 sustainability books for ourupcoming independent study class.  I need a student to spend a fewhours looking these up online. We need to find the author names and areview/synopsis so people can easily choose the book they would like tochoose.

Fixing up posters from the EcoDistrict Breakfast
We recently had a civic engagement breakfast where groups receivedtable-sized maps of PSU.  We then placed tracing paper over the maps. People received sticker icons and placed them on the maps to show wherethey thought various services should go on our campus in the future.There are about 10 of these maps, and the stickers need to be glued sothey last longer and can be displayed/used in the future.  Some of thestickers are coming off.

If you would like to work on one of these project, let me know byDecember 4th, 2009.  Work can be completed during working hours (8-5). Happy Thanksgiving! 

Contact Heather Spalding, hspaldin@pdx.edu


PSU's Climate Action Plan DraftReview
Friday, Dec 4
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cascade Room, SMSU 236

Come learn about PSU's Climate Action Plan and give your input!Students, faculty, & staff are invited to participate in breakoutsessions on the first draft of the Climate Action Plan. The draft willbe released for public viewing Dec 1 via the EcoWiki and PSU Sustainability.


Community events:
FoodSystems in the Portland Plan
Portlandersare growing increasingly aware of their food system — that is, all thepaths that our food can travel from soil to soil (compost or landfill).This path includes everything from production and processing todistribution, consumption, and disposal, as well as the inputs andoutputs of each of the steps, including natural and human resources.

We have the opportunity to be more direct about the positive impact ourchoices and plans can have on our local food system, and to considerfurther impacts as we plan for the next several decades. The FoodSystems Existing Conditions Report is intended to contribute to publicconversation around food as a planning issue to allow fullerconsideration of policy choices and investment priorities.
Cover ofreport
Overview ofreport


New York Times video "ToxicWaters: Polluted Harbors"
Aging sewer systems and urban storm runoff are two of the worst sourcesof water pollution in the United States. In Newport, R.I., residentslive with regular beach closings and sewage overflows.
NYTimesvideo link


The Breathing Earthsimulation
Breathing Earth is a real-time simulation displaying the CO₂emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth anddeath rates.
http://www.breathingearth.net/



Withlove and some cold fingers & toes,

PJ Houser
Portland State University
Environmental Club coordinator
Campus Sustainability Office Assistant

Environmental Club members& supporters,

Our meetings are theplace to be! Next one is this week, Thursday, 4:30 pm in SMSU 294.We'll be eating food that YOU bring, so come on! There are also tons ofsustainability stuff going on campus-wide and community-wide. Read onfor bike love, Eco-Districts, and Green Day forums.


Environmental Club events:
Environmental Club meeting: Food Awarenesspotluck-style!
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009
4:30 - 6 pm
SMSU 294

Bring: food, recipes, and food systems knowledge

This meeting's theme is food awareness. First, we'll spend some timeplanning Winter Term's Water Awareness Week. We need your input to makeit awesome. Last year, we had a movie night, some tabling selling KleanKanteens, a tap vs. bottled water comparison, and a Portland WaterBureau speaker. Then we'll jump into the food - maybe literally. Let'sshare some food (bring something to share) and our recipes while wediscuss sustainability in food systems.


Plugging in with the Environmental Club
Interested in...

• Take Back the Tap? ContactLisa Meersman at ecpsu.redwood@gmail.com ORjust come to our nextmeeting!
• Recycling andcomposting on campus? Contact Honore Depew at honoredepew@gmail.com.Thereare plenty of opportunities to make surecomposting and recycling are fully utilized at events and throughoutcampus.
• Gardening activities,indoors and outdoors? Workshops will be starting in November.
• Energy efficiency?Contact David Nokovic in Sustainability Leadership Center at dnokovic@gmail.com
  
• Stopping climatechange? Contact Jesse Boudart in Cascade Climate Network at boudartj@pdx.eduOR contact Jenny Bedell-Stiles at Sierra StudentCoalition at jenny@ssc.org
• Environmental law? Staytuned for future workshops in collaboration with the Pre-Law Society!

Also, PSU'sSustainability Leadership Center has started a generalvolunteer sign-up for all campus-related sustainability events andissues - check it out, fill it out, get involved!


Campusevents:
PSUBAC (Bicycle Advocacy Collective) Saturday coffeerides
Sat, Nov 21
11 am - 1 pm-ish
meet in front of Millar Library

Ride Bikes!† Socialize and Drink Coffee!

Join friends for the weekly Saturday coffee ride.† Leaves from PSUMillar Library at 11am, ride to two coffee shops within 5 miles andhang out.† Always good company and lots of fun.† Rain or shine.

If coffee isn't your cup of tea, try checking out PSU Cycling's longerrides: http://psucycling.com/events


Breakfast for Bikers
Wed, Nov 18
9am - 11am
Between SMSU and NH

Bring a mug and your helmet, and come enjoy free pastries, coffee, andfruit.†† Feel free to hang out and talk to other bike commuters or getresources on commuting by bike.†

This week we're also looking for volunteers to take a 1 hour shiftalong with Breakfast coordinator Peter Buco (just standing around,talking, and trying not to eat too many pastries).† Interested? Contactpeter.p.buco@gmail.com.


Nourishing a Local Foods System:A Dinner and Discussion
Thurs, Nov 19
6 pm - 8 pm
Loaves and Fishes Elm Court, 1032 SW Main St, Portland OR

This event will be a celebration of local agriculture and a place todiscuss the different ways that people are working on the followingfood issues: anti-hunger, social justice, sustainability, localeconomics, health, and nutrition.

Dinner is free, donations are accepted.

Please RSVP to David Osborn at 503-282-0555 ext 267


Transforming Turmoil into a NewEconomy:What's the Big Idea?
Tuesday, Nov 17
7:00 p.m.
Smith Memorial Student Center Ballroom, 3rd floor
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway

A lecture series sponsored bythe College of Urban & Public Affairs presents John Perkins.

John Perkins is on tour promoting his latest book, Hoodwinked!† AnEconomic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global Economy Imploded And How toRemake It.† Hoodwinked is a powerful polemic that shows not only how wearrived at this perilous point in our history ñ but what we must do toturn it around.† He believes we can create a healthy economy that willencourage businesses to act responsibly, not only in the interests oftheir shareholder and corporate partners, but in the interests of theiremployees, their customers, the environment, and society at large.


Communityevents:
EarthAdvantage Institute's Green Day Forum
Friday, Dec 4
8:00 am - 6:30 pm

Earth Advantage Instituteís Green Day Forum is an annual event thatbrings together professionals from the green building industry withregional leaders and experts in design, technology and government todiscuss the latest trends and policies in sustainable building. Thisfull-day event addresses a different theme each year, offering adiverse range of panels, speakers and viewpoints, as well as a keynote,luncheon, and late afternoon networking reception. The event takesplace at Earth Advantage Instituteís National Center in Portland.

http://www.greendayforum.org
503-968-7160
Earth Advantage National Center
16280 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
Portland, Oregon 97224


Car-Free Social Hour
Thurs, Nov 19
5pm - 7pm
Floyd's Old Town, 118 NW Couch

http://shift2bikes.org/cal/#19-1151

This is a chance for everyone, whether carfree or not, bikey or not, ina transpo or land use related career or not, to meet up, network,socialize, drink coffee or frothy beverages, share bus and bike routes,talk about what they're involved in or what they want to be involvedin, and most importantly meet other people and build up this awesomecommunity we've got going on here.

It's a freeform event, but around 5:30 we'll have some friends of AaronTarfman get up and talk about what is being done to support Aaron andmost importantly about the possibilities his dis/re-appearance haveinspired some of us to start thinking seriously about -- including butnot limited to creating a carfree community support group, starting abike trailer library (Aaron's longtime dream), and tearing up streets.If anyone else wants to get up and talk about the carfree work theirdoing or their inspirations and ideas, this is a great opportunity forthat.


Share the Road:Bicyclist Rights Workshop
Wednesday,Nov 18
12:30 pm
NativeAmerican Student and Community Center, 710 SW Jackson Street, Portland,OR 97201
Free

Can a bicyclist get a ticket for speeding?† When is a bicycle allowedto act like a car?† When is a bicycle allowed to act like apedestrian?† Do you worry about getting a ticket as a bicyclist?† Doyou enjoy free lunch?

Judge Christopher Larsen, a bike commuter and traffic court judge willdiscuss bicycle commuter rights and safety tips on Wednesday November18th at 12:30pm in the NASCC.† The focus of the lecture will be on howto operate your bike safely and legally on our city streets.† Comelearn about your rights and find out more about the laws that pertainto bicyclists before you get a ticket.† A light lunch will be provided.


Portland's Sustainability andCommunity Building on the Ground: University Eco-District
Thursday, Nov 19
8:30 am - 10:30 am
SMSU 228 Multicultural Center
Free and open to the public

Part 2 of a 2-part series

Join PSU and community leaders and SERA Architects' Tim Smith as webegin to concretely envision and connect OUR talents andteaching/research interests to an emerging vision for Portland'sUniversity EcoDistrict. This gathering will feature an interactive,civic ecology "charette" activity to facilitate the emergence ofcommunity-scaled participation to help guide the University and itsEcoDistrict toward a sustainable future.

For more info on the project as a whole and for notes/presentationsfrom part 1 (Oct 29):
http://www.pdx.edu/sustainability/ecodistricts

Light refreshments will be served
RSVP tocaestaff@pdx.edu or (503)725-5642
Sponsored by PSU's Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and the Officeof finance and Administration (FADM)


Coffee & rain,

PJ Houser
Portland State University
Environmental Club coordinator
Campus Sustainability Office Assistant


Also, check out the EcoWiki at http://www.ecowiki.pdx.edu/

Environmental Club members& supporters,

Last week's meeting revealed some amazing Pictionaryskills, along with some insights into how we can make a tangible andpositive difference. Afterwards, I noticed a few silk screened shirtshanging about in the GreenSpace - now there's a positive difference.Clearly, our meetings are the place to be! Next one is in a week!


Environmental Club events:
Environmental Club meeting: Food Awarenesspotluck-style!
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009
4:30 - 6 pm
SMSU 294

Bring: food, recipes, and food systems knowledge

This meeting's theme is food awareness. First, we'll spend some timeplanning Winter Term's Water Awareness Week. We need your input to makeit awesome. Last year, we had a movie night, some tabling selling KleanKanteens, a tap vs. bottled water comparison, and a Portland WaterBureau speaker. Then we'll jump into the food - maybe literally. Let'sshare some food (bring something to share) and our recipes while wediscuss sustainability in food systems.


Gardening for Small Spaces part 1 - Mossing Pots Party
Thur, Nov 12
5:30 pm
GreenSpace, SMSU 28

Do you ever sit there at night, unable to fall asleep? Overwhelmed withthis feeling that something is missing from your life, something is outof place, or lacking? Well, it may be from a complete lack of groovyplants in your small space. Come check out the Environmental Club'sGardening for Small Spaces series this Thursday Nov. 12th in theGreenspace.

We will be mossing pots, so you'll need a few things:
-A terra cotta pot, about 6.5 inches or less. Can be found at FredMeyer or Portland Nursery for less than $2.
-yogurt as a growth medium
-tray for your pot to fit into for a couple of weeks while it sits andbecomes beautiful!

This will be the kick off event, and next time we will be plantingsmall air filtering plants for your small space in those pots. Consideryourself invited.

Please RSVP, but if you forget, show up anyways!


Plugging in with the Environmental Club
Interested in...

• Take Back the Tap? ContactLisa Meersman at ecpsu.redwood@gmail.com ORjust come to our nextmeeting!
• Recycling andcomposting on campus? Contact Honore Depew at honoredepew@gmail.com.Thereare plenty of opportunities to make surecomposting and recycling are fully utilized at events and throughoutcampus.
• Gardening activities,indoors and outdoors? Workshops will be starting in November.
• Energy efficiency?Contact David Nokovic in Sustainability Leadership Center at dnokovic@gmail.com
  
• Stopping climatechange? Contact Jesse Boudart in Cascade Climate Network at boudartj@pdx.eduOR contact Jenny Bedell-Stiles at Sierra StudentCoalition at jenny@ssc.org
• Environmental law? Staytuned for future workshops in collaboration with the Pre-Law Society!

Also, PSU'sSustainability Leadership Center has started a generalvolunteer sign-up for all campus-related sustainability events andissues - check it out, fill it out, get involved!


Campusevents:
PSUBAC (Bicycle Advocacy Collective) Saturday coffeerides
Sat, Nov 14, 21, 28, etc
11 am
meet in front of Millar Library

Fun coffee rides, relaxed pace, exploring the city around us, not toolong, rain or shine or puddles falling from the sky...

As said by coordinator Tim K.:

So, you know that scene from Star Wars where Han has to explain thelittle rough up in the detention block and no matter how polite orpassive he is the stormtrooper on the other end doesn't believe him andinstead asks him for explanations and his operating number?  Yeah, Iknow, great scene.  All he wants to do is save the princess, bringpeace to the universe, and entertain the crap out of the audience butnooooo, the empire instead requires mass amounts of pointlessinformation only to say "you can't do that!" Yeah...Thank you forlistening. In other news, WE BE RIDIN'...

Start the day off right andkickback with the BAC! Meet at 11 out front of the Millar and GO!  I'llbethere, all your friends will be there, and everyone you've ever wantedto know will be there. SO BE THERE!


National Sustainability Education Week: Educating forCitizen-Leadership
Presented by Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture &Learning and the US Partnership for Decade for Education forSustainable Development

November 9th through the 13th has been named National SustainabilityEducation Week (NSEW) - a week in which educators, schools, students,colleges and community members are asked to participate in learningopportunities focused around sustainability leadership.

PSU's Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning(SLECL), with its many partners, has planned a week's worth of eventsfocused around sustainability education and leadership.

• Wednesday 11/11
• Permaculture Field trip
  Learning Gardens Laboratory (6801 SE 60th), 2-5pm, free
• West African DanceClass
  Ivy School (4212 NE Prescott), 6-7:30pm, suggested donation $10-15
• West African Drum Class
  Ivy School (4212 NE Prescott), 7:30-9pm, $15
• Thursday 11/12
• Exploring Leadership,Service & International Education
  SMSU 294, 10-11:30am, free
• Look Up and See GreenOpen House
  URBN 4th Floor Terrace, 3:30-6:30pm, free
• Wild & ScenicEnvironmental Film Festival
  Bagdad Theater (SE 37th/Hawthorne), doors at 5:30, event at 7pm, , $8& 21+
• Friday 11/13
• Social Sustainabilityand Social Work Colloquium
  UCB 485, 1-3pm, free
• Community Celebration
  Hot Lips (2211 Se Hawthorne), 4:30pm
• Saturday 11/14
• Awakening the Dreamer:Changing the Dream Symposium
  Unity of Beaverton Church, (12650 SW 5th), 10- 2:30pm, suggesteddonation $10
• Relationships Matter:Supporting Transitions from Prison to Community and Releasing the RealWealth of Portland
  MACE Center (126 NE Alberta), 2-5pm, free

EventFlier
For the most up-to-date information, as rooms and times could change,and additional event details, please visit:
http://www.wiserearth.org/group/slecl


Look UP and SeeGreen's Open House
Thur, Nov 12
4 pm - 6 pm
4th floorof the Urban Center Building

Look UP and See Green is a student driven, collaborative initiative tolead the Portland Metropolitan Region in sustainability.  Last year,this project created a sustainable, community gathering place on the4th floor of the Urban Center Building by bringing together studentgroups and local professionals to implement ideas of rainwatercollection strategies, utilization of our rooftops for growing food anda university wide discussion on sustainability initiatives.  As thepotential of creating an Ecological District on campus gains momentumthe Urban Terrace presents a community gathering place and exhibitionspace for student led sustainability projects for all of PSU.

The Look UP and See Green team would like to invite the campuscommunity to the terrace for an open house where we will be compilingideas for the 2009-10 projects.   Come join us for food and music andcontribute your visions of both PSU and the future of this space.   Thecelebration will be between 4:00 and 6:00 so be sure to drop by!


FYI, rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains,

PJ Houser
Portland State University
Environmental Club coordinator
Campus Sustainability Office Assistant

Environmental Club members& supporters,

Hope everybody had a good Halloween! We have ameeting this Thursday at 4:30 pm in the GreenSpace and a volunteeractivity with SOLV this Saturday, Nov 7. Bring a shirt, sweatshirt,or tote bag - or your pillow case - to silkscreen this Thursday.


EnvironmentalClub events:
Environmental Club meeting - silkscreening!
Thursday, Nov5, 2009
4:30 - 6 pm
GreenSpace, Smith 28

Bring: a shirt/sweatshirt/tote bag to silkscreen

How do we make a difference and measure the change? At our meeting,we'll spend some time trying to answer this question. We'll alsoannounce upcoming events - like movie night this Friday and the SOLVcleanup this Saturday! Finally, we'll be doing some silkscreening withthe Environmental Club logo (bring some clothes!) and playing someecological Pictionary.


Movie night - Kilowatt-Ours
Friday, Nov 6, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Meet in the GreenSpace, SMSU 28, before moving to bigger room.Destination will be posted on the door for latecomers.

Come getinformed about energy-efficiency and find intelligent people!

Kilowatt Ours is a timely,solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmentalchallenges. Award-winning film Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-EnergizeAmerica is a timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’smost pressing environmental challenges: energy.

Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope as he turns the camera on himself andasks, “How can I make a difference?” In his journey Barrie explores thesource of our electricity and the problems caused by energy productionincluding mountain top removal, childhood asthma and global warming.Along the way he encounters individuals, businesses, organizations, andcommunities who are leading the way, using energy conservation,efficiency and renewable, green power all while saving money and theenvironment.

This often amusing and always inspiring story shows, “You can easilymake a difference and here’s how!”


Volunteer with Environmental Club and SOLV - Polishthe Pearl
Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Start at Urban Grind, 911 NW 14th Ave

Environmental Club is helping SOLV with one of their activities.Come join Lisa and I (PJ)! Sign up at our meeting this Thursday orRSVP to ecpsu@pdx.edu.

Meeting Location: Volunteers will meet at Urban Grind for somewake-upcoffee! Theleaders will be visibly at a table.
ProjectActivities: At Urban Grind, volunteers will form teams to cleanlitterfrom thestreets. Volunteers will be briefed on safety and techniques.Activities include litter pickup. Afterwards there will be a mealandraffle at Blitz Pearl.

Coordinator: Alison Wallisch
Contact Email: alison@nwnw.org
Contact Phone Number: 503-823-4265  


Plugging in with the Environmental Club
Interested in...

• Take Back the Tap? ContactLisa Meersman at ecpsu.redwood@gmail.com ORjust come to our nextmeeting!
• Recycling andcomposting on campus? Contact Honore Depew at honoredepew@gmail.com.Thereare plenty of opportunities to make surecomposting and recycling are fully utilized at events and throughoutcampus.
• Gardening activities,indoors and outdoors? Workshops will be starting in November.
• Energy efficiency?Contact David Nokovic in Sustainability Leadership Center at dnokovic@gmail.com
  
• Climatechange? Contact Jesse Boudart in Cascade Climate Network at boudartj@pdx.eduOR contact Jenny Bedell-Stiles at Sierra StudentCoalition at jenny@ssc.org
• Environmental law? Staytuned for future workshops in collaboration with the Pre-Law Society!

Also, PSU'sSustainability Leadership Center has started a generalvolunteer sign-up for all campus-related sustainability events andissues - check it out, fill it out, get involved!


Campusevents:
National Sustainability Education Week: Educating forCitizen-Leadership
Presented by Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture &Learning and the US Partnership for Decade for Education forSustainable Development

November 9th through the 13th has been named National SustainabilityEducation Week (NSEW) - a week in which educators, schools, students,colleges and community members are asked to participate in learningopportunities focused around sustainability leadership.

PSU's Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning(SLECL), with its many partners, has planned a week's worth of eventsfocused around sustainability education and leadership.

• Monday 11/9
• NationalSustainability Education Week Kick-off: Leaders of the Next Generation
  SMSU 228, 1:30-3:30pm, free
• Purpose Party forNational Sustainability Education Week
  Trebol (4835 N Albina), 5:30-8:30pm
• Tuesday 11/10
• Diversity & SocialSustainability Student Dialogue Forum
  SMSU 294, 11-12:30pm, free, students only
• Leading Change Workshop
  SMSU 327, 1-3:30pm, suggested donation $5-20
• InFARMation
  Roots (1520 SE 7th), 5:30-8pm, 21+
• ExploringInterconnectedness in a Complex World: Films from Global Oneness Project
  SMSU 236, 7-9:30pm, free
• Wednesday 11/11
• Permaculture Field trip
  Learning Gardens Laboratory (6801 SE 60th), 2-5pm, free
• West African DanceClass
  Ivy School (4212 NE Prescott), 6-7:30pm, suggested donation $10-15
• West African Drum Class
  Ivy School (4212 NE Prescott), 7:30-9pm, $15
• Thursday 11/12
• Exploring Leadership,Service & International Education
  SMSU 294, 10-11:30am, free
• Look Up and See GreenOpen House
  URBN 4th Floor Terrace, 3:30-6:30pm, free
• Wild & ScenicEnvironmental Film Festival
  Bagdad Theater (SE 37th/Hawthorne), doors at 5:30, event at 7pm, , $8& 21+
• Friday 11/13
• Social Sustainabilityand Social Work Colloquium
  UCB 485, 1-3pm, free
• Community Celebration
  Hot Lips (2211 Se Hawthorne), 4:30pm
• Saturday 11/14
• Awakening the Dreamer:Changing the Dream Symposium
  Unity of Beaverton Church, (12650 SW 5th), 10- 2:30pm, suggesteddonation $10
• Relationships Matter:Supporting Transitions from Prison to Community and Releasing the RealWealth of Portland
  MACE Center (126 NE Alberta), 2-5pm, free

EventFlier
For the most up-to-date information, as rooms and times could change,and additional event details, please visit:
http://www.wiserearth.org/group/slecl


Garbage To Gold: Talk on Zero WasteManagement & Sustainable Living
Thursday, Nov 5, 2009
4 - 5:30 pm (overlaps Environmental Club meeting)
Parson's Gallery - Urban Building, 2nd Floor

Association for India's Development (AID) Portland Chapter presents:
Garbage To Gold - Talk on Zero Waste Management & SustainableLiving by India's Leading Environmental activist C. Srinivasan fromVellore, Tamil Nadu.

How do you recycle 100% of rural & urban garbage sustainably whilegenerating employment & revenue? Come and listen to C. Srinivasan(President & Founder of Exnora Green Cross). He will discuss howthe three most easily available resources - sunlight, human power &waste - can bring millions of dollars in direct & indirectrevenue to us. Srinivasan's Waste Management model has been recognizedas "2008 best practices in waste management" by UNICEF.

More information on his work can be found at http://www.zerowastemanagement.org.

For more information contact:
Kartik Gopal, kartik.gopal@intel.com, 612 386 2974
or
PSU Recycle, recycles@pdx.edu, 503 725 4300

Visit AID to learn more about us at http://www.aidindia.org


Communityevents:
Water for Life: Congressman Earl Blumenauer Lecture
Monday, November 9, 2009
12:00–1:30 PM
MultnomahAthletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St., Portland, OR 97205

Today, one-fifth of theworld’s population lacks reliable sources of clean water andsanitation. In some cases the available water is polluted; in manyothers there is simply too little of it. This crisis is hard for thoseof us in the water-rich Pacific Northwest to grasp. But imagine if youhad to walk for two hours to a well and back, carrying a heavy bucket,just to have water for drinking and cooking.

Are there reasons other than the obvious humanitarian ones forOregonians to care about the availability of clean water for familiestens of thousands of miles away? Is there any relationship between ourprofligate use of water resources and others’ need for water? Is this aproblem that can be solved with foreign aid alone?

Congressman Blumenauer has long championed the cause of water for all.He sponsored the “Water for the Poor Act” which became law in 2005,introduced the Water for the World Act earlier this year and wassuccessful in bringing an extra $25 million in federal funding toprovide the world’s poorest people with access to clean water andsanitation.

A lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauerhas devoted his entire career to public service. After serving in theOregon Legislature, on the Multnomah County Commission, and on PortlandCity Council, he was elected to Congress in 1996. He served on both theInternational Relations Committee and the Transportation andInfrastructure Committees, until joining the exclusive Ways and MeansCommittee and the Budget Committee in 2007. He holds an undergraduatedegree and a law degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland.

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The MundusNow! Bene-Fest ¡Si, Importa!For Environmental Justice in South America Today
MundusNow! needs creativeand passionate assistance from those curious or already deeplyconcerned about Environmental Justice in South America Today, to ensurethat the, ¡Si, Importa! Festival is a success this May.

We are a young non-profit called MundusNow!, seeking collaborativeassistance with the organization of an informative, four night long,multi-media festival called, The MundusNow! Bene-Fest ¡Si, Importa!For Environmental Justice in South America Today. All issuesshared through documentary film screenings, guest speakers’presentations, and inter-active discussions, invite direct involvementfrom the community to investigate current socio-political movementsaffecting the health and livelihoods of the environment and peopleacross the diverse regions composing South America. We hope to promoteawareness, inspire active support and participation regarding momentoustransformations and solutions in South America today.

MundusNow! works as agents for positive and sustainable social changethrough the collaborative commitment with all kinds of grass roots,governmental, non-governmental and international organizations. We arededicated to communicating their concerns, allocating knowledgeableassistance, and joining diverse efforts working to achieve commonsolutions for healthy social and ecological environments in SouthAmerica.

For those ready tobe apart of the Festival, send us an e-mail at: contact@mundusnow.org, byFriday  (we will be meeting next week.)


Are we there yet?

PJ Houser
Portland State University
Environmental Club coordinator
Campus Sustainability Office Assistant


Check out our updated website at http://eclub.groups.pdx.edu

Also, check out the EcoWiki at http://www.ecowiki.pdx.edu/