Agenda Item - 2010-04-19 Sustainability Action Month
Saturday. May 1 Monday. May 10 Sunday. May 16 Saturday. May 22
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Sustainability Action Month Craft How to Generate One Trash Can(or less!) Lake Oswego Farmers'Market
Celebrate community sustainability and Plant a Seed and decorate a recycled of Garbage a Year Stop by the Sustainability booth for more
give your neighbors a hand! Pre-registration "flowerpot"that your seed can grow in. Jean Baumann of Present Dynamics, Inc. information about Sustainability Action
requested. For more information and to For ages 6 and up.Sign up required; please will show you everyday choices that you can Month and how you can get involved.
register,visit www.nhn-lo.com.Meet at call 503-697-6580 to register.Lake Oswego make to reduce household waste to one Millenium Plaza Park, 8:30am-1:30pm
George Rogers Park, 8:30am-1pm Library(706 4`h Street),4:30-5:30pm trash can a year. New Thought Center for Sustainability Fair:Food,Wine and Home
Community Shred Day Wednesday. May 12 Spiritual Living(1040 CAve), 1 2pm Speakers will discuss sustainable remodeling
Protect your identity and the environment by Intensive Vegetable Gardening Landscaping for Conservation and building options, preservation of the
shredding your sensitive documents. Brought Learn how to grow more in a small Join Stephanie Wagner from Friends of built environment,environmentally-friendly
to you by the City of Lake Oswego and EFI. space in this practical class for the urban Tryon Creek and learn how your garden food and wine choices,and much more. A
Your donations of canned food and dry agriculturalist. Pre-registration required; can function more like the natural system variety of vendors will showcase a wide
goods for the Oregon Food Bank are greatly call 503-675-2549 to register($31 for Lake surrounding us. Pre-registration requested. range of sustainable products and services.
appreciated. West End Building parking lot Oswego residents/$35 for non-residents). Register online at http://www.trvonfriends. Holy Names Heritage Center(17425 Holy
(4101 Kruse Way), 10am-1pm Luscher Farm(125 Rosemont Road), 6-8pm ora/adult-Drogrammine or call 503-636- Names Drive), 11am-4pm
4398. Tryon Creek State Natural Area,
Sunday. May 2 Friday. May 14 Sunday May 23
Sustainability Day at Tryon Creek State Chamber of Commerce Networking Event 1-4pm Is"Going Green"Enough?
Natural Area Business networking event hosted by Otak. Tuesday, May 18 Learn the difference between "going green"
Learn simple ways that you can reduce your Otak offices(17355 Boones Ferry Road), Chamber of Commerce FORGE Business and "being sustainable"with Jean Baumann;
impact on the environment at this family- 7:30-9:30am Education Seminar with Duke Castle she'll share the reasons why and the ways to
friendly event. Tryon Creek State Natural Integrating sustainability into your strategic adopt strategic sustainability in organizations.
Saturday. May 15
Area, 1-4pm business plan.To register, call 503-636- New Thought Center for Spiritual Living(1040
Deep Green,a feature-length 3634($20 for LOCC members/$25 for non- CAve), 1 -2:30pm
Thursday. May 6 documentary by Lake Oswego resident members).BP John Admin Building, Room
Right Size Housing Matt Briggs 200, Marylhurst University(17600 Pacific Tuesday. May 25
Learn about attainable housing and Lake Deep Green is an upbeat documentary that Environmental Book Group Meeting
Oswego's changing demographics and uncovers,worldwide,the best people with Highway), 11:30am 1:30pm Discuss the best environmental books every
housing needs.Adult Community Center(505 the best solutions to de-carbonize energy The Dragonfly's Question with author 4th Tuesday. Lake Oswego Library(706 4`h
GAve), 10-11:30am and restore the natural world. Matt Briggs Darcy Hitchcock Street), 7-8:30pm
will introduce the film and take questions Author presentation at the Lake Oswego
Friday, May 7 Friday. May 28
Chamber of Commerce Networking Event afterwards.Lake Grove Presbyterian Library. Lake Oswego Library(7064`h Street), Chamber of Commerce Networking Event
Business networking event hosted by the Church(4040 Sunset Drive), 7:30pm 7 8:30pm Business networking event hosted by
City of Lake Oswego,Clackamas County and Lake Oswego Farmers'Market Friday. May 21 Umpqua Bank. Umpqua Bank(201 B Ave),
Allied Waste.Topic:Sustainability resources Stop by the Sustainability booth for more Chamber of Commerce Networking Event 7:30-9:30am
for businesses. City Hall(380AAve), 7:30- information about Sustainability Action Business networking event hosted by the Saturday. May 29
9:30am Month and how you can get involved. Lake Oswego School District. West End Lake Oswego Farmers'Market
Saturday. May 8 Millenium Plaza Park, 8:30am-1:30pm Building, Willamette Room(4101 Kruse Come out for a large selection of seasonal
Backyard Chickens Historic Home Tour Way), 7:30 9:30am fruits and vegetables, art,and music.
Learn all about keeping chickens in your Celebrate National Historic Preservation Saturday. May 22 Millenium Plaza Park, 8:30am-1:30pm
backyard. Pre-registration required.Call 503- Month by touring several of Lake Oswego's Century Trees Bike Ride
675-2549 to register($15 for Lake Oswego historic homes. Pre-registration required Join the Planning Department's Green �EwicoyA
residents/$17 for non-residents).Luscher ($20 for Oswego Heritage members/$30 Team as they host a 12 mile bicycle tour Q LAKE OSWEGO
Farm(125 Rosemont Road),9:30-11am for non-members).To register,go to: of Lake Oswego's Century Trees. For more * e "°"001 19102010
www.osweeoheritaee.org.Begin tour at information and to register, please contact 1 1
Oswego Heritage House(398 10th Street), Laura Weigel at Iweigekkci.oswego.or.us.
11am Meet at Lower Millenium Park,9am
For more information, check out www.ci.oswego.or.us/plan/sustainability or contact Justin Bates at 503-635-0286