Category Archives: Environment

Trucks for Trees–Friends of Trees Needs You!

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Volunteer with your truck…and help plant trees in your neighborhood!

How to Get Involved:
Can you volunteer at the King Tree Planting?
February 12, 2011 8am-1pm
Yes? Great! Contact your Neighborhood Coordinator:
Irek Wielgosz (503) 828-6943

Want to volunteer with your truck at another planting?
Contact Friends of Trees at 503-282-8846 x18 or visit www.FriendsOfTrees.org/Volunteer. We need your help moving young trees to their new planting sites at your neighbors’ homes. Breakfast and lunch are included with this morning volunteer opportunity!

Get in on Friends of Trees’ Spring Planting

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Your tree is waiting (and waiting) for you
People in more than 40 neighborhoods can still buy trees to plant at their homes this spring. If you haven’t ordered your tree yet, don’t miss this chance to make your home happier, healthier and wealthier. This slideshow on January 20 can help you choose which tree to order. Read about a new Portland study that links tree-lined neighborhoods with healthy newborns.

Be a leader this winter
If you missed our fall crew leader trainings, it’s not too late to join our team of well-loved leaders. Sign up online for our January 27 and 29 trainings.
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Community Watershed Stewardship Grants

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2011-2012 CWSP Grant Application and Workshops

Now Accepting Applications!
The Community Watershed Stewardship Program is now accepting applications. CWSP provides annual stewardship grants of up to $10,000 for community projects that protect and enhance watershed health.

Funded projects engage the community and benefit the watershed and can include education, stormwater management, restoration, pavement removal, community gardens, and more.

Please visit the CWSP website to learn how to apply, view resources for grant writers, and download the 2011-2012 application packet.

Applications are due Friday April 8th at 4 PM.

Community Watershed Stewardship Information Sessions
Join the CWSP at one of our upcoming community events to learn about the application process and talk to others involved in community watershed stewardship. Your RSVP to Garrett Phillips at 503-823-7917, or garrett.phillips@portlandoregon.gov, is appreciated but not required.

Saturday, January 22nd
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Central Library
801 SW 10th Avenue

Wednesday, January 26th
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Kenton Library
8226 N. Denver

Thursday, February 17th
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
East Portland Community Center
Multipurpose Room 3
740 SE 106th Avenue

We’re here to help
Call Garrett Phillips or Bridger Wineman at 503.823.7917 to talk about specific project ideas or learn how to become involved in watershed stewardship in your community. We can help with project scoping, refer you to technical expertise, and help you make connections with other groups.

2009-2010 Annual Report with Project Examples

Community Watershed Stewardship Program Website

Green building questions answered

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Metro, the City of Portland, Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties want to ensure you know about their joint community resource the Regional Green Building Hotline. The Hotline provides practical and impartial information about green home strategies, resources and incentives for new and existing commercial and residential projects in the region. We’ll answer your questions about ways to reduce your carbon footprint, renewable energy, indoor air quality, salvage, training workshops and more. The Hotline is a bridge to the information, programs and local resources to help you be as green as you would like to be.

Inquiries are welcomed from homeowners, renters, real estate professionals, non-profits, contractors, students, developers, business owners and design professionals in the tri-county area. It is the Hotline’s intent to inspire callers (not overwhelm!) to incorporate as many sustainable choices, either material or behavioral, into their projects as possible. The Hotline can also help callers overcome barriers and obstacles they have around green building.

A great place to start is right where you are, know which resources are available and take it one day at a time. How can you get money back on my stormwater/sewer bill? What actions can you take to save on your home energy use? Where can you tour a green home? When is the next class on rain gardens? What is the WaterSense label? How can I retrofit my house to age-in-place? Can I get a rebate for planting a tree? Call us!

The FREE Regional Green Building Hotline can help! 503.823.5431
www.buildgreen411.com
we tweet! @greenhotline
join us on Facebook: Green Development Resource Center.

Citywide Tree Project Open House on Wednesday, January 19

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From the Bureau of Planning and Sustainabillity:

Residents invited to talk with City staff and Urban Forestry Commissioners about the upcoming proposal to City Council

Open house about the Citywide Tree Project, a citywide project to enhance Portland’s urban forest through regulatory improvement and improved customer service

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 2500A
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