To celebrate National Walking Day we’ve created a new NW Portland walking route highlighting the NW Flanders Crossing and some great neighborhood greenways. Whether you take a walk in Northwest or chose one of our Suggested Walks Around Portland near you, be sure to take to the sidewalks and trails.

Join EMSWCD in this special Earth month series of 1- hour workshops. Live free webinars on fresh topics, sign up link and more details below.

https://emswcd.org/workshops-and-events/upcoming-workshops/

Thurs, 4/7: Climate Change in Your Own Backyard: What You Can Do (12-1pm)
Thurs, 4/14: Attracting Pollinators to the Urban Garden (11am-12 pm)
Weds, 4/20: Creating an Edible Landscape (4:30-5:30pm)
Tues, 4/26: Landscaping for Wildlife (12 - 1pm)
Thurs, 4/28: Landscaping for Water Conservation (12 - 1pm)

It’s springtime and that’s high season for Fix-it Fairs. Check out this month’s listings which include programs on cooking, solar energy, financial risk management and bees! 

Portland Public School Career and Technical Education

A district-wide virtual postsecondary and career planning event for 10th and 12th grade students.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

J Haaken Productions, a Portland-based documentary team, invites the community to the Portland theatrical premiere of their latest documentary, Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line. The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with the director and participants featured in the film at 3:00 PM on Sunday April 17, 2022 at the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland. Tickets are available via the Hollywood Theatre Website and more information about the project at the Necessity website and on social media @necessitythemovie. The trailer is also available on Vimeo.

The Necessity Series is a two-part documentary directed by Jan Haaken, filmmaker and professor emeritus of psychology at Portland State University and Samantha Praus, researcher and filmmaker. Each film tells a story of everyday people and their fights to save the planet. 

After feedback from festivals, classroom and community screenings, and in consultations with our partners, the Necessity team began filming Part II which is set in the Pacific Northwest. Much like Part I, Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line is guided by Native perspectives and weaves into the film dramatic regional sites where people are fighting fossil fuels. The film continues the story of activists enlisting the necessity defense, this time in a precedent-setting jury trial in Oregon after a direct action at Zenith Energy in Portland. This story of climate resistance in the Pacific Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists and white allies as they resist oil trains and terminals in the transport of highly toxic products through critical waterways and treaty lands. In following the path of oil-by-rail and oil resistance along the Columbia, the film revisits lessons of the New Deal and what climate activists take from that era in thinking about a Green New Deal.

Earth Day may be April 22, but the celebration will be going on throughout the month of April. Earth Day Oregon has all the information you’ll need for non-profits, eco-meetups, films and a full docket of Earth Day events.

BIKETOWN will have a large promotion sponsored by Nike over Earth Day weekend, April 22-24. You will be able to get unlimited free rides up to 60 minutes as long as you lock a bike at a station or in the East Portland SuperHub zone. Otherwise it's just a $1 lockup fee. 

The Student Sustainability Center at Portland State University (PSU) is excited to host author Leah Thomas for a virtual book tour stop, reading, and question & answer event on May 5th, 2022 from 4:00-6:00PM. This event is open to the public, however registration is required to receive the Zoom link. This event is organized by the Emerging Sustainability Leaders program of PSU, a sustainability focused professional development network for PSU students and alumni.

Sponsored by Portland Public Schools and the Climate Justice Committee. 

Date: Early May

Information: https://oregongreenschools.org/sponsors-and-friends/chapters/