Our five-day, hands-on program offers two distinct tracks for professionals and graduate students: Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems and Sustainable Urban Built Environments.
With an emphasis on field exploration and hands-on discovery, participants will meet and interact with nationally recognized business leaders and experts who have put sustainability at the forefront of their work.
Do you like the idea of doing good and having fun? Join us at a potluck and reception for Michael Strong and Magatte Wade.
Michael's latest book is “Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems,” co-authored with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market; Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Hernando de Soto, Co-Chair of the UN Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor; and others. Michael also created an innovative school in New Mexico ranked among the best public high schools in the US.
Portland Roasting Coffee presents Walk for Water, a 3.1-mile amble around the Willamette that approximates the plight of millions of people worldwide who suffer from access to clean water. Walker registration fees and sponsors help raise money to fund the construction of wells in coffee-growing regions of Tanzania.
Photo of the Year is an annual photography contest benefiting natural science education through the MESD Outdoor School Program. For more information and tickets to the Photo of the Year 2009 Awards Gala, visit www.photooftheyear.net
