Jardin Portland Foundation is offering an interactive 4-day Deconstruction Training & Practicum seminar on sustainable deconstruction skills and opportunities. The program features 2 different seminars:
1) “Deconstruction and Materials Reuse: Strategies, Tactics, & Tools”
- Comprehensive 3-day seminar offers Insight and Overview of Deconstruction
- 2 days of intensive classroom instruction, 1 day deconstruction site visits/field trips
Take a tour of SolarWorld and learn how solar cells are made. Volunteer in elementary and middle school classrooms with our Renewable Energy Education program. Our curriculum includes hands-on lessons that introduce kids to scientific principles, renewable energy and energy conservation concepts. Volunteers work with groups of students on building wind turbines, testing insulation materials, racing solar cars and more. Experience in renewable energy, youth education, engineering, building science or related fields is helpful but not required.
Volunteer Training takes place at SolarWorld on January 29th, 8:30am-3:30pm. Participants will learn about the Renewable Energy Education Program, try out several of the renewable energy activities and tour SolarWorld's solar manufacturing process to see first hand how solar modules are made.
Sustainable Built Environment: Green Building Planning and Operations Strategies Chris Forney February 25, 2013
Water Sustainability A to Z: Innovative Conservation, Design and Management Practices Steve Fancher February 26, 2013
Forming and Facilitating Sustainability Teams: Engaging and Training Employeesin Sustainability Efforts Marsha Willard February 27, 2013
Product Stewardship: A Transformational Driver Influencing Product Design, Environmental Performance, and End of Life Management Wayne Rifer February 28, 2013
Sustainable Built Environment: Green Building Planning and Operations Strategies Chris Forney February 25, 2013
Water Sustainability A to Z: Innovative Conservation, Design and Management Practices Steve Fancher February 26, 2013
Forming and Facilitating Sustainability Teams: Engaging and Training Employeesin Sustainability Efforts Marsha Willard February 27, 2013
Product Stewardship: A Transformational Driver Influencing Product Design, Environmental Performance, and End of Life Management Wayne Rifer February 28, 2013
Once initial sustainability projects have been completed, people are often at a loss of what to do to maintain their newly acquired practices and continue to move the sustainability efforts forward. With changing personal and job responsibilities, sustainability efforts sometimes are sidelined or put on the backburner.
Management systems are the key to long term success and can be customized to fit every individual organization's needs. It does not require a third party certified management system to benefit from the management system plan-do-check-act framework.
Most organizations implementing sustainability are finding themselves in need of forming teams (steering committees, task forces, etc.). If managed skillfully, teams can be highly productive dispite the number of people and opinions involved. This class will show how to use teams most effectively in a sustainability program.
As the key ingredient for life on this planet, water is our most precious natural resource. With a constantly expanding human population, sustainable sources of clean water are shrinking due to pollution of water resources and unsustainable use rates. This workshop will present an overview of global and local water resource sustainability issues, touching on human impacts throughout the water cycle. Local water experts will discuss the latest stormwater management techniques, water conservation methods, and water-friendly landscape design.
Curious about Amma bodywork therapy, wholistic nutrition, Chinese medicine or movement arts? The Wellspring School for Healing Arts has been dedicated to providing professional training and community education since 1995. Come check out their beautiful new space in Northeast Portland, meet the teaching staff, and enjoy Amma therapy demos.
Curious about Amma bodywork therapy, wholistic nutrition, Chinese medicine or movement arts? The Wellspring School for Healing Arts has been dedicated to providing professional training and community education since 1995. Come check out their beautiful new space in Northeast Portland, meet the teaching staff, and enjoy Amma therapy demos.
