The Fix-It Fairs are free events designed to save you money and connect you to resources. Fix-It Fairs occur seasonally, on three Saturday mornings during the winter (between November and February) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at various locations around Portland.
What you'll find at a Fix-It Fair
Ongoing exhibits and hourly workshops on such topics as:
Water and energy savings
Safe and healthy home
Food and nutrition
Neighborhood and community resources
Recycling
Weatherizing your home
Gardening and growing your own food
Yard care and composting
Transportation
Plus
The Fix-It Fairs are free events designed to save you money and connect you to resources. Fix-It Fairs occur seasonally, on three Saturday mornings during the winter (between November and February) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at various locations around Portland.
What you'll find at a Fix-It Fair
Ongoing exhibits and hourly workshops on such topics as:
Water and energy savings
Safe and healthy home
Food and nutrition
Neighborhood and community resources
Recycling
Weatherizing your home
Gardening and growing your own food
Yard care and composting
Transportation
Plus
The Fix-It Fairs are free events designed to save you money and connect you to resources. Fix-It Fairs occur seasonally, on three Saturday mornings during the winter (between November and February) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at various locations around Portland. The first Fix-it Fair of the season is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
What you'll find at a Fix-It Fair
Ongoing exhibits and hourly workshops on such topics as:
Water and energy savings
Safe and healthy home
Food and nutrition
Neighborhood and community resources
Recycling
Weatherizing your home
SAVING ENERGY IN YOUR HOME is a free, 90-minute workshop for homeowners and renters featuring practical strategies to cut energy use.
Energy savings bring multiple benefits to you and your community, including:
• Lower natural gas and electricity bills
• Improved home comfort
• Reduced household carbon footprint
• Rebates, tax credits and home loans
Come see the new water and energy efficient Water House and learn about cutting your energy bills!
Green Home remodel Basics and more! Learn in a fun environment about water and energy efficeiny, materials, indoor air quality, local resources and incentives.
Coffee and tea provided.
Come see the Water House and learn about remodeling and upgrading your own!
Speaker: Valerie Garrett, LEED AP, Coordinator, Regional Green Building Hotline
The Regional Green Building Hotline is a FREE community resource from Metro, the City of Portland, Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.
Please join us for the Multnomah County Sustainability Film Series' Portland premier of Food Fight, a fascinating look at the industrial food model and the local food movement that is building. A presentation and discussion of the Multnomah Food Action Plan 15-year roadmap to a healthy, equitable, and prosperous local food system will immediately follow the film. www.multnomahfood.org
Join us for the Junk to Funk Trashion Collective’s 5th year anniversary party “Transformation” on Saturday February 5th 2011. This celebration will be a gallery installation showcase featuring new recycled fashion garments from their top “House of Trashion” designers to provide a fun, new way to experience trashion off the runway - up close and personal. The event will also serve as the re-launch of the Junk to Funk Trashion Collective.
