Registration extended: new class added! No-cost, six-session course: “How to Be an Agent of Change”
Six Wednesdays: February 15, 22, 29, 7, 14, break, April 11, 6:00pm-7:45pm
Six Thursdays: February 23, March 1, 8, 15, 22, break, April 12, 6:00pm-7:45pm
(Above times don’t work for you? Contact us to hear about additional course offerings.)
Juliet Schor
Increasingly Americans are giving up more and more of their time to the market. The market, which is supposed to be a tool, has grown into a hungry being that needs to be tended, groomed, and assuaged.
We talk about job creation and economic growth in terms of living to work, rather than working to live. Can't make ends meet? Work harder. Shouldn't our focus on job creation be about more than just a means to enable our increased consumption?
The Green Professionals Conference is the largest conference of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. More than just a green job fair, the conference is designed to recruit public and private companies and corporations, government agencies, elected officials, universities, trade schools and non-profits under one roof with the goal of furthering sustainability, energy efficiency and renewable energy industry growth. www.green-professional.com
The rapidly-expanding Portland Eco-School Network, a project of the Center for Earth Leadership, now includes parents from 40 schools who are introducing sustainable practices and raising eco-awareness at school.
The Network is hosting an informational meeting for interested parents and teachers in the Beaverton School District and nearby districts to consider how the Network might be expanded into that area.
The NetImpact11 "Welcome to Oregon" Launch Party will kick off the 19th annual Net Impact Conference. Join 1,000 local and national leaders and future leaders from businesses and graduate schools across the country who believe in a sustainable future. Local businesses and organizations will be showcased. Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Save $5 with this discount code: GreenDrinks. Register here: http://nilaunchparty.eventbrite.com/
“Residential Energy Consumption Variation Research”
Phillip Kelsven, Program Analyst, Conservation Services Group
Wednesday, October 19th @ 5:30 to 7:00 PM
Meet us at The Guild Public House, 1101 East Burnside
Have a Signature FoE Drink & Enjoy Happy Hour until 7pm, just for us! $3 draft beers & well drinks
Appetizers served at 5:30 sharp by your favorite local energy folks
