Plastic Campaign Web Mail Manager Needed! This technologically savy individual is needed to help merge all of our petition signers into a cooler email account so we can message to them and coalition groups. Please contact Charlie at cplybon@surfrider.org
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Kick off your shoes go barefoot on July 9th as we partner once again with Barefoot Wine and Bubbly For the Barefoot Beach Rescue Project and Celebration. Details above and on our facebook and evite pages linked below. We’ll be celebrating after the cleanup with participants at Buffalo Gap Saloon for a little karaoke-off all the while enjoying libations from our partners at Barefoot Wine! We hope to see you there, RSVP details linked below or on our Facebook event page.
Everyday millions of pounds of food waste are thrown away and sent to landfills where it sits around, taking up space, contaminating ground water, and releasing methane (a greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. What can we do to help alleviate this problem? COMPOST!
That’s right, at the next Surfrider Portland Chapter Meeting, on May 10th, volunteer Gregg Hayward will be teaching us how to build worm bins to compost our own food waste right at home.
Besides being the easy, clean, and the raddest science experience ever, worm composting reduces the amount of waste we send to the landfill, while producing the best natural fertilizer on Earth for our plants fruits and vegetables. Not to mention that composting strengthens our soils, holds water, and can help reduce erosion keeping our oceans and beaches clean!
If you’re interested in building your own bin, please email Gregg by May 8th and he’ll buy all the supplies you’ll need to build your bin (he’ll maybe even include some worms to get you started). Then at the May 10th meeting he’ll lead us through all the steps to build, maintain and eventually harvest our bins, plus provide a lot of interesting and hilarious facts along the way.
Don’t want to buy a worm bin, but want to come to the meeting to learn! That’s fine too. Hope to see you there.
Where: Lucky Lab Brewery, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR
(minors allowed with adults)
When: 7:30-9:00pm Tuesday May 10th, 2011
What: Monthly PDX Meeting and Worm Bin Composting presentation and building exercise.
*Please note, this event has been moved to Oaks Crossing Natural Area, which is right next to Sellwood Riverfront Park due to high water levels.
This Earth Day join Surfrider Portland in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation and Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School in an educational, hands-on work party at Sellwood Park! ( This was originally at Elk Rock )
On Saturday, April 23 from 9-11am the whole family* is encouraged to come lend a helping hand to restore and revitalize this splendid natural area.
*Small children must be accompanied by an adult and middle schoolers must have one adult for every 4-5 kids.
What:
Work Party to clean-up trash, remove invasive plant species and plant natives.
When:
Saturday April 23, 2011
9am Registration (early bird gets snacks and drink)
9am-11am Work Party
11am-1pm Educational Walking Tour of Island (optional for volunteers)
Where:
SE Spokane St & Oaks Pkwy
What Else:
Water, tools, gloves and fun are provided. Please bring a reusable water bottle, sturdy shoes, and appropriate clothing you don’t mind getting dirty.
Volunteers are encouraged to pre-register with Lisa by email at lisa.lynch@oregonsurfrider.org
Marina DeBris's winning photo for this week (yes that's really the last name!)
Ever wanted to just leave it all behind for a few weeks and hop on a sailing boat somewhere in the south pacific for 10 days? Now’s your big chance! The Chaco Waves for Change art contest is now accepting digital submissions of artwork that demonstrates our world’s addiction to single-use plastic. They’ve teamed up with Wend Magazine and 5 Gyres to offer this exciting opportunity. From January 3 through March 13 just submit a digital image of your plastic-inspired artwork here and each week we’ll select a winning plastic-purposed artistic contribution. You can submit a new contribution each week-–as long as the artistic medium differs from that of your previous contribution. The Grand prize: roundtrip airfare and a 10 day sailing expedition leaving from Tahiti to the Cook Islands. Read more
We need your help this weekend for the Ross Island Cleanup! Do due heavy weather conditions in October, we had to switch the date which means we need more volunteers! Come out this Saturday from 8am-noon, check out the post below for all the details and contact information. Together we can help keep our rivers from carrying our litter downstream.
Also this Saturday night we’re tabling at the Donovan Franenreiter show, who just happens to be a big supporter of Surfrider Foundation. Come check out the show with us, details on the flyer or contact mason.brock@yahoo.com for volunteer information.
