From the category archives:

Green Portland

Portland area democratic school blog – Village Free School blog

October 8, 2011

I know, I’ve been semi-absent lately, but I’ve been spending a lot of time working on a new blog for my son’s school. If you’re in PDX, Cedar’s school, Village Free School is well worth checking out. Village Free School is an awesome democratic school in SE Portland, and the least expensive private school in the PDX [...]

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2011 Green Sprouts Festival is Tomorrow!

September 24, 2011

Somehow, it entirely skipped my mind that Green Sprouts Festival is happening tomorrow. What the… ? In any case, I go every year, and if you’re in PDX, you should attend as well. Green Sprouts celebrates and promotes the nurturing of life through nature, with a heaping dose of green goods and services, plus activities [...]

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PDX Fun: The Oregon Berry Festival

July 20, 2011

Celebrate summer in PDX with the The Oregon Berry Festival. July 22nd & 23rd you can head to this fun family event which includes stuff like… Children’s activities Live entertainment How-to pie making demonstration (5pm Friday) A PDX chef berry cook-off Comedy juggler Agribusiness Tour – Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island Ice Cream Making [...]

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PDX Fun – Portland Farmers Market Celebrates 20th Birthday

June 15, 2011

Just a quick FYI to my PDX friends, the Portland Farmers Market will be celebrating it’s 20th birthday with a fun party. There will be festivities, such as crafts and farmer dunking (so I hear) and of course, plenty of fresh birthday treats served up by local chefs. As an added bonus, this year’s reusable [...]

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Arbor Day 2011

April 5, 2011

Arbor Day week, yes week, is in full swing here in Oregon. Maybe it’s all the trees, or the general environmental-savvy ideals around here, but no matter what makes us do it, in Oregon we celebrate Arbor Day for the entire first full week of April each year. Nationally, Arbor Day is celebrated the last [...]

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PDX Farmers Market Reusable Bag Design Contest

March 7, 2011

The Portland Farmers Market 2011 season is kicking off soon – March 19th to be precise. However, if you’re a high school student you can already get involved in some Farmers Market fun. COUNTRY Financial, a 2011 season sponsor, recently launched a Reusable Bag Design Contest for Portland Public Schools high school students. No word [...]

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Two Cool Documentary Films Showing October 3rd in PDX

November 2, 2010

FYI if you live in PDX, there are two awesome looking documentaries showing in the area tomorrow night (October 3rd). I’m not going to discuss these much yet (although I will review after seeing them). I’ll just let you watch the previews for yourself… The first is PLAY AGAIN. Which is about how children spend [...]

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Coming up soon: 5th Annual Green Sprouts Festival in Portland

September 22, 2010

If you happen to live in PDX, heads up, because this year’s Green Sprouts Festival is coming up this weekend. I spaced it – it’s been busy. Last year I went to the show with my best friend Sara and also Beth; fellow Inhabitots blogger and owner of Petite Planet. I had a good time [...]

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PDX Locals: PDXSwap

January 14, 2010

If you’re a local here in PDX and you’re looking for a way to cut down on new clothing consumption then you may want to check out PDXSwap. I just read about this group in the latest issue of Portland family Magazine, and while I haven’t tried the PDX group I did have a group [...]

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PDX Locals – Free Admission Day at Portland Japanese Garden

October 27, 2009

The Portland Japanese Garden is holding a free admission day on November 11, Wednesday from 10am-4pm. The free event is sponsored by KOIN Local 6. Besides being a cool nature fall outing for your family, the event will also benefit Janus Youth Programs through the collection of voluntary donations at the Admission Gate. Janus Youth [...]