May 30, 2012

Greetings EcoWiki Readers,

We would like to invite everyone to come join the Sustainability Leadership Center and the Food Action Collective for Setting the Table: A Food Forum on Equity, Sustainability, and the State of Food at PSU.

Come engage in the discussion of food justice with a featured group of panelists.
When: Thursday, May 31st from 4 - 7:30 pm 
Where: SMSU 296 (Second Floor) at PSU 

The VBC is also still happening. Check it out HERE. 

***Correction from last week***

 PSU faculty member Pedro Ferbel-Azacarte shared some of his institutional knowledge with us in regards to VBC at PSU. We had referred to this as the first year of VBC. However....

• In 2003, PSU capstone students sponsored an evening event at Food for Thought Cafe.
• In 2004, PSUrth (a student group) created the dialogue dome and earth oven, along with permaculture plantings around Smith Center.
• In 2006, FRINQ and capstone students created the psu book bench at Millar Library. The bench was removed last year.

Wrapping up:

Next week will be the last EcoWiki Bulletin for the 2012 spring term. It has been wonderful sharing sustainability, social equity, local opportunities, and PSU spirit with all of you readers. Starting in July the Bulletin will come out on the first Wednesday of every month. Don't worry! The Bulletin will be back to its weekly rotation starting next October. 

With pleasure,

Sophia and the EcoWiki community

News

Gardening Options for Portlanders Lacking Space and Money (Neighborhood Notes) 

Making Sustainability Legal (Sightline Institute) 

Portland Based YouTube Show Links Food to Farmers (Sustainable Business Oregon) 

Ridwan Kamil, Indonesian Architect- Saving Cities With Urban Farming  (City Farmer News) 

Oregon Landscape Architects Capitalize on Their Green Edge (Daily Journal of Commerce) 

'Leisure Agriculture' is in Vogue in China (City Farmer News)

Sustainability at PSU in Peril? (PSU Vanguard) 

ODOT Analyst to Speak at PSU on Sustainable Transportation Strategies (PSU Vanguard) 

Take Back the Tap - Spring Updates (EcoWiki) 

Events

Community Built Association 2012 Conference (Wed, 05/30 12:00pm - Sat, 06/02 - 7:00pm)

Setting the Table: A Forum for Food Justice (Thu, 05/31 4:00pm - 7:30pm)

VBC Earthbench Building Work Party (Thurs, May 31st from 10am -5pm) 

COUNT-IT Birding (Sat, 06/02 9:00am - 12:00pm) 

Spring Tree Care Workshop: Pest & Disease Management w/ Portland Fruit Tree Project (Sat, 06/02 10:00am - 1:00pm)

VBC Earthbench Building Work Party (Sat, June 2nd from 10am - 5pm)  

Opportunities

Invasive Species Paid Internship (Expires Tues. July 31st) 

Sustainability Intern, Micro Mercantes, Hacienda CDC (Expires Sat. June 6th)

AmeriCorps Positions at Linfield (Open Until Filled) 

Paid-Clean Technology Development Intern with Oregon Best (Expires June 21st)

Oregon Sustainability Award Applicants Sought (KTVZ)

Oregon Student Foundation Announces 12th Annual Oregon Student of Color (OSCC) Conference (Expires Tue, July 31st) 

Anthropology Service Learning Project (Sat, June 2nd)

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