Funimators create fun animated videos to inspire social responsibility and sustainability. We'll screen a movie at each meeting and have a discussion on how we can take action to create a better world. If you want to promote social responsibly, permaculture, buying organic, composting alternative transportation, bicycling, organic gardening and buying local then this is the group for you!   We'll create one action item for each week. Action items include Facebook and social media posting, creati …

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 1-3 pm, afterschool-classes-by-request from 3:30-5:30 pm, and our adult …

Developing community, skills and resilience for an unknown future.

The Portland Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is for people who have small backyard flocks of chickens for pets, eggs, and meat. You just might be surprised at how many people living in your neighborhood have pet chickens! There is nothing quite like walking outside in the morning to gather fresh organic eggs for your breakfast! We welcome everyone that has a small backyard flock of chickens, and those that are interested in getting started raising a small backyard flock of chickens. We …

This is a group dedicated to the discussion and the spread of the idea that abundance exists and should be enabled to be at the core of our society, rather then scarcity, which is largely artificial. At its heart this is a social and environmental sustainability advocacy group. We have been been inspired to by the Zeitgeist movies: Addendum and Moving Forward, and the Venus Project. We act as the local chapter of the Zeitgeist Movement, with a very Portland community perspective. We regularly me …

Meet other locals who explore a variety of building techniques that use in-situ materials for housing: earth, clay, cob, rammed earth, earthbag, straw bale, wattle & daub, round wood, bamboo.

Anyone who wants to learn more about home gardening in the Pacific NorthWest is welcome to join. Let's learn together! I've been gardening in the NW for 11 years and am in the OSU Master Gardener 2010 class because it was time to learn more about what I was doing. I want to share what I've learned, learn from others, and have fun! My home garden is in the Alameda/Beaumont section of NE Portland and most events I host will be held here. We will likely go to visit other home gardens and go …