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Celebrate Gray Water Reuse in Oregon on World Water Day
March 22, from 5:30-7:30 pm, SEA Change Gallery.
Thanks to an awesome grassroots campaign, gray water reuse is being legalized in Oregon – let’s celebrate this major step towards a more sustainable state!!
Recode Oregon invites you to revel in this victory, while being educated about gray water and supporting Recode’s statewide organizing efforts.
The event includes:
* a debut of Recode’s new video about gray water systems;
* updates about the ongoing Gray Water Advisory Committee and rulemaking;
* a sneak preview of Recode’s new EcoSanitation campaign;
* special guest Rep. Ben Cannon – one of the gray water bill’s champions;
* food, drinks and fun!
This celebration is a benefit for Recode’s statewide organizing tour to connect people throughout the state who are working to create sustainable culture by changing laws and regulations to encourage sustainable building and land use. This tour will culminate in a state wide Recode forum to strategize on future projects and campaigns.
$5-50 sliding scale donations requested.
SEA Change Gallery is located at 625 NW Everett Street, #110, in Portland.
For more information about Recode or this event, please see www.recodeoregon.net
Jornaleros – A documentary film
VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project and Precarious Egg will be premiering “Jornaleros.” Through music, poetry, and art, “Jornaleros” documents the lives and creative work of five Portland day laborers. The film humanizes the controversy about day laborers by showing these workers, first and foremost, as artists and activists in the community.
Located at:
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
March 25, 7pm
Tickets will be sold for $6 general admission, $5 students and $4 seniors.
The preview may be seen at:
A Call For Simple Housing
A young nomad named Marco, who is committed to simple, affordable, and nomadic-style housing has asked if there might be anyone anywhere who could provide a space in their backyard for his Teepee and himself to live for a period of time, to be determined by the host. He is able to pay about $50 a month, and says that “while access to a toilet would be nice, user of a kitchen is not neccessary, though that would be nice too”.
If anyone is able to or is interested in providing space for any period of time to Marco you can email him at marcocoyol@hotmail.com to learn about him, find out more about his ideas, and decide if you’d like to try this idea out.
Referred by Mark Lakeman
Cascadia Trans & Womyn’s Action Camp
July 7th – 12th, 2010
We are happy to announce that we will be hosting the 2nd Annual Cascadia Trans’ and Womyn’s Action Camp (TWAC) this summer in Oregon. Last years event was a success with over 100 attendees and over 40 workshops! TWAC is a gathering of eco-activists who are also working to bring down patriarchy. TWAC is for folks who identify as any variety of gender variant and underrepresented genders. This will be a space to share skills in a supportive, empowering and encouraging environment.
!!GET INVOLVED!!
- Lead a workshop at the camp!
- Organize a benefit or speaking event!
- Bring us to your school!
- Help us submit an article in your school newspaper!
- Help us promote!
- Attend organizing meetings in Eugene and Portland
Come out and reclaim our place in resistance against environmental exploitation, learn and share skills, and get involved in forest defense in Cascadia!
www.twac.wordpress.com
twac@riseup.net
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