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Nick Houtman
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The Corvallis City Club is part of the Sustainability Coalition and forwards this calendar as a service to our members.
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Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS CALENDAR
October 2011
Events for people who want to learn about and get involved
with efforts to make Corvallis and Benton County
sustainable communities
Saturday, Oct 1 (4:30 - 8:30 pm)
Supper at
SAGE
A 4-course wine dinner to benefit Corvallis
Farm-to-School and the Starker
Arts Garden
for Education (SAGE), 45th Place
and Country Club Drive
Cost: $55 - tickets must be purchased in advance at www.corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org
Cost: $55 - tickets must be purchased in advance at www.corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org
Contact: SA...@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org,
541-753-9211
Sponsors: Corvallis Environmental Center, Slow Food Corvallis, Stahlbush Island Farms, Tyee Wine Cellars, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Gathering Together Farm, Fireworks Restaurant, Afton Field Farm, South Corvallis Food Bank, Korvis Automation, Good Samaritan, Denison Farms, Le Patissier, Rocket Queen Cupcakes, Oregon Tilth
Sponsors: Corvallis Environmental Center, Slow Food Corvallis, Stahlbush Island Farms, Tyee Wine Cellars, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Gathering Together Farm, Fireworks Restaurant, Afton Field Farm, South Corvallis Food Bank, Korvis Automation, Good Samaritan, Denison Farms, Le Patissier, Rocket Queen Cupcakes, Oregon Tilth
Tuesday,
Oct 4 (3:00 – 6:00 pm)
Picture
This! Recycling Craft Party
OSU Recycling Warehouse, 644
SW 13th Street
Contact: Andrea Norris, andrea...@oregonstate.edu
or 541-737-5398
Sponsor: OSU Campus Recycling
More info at http://tiny.cc/PictureThis
SATURDAY, Oct
8 (7:30 am - 12 noon)
half-day
local birding walk
Location: meet at Benton Center to travel to Finley National Wildlife Refuge
Contact: Marcia Cutler, marcia...@comcast.net
Sponsor: Audubon Society of Corvallis
Location: meet at Benton Center to travel to Finley National Wildlife Refuge
Contact: Marcia Cutler, marcia...@comcast.net
Sponsor: Audubon Society of Corvallis
Wednesdays,
OCT 12 to NOV
23 (7:30 - 8:30 pm)
Prosperity
Without Growth
– Book Discussion Group
Room 106B, First United Methodist
Church, 1165 NW Monroe, Corvallis
Cost of book: $18
Contact: Maureen Beezhold, 541-752-3517 or maure...@peak.org
Sponsor: The Natural Step/Corvallis and the First United Methodist Church
SUNDAY, OCT 16 (10:00 am)
Hike along
Marys Peak East Ridge and Tie Trails
Corvallis meeting place provided upon registration. Pre-registration required.
Contact: Loretta Rivard, 541-753-6884
Sponsor: Marys Peak Group, Sierra Club
Corvallis meeting place provided upon registration. Pre-registration required.
Contact: Loretta Rivard, 541-753-6884
Sponsor: Marys Peak Group, Sierra Club
Tuesdays,
Oct 18 to
Dec 6 (6:00 – 8:30 pm) and Saturday, Oct 29 - Register by 10/10
Neighborhood
Sustainability Stewards Volunteer Program training course
First Presbyterian Church, Dennis
Room, 114 SW 8th Street, Corvallis
Cost: $50.00
Cost: $50.00
Contact: Jody Einerson 541-766-6311 or jody.e...@oregonstate.edu
Sponsor: OSU Extension Service Benton County in partnership with Energize Corvallis
Sponsor: OSU Extension Service Benton County in partnership with Energize Corvallis
Saturday,
Oct 18 (1:00 – 4:00 pm)
Oregon
History
Avery House
Nature Center
Contact: ah...@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org
Sponsor: Corvallis Environmental Center AHNC
Contact: ah...@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org
Sponsor: Corvallis Environmental Center AHNC
WEDNESDAY, OCT 19 (7:00 pm)
SAVING ENERGY LOAN FUND (SELF): Your
project, our money
Use it or lose it! Low-interest loans available
through December for home energy efficiency upgrades. Learn about the
SELF and other funding opportunities. Jumpstart your efficiency wish list
before the holidays.
First Alternative Co-op – South Store Community
Meeting Room
Contact: www.EnergizeCorvallis.org
Sponsor: Corvallis
Environmental Center
and the Sustainability Coalition’s Energy Action Team
THURSDAY, OCT 20 (7:00 pm to
8:45 pm)
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILDLIFE:
Confronting the Challenge on the Oregon
Landscape
Presentation by Dr. Audrey Hatch, Project Leader for
the Western Governors Association Initiative on Wildlife Corridors and Crucial
Wildlife Habitat
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Corvallis
FRIDAY, OCT 21 (12:00 noon
to 1:30 pm)
SUSTAINABILITY COALITION QUARTERLY
GATHERING
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Contact: in...@sustainablecorvallis.com, 541-230-1237
Sponsor: Corvallis
Sustainability Coalition
FRIDAY, OCT 21 (7:00 pm)
The Magic
Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger
Corvallis High School Theater
$7 donation, or give what you can
Contact: sarah.w...@oregonstate.edu
Sponsors: Spring Creek Project, OSU Center
for the Humanities, and others
MONDAY, OCT 24
– SUNDAY, OCT 30 (All Week)
LOCAL EATS WEEK: Savor the Flavor of
the Valley!
$6 Sample Plates featuring local ingredients at Local
6 restaurants
Sponsors: Sustainability Coalition’s Food Action
Team, First Alternative Co-op
MONDAY, OCT 24 (7:00 pm)
NATIONAL FOOD DAY CELEBRATION: Film
Showing & Discussion
Join us for two films (“Nourish” and
“SAGE: What Makes a Garden Grow”) and brief presentations by local
food activists.
First Presbyterian Church (Dennis Hall), 114 SW 8th Street
Suggested donation: $5 and/or canned goods for South
Corvallis Food Bank
Contact: Victoria Martinez, vict...@anovationgroup.com
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Corvallis
Friday,
Oct 28 (7:30 pm)
Brian
Turner, poet laureate of New
Zealand
The Valley Library Rotunda – Oregon State
University
Contact: charles....@oregonstate.edu
Co-sponsors: Spring Creek Project for Nature, Ideas, and the Written
Word and the OSU Department of English
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