Upcoming Events

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October, 2011

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October 19

PSU Sustainable Solutions Seminar
A business partnership with posterity: Creating an enhanced operating system for the world's economies
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Portland State University, Shattuck Hall Annex, 1914 SW Park Avenue (Annex at SW Hall and Broadway)
Free and open to the public.

Join us this Wednesday at Portland State University for a talk and panel with Hank Patton, the Chairman of World Steward. The lecture will be streamed live, and participants from the web are welcome to put questions to the panelists.

A truly healthy economy must provide adequate jobs, security and wellness to all people while at the same time protecting natural resources for current and future generations. PSU researchers are examining alternative solutions to enable economies to perform all these functions effectively and efficiently. One possible approach, called “intergenerational finance,” gives future generations the ability to partner with actors in today’s economy through trustees, long-term financing and markets based on scientifically developed metrics designed to assure greater and more equitable wealth creation while restoring natural systems. Hank Patton, the concept’s designer, will present the idea, and researchers will lead a discussion on it and other proposed solutions, like taxes, public trusts, regulation and cap and trade.

Download the background paper.

Stream the lecture live (5PM PST 19 October 2011).

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October 29–30

Building the Dry Stone Wall
Two days $100, lunches and rock included.

Join old world craftsmen as the puzzle of wild native rock is resolved in walls that don’t fall down. The world’s largest jigsaw! Remember the weather, and serious gloves.

Contact: phil at worldsteward.org, or 509.538.2500

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November, 2011

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November 20

Composthermal Heating with Baled Hay
Cold Spring Farm
$50/adult plus $5/kids, lunch included.
Work-study scholarship available.
Limited to 12; participants take their project home.

A hands-on workshop building low cost warmframes.

Contact: nichole at worldsteward.org

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November 25–26

Neighborwood Days: Earn Your Firewood!
Lunches available, scheduled in advance.
7 hours of real work!
Families welcome.

Join a crew of forest stewards improving habitat for the white oak, and reducing fuel loads in the Little White Salmon Biodiversity Reserve.

Contact: lwsbr at worldsteward.org

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If you would like, please look at an overview of past events and educational workshops at Highland Center and Coldspring»