Join Portland State University for the last Social Sustainability Colloquium of the term for conversations and questions regarding what is guiding the current economy. The Colloquium is sponsored by the Social Sustainability Network and the Center for Professional Integrity & Accountability.
Friday, Mar 12. 12 noon – 2pm
Academic & Student Rec Center
School of Social Work Room 660
1800 SW 6th Avenue, 6th Floor
Looking for a great lunch spot in the area? Head to Buddha Bites just up the street on SW 4th & Hall for mouth-watering plates. Buddha Bites prides itself on offering seasonal, local, organic choices for their Portland customers, making them (and their tasty sandwiches) a favorite in the Cyan/PDX office. As if their BLT and veggie melt weren’t enough, Buddha Bites brews their own chai tea!
Since there are so many Bites to choose from, Cyan/PDX is going to help out. This week, we’re full-heartedly behind the Grilled Club–great with either homemade Naan bread or gluten-free bread.
Head to http://buddhabitespdx.blogspot.com/ for their full menu, catering options, and more!
A handful of northwest businesses urged congress this week to approve comprehensive climate legislation, citing it as an opportunity to jumpstart thousands of jobs and support a healthier environment.
Mark Edlen, a managing principal of Gerding Edlen, said a combination of extended tax credits and other incentives could produce thousands of jobs. In Portland alone, perhaps half of 75 million square feet of commercial office space needs to be retrofitted with efficient electrical, water and sewage systems, he said.
He proposed increasing the gas tax and dedicating a portion of it to energy efficiency projects, saying there is “a generation’s worth of work” for laborers, electricians, architects, engineers and those who arrange financing for such projects.
Continue reading The Oregonian’s coverage of Tuesday’s news conference.
Also present at Tuesdays conference were representatives from Nike, Starbucks, local unions & youthgroups, and more.
Congrats to Portland’s Streetcar Project for being one of the selected projects out of over 1400 applicants to receive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funding through the US Department of Transportation. The project will support the addition of traffic lanes, streetcar tracks, and cycling/pedestrian options throughout the South Waterfront area. Read More.
Want to take advantage of Portland’s Streetcar but aren’t sure how? Head to www.portlandstreetcar.org for updates, schedules, maps, and great ways to explore the city by streetcar. Hop on at SW 4th & Harrison from Cyan/PDX and enjoy all that Fareless Square has to offer!
Looking to get Valentine’s Day weekend off to a fun start? Get your tickets for tonight’s 4th Annual Valentine’s Ball to support the Oregon Active Foundation. The Oregon Active Foundation is a 501(c) (3) non-profit dedicated to providing outdoor adventures for those in our community that are affected by life-challenging conditions. The Oregon Active Foundation focuses on facilitating these adventures for young adults battling cancer, at-risk children in challenging situations, and members of our community with disabilities.
Grab a group of friends or invite that specal someone to join in the fun and dancing tonight. ORA will be hosting a silent and live auction with items including, but not limited to: kiteboarding lessons, “meet and greet” with Blazer Rudy Fernandez, state-wide adventure getaways, horseback wine tours, and fly fishing tours.
When: Thursday, February 11, 2010. 7:30pm-12am. Doors close at 8pm.
Where: Crown Ballroom, 918 SW. Yamhill, 5th Floor.
Attire: Formal attire encouraged.
Cost: $45 at the door. Proceeds support the Oregon Active Foundation and the great work they do for the Oregon community.
Dennis Wilde, principal at Gerding Edlen Development, kicks off the Real Estate Sustainability Series with a discussion of the proposed Oregon Sustainability Center. This Net Zero project is a collaborative effort to build the most environmentally responsible high-rise ever attempted, anywhere.
Join in on the discussion with a Q&A session following the program. February 25 , Arlington Club (811 SW Salmon Street). Registration begins at 4 pm, program begins at 4:15pm.
RSVP to Kelsey at khultengren@perkinsaccounting.com or 503.221.7548.
Join the celebration of nature, by volunteering your time and energy to something you love and want others to enjoy. Oregon Metro offers up different volunteer programs for different folks. Whether it is the fun of showing both children and adults alike how to discover nature or doing restoration projects, you will discover something within yourself. This site also gives information on activities to do, places to go and sustainable living. So give an hour do teach someone, something new!
Do you occasionally need someone to feed your cat, or take your dog for a walk?
Are there times you’d like a dog-sitter, without paying the pricey daycare fees?
Do you think it’d be nice to let your pet socialize with other pets through play dates or walks?
Join the only social networking site for downtown Portland area apartments created for The Cyan’s animal owners:
Cyan Paws!For weeks now the Cyan has been mourning the loss of one of our two clown fish twins. Its disappearance and lack of physical evidence (no floating fish body) was somewhat of a mystery to all of our residents; “one moment it was swimming around having a great time and the next….gone” exclaimed one distraught residents. Even after putting our best detective skills to work we came up empty handed. For all our efforts we could not solve the mystery of the disappearing clown fish twin.
Over the next few weeks we continued to search for any signs of our lost friend with no luck. Our other clown fish wouldn’t give up the search and seemed heart broken, never leaving the top of the tank. With the loss of its twin clown fish it looked like we would lose our other clown fish too. After we had given up all hope on ever knowing what had happened to our fishy friend its twin gave us a sign! While cleaning out the 85 gallon tank our other clown fish would not move from the filter area and time and time again tried to swim up the filter hose. That’s when we saw it! A flipper slap the top of the water in the over flow filter! After some wrangling around the filter tank we found our clown fish was safe and sound!! For two weeks our little friend had kept itself alive swimming around in the over flow tank after being sucked up into the filter system.
Today our clown fish twins are reunited and happily swimming around the Cyan tank with all of their other fishy friends! If you are interested in meeting this heroic little swimmer stop by the Cyan leasing office and we will introduce you.
To see more and watch a few videos go to http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/.
