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By debuhr, on January 15th, 2011
Leaf piles are not just for jumping in now-a-days! A group of local Eugene citizens are giving leaf piles a higher priority in life…growing food for human consumption! We will be visiting with two members of the Potato-Leaf Project, as seen in a recent issue of Eugene Weekly, on the upcoming episode of NextStep’s Reuse Radio! Eugene Master Gardener Ginny Ducale and David Hazen of Eugene City of Peace will be sharing why they are involved in using leaves as a growing medium and why they see these kinds of actions as necessary to the health of our local community!
Permaculture activist and instructor, Jude Hobbs, of Agro-Ecology Northwest, will also be joining us via phone from Cottage Grove to share her insights on the Potato-Leaf Project and some learning opportunities she is spearheading at the University of Oregon.
That’s Monday night @ 7pm on KWVA 88.1 FM! You can listen online by going to KWVA’s website and clicking the LISTEN NOW button at the top of the page!
  
By debuhr, on January 3rd, 2011
Waste Free Oregon is a husband and wife partnership started in 2007 that offers recycling services and sustainability solutions to events in Oregon.
Waste Free Oregon is hired to protect events from throwing unnecessary materials into the landfill. Waste Free Oregon does this by looking at all the materials generated by an event then separating out those materials that can be diverted from the landfill. Diverted means: recycled, composted, reused … re-anything but thrown in the landfill! At our last event, the Eugene Saturday Market’s Holiday Market, we managed to divert nearly 90% of the 12,000 pounds of materials generated by the event.
By admin, on December 24th, 2010
Alice Warner-teaches Climate Master classes and walks her talk in her personal life. Alice converted her grass lawn into a sustainable garden that includes over 110 unique plants. Alice reused many materials to build her garden beds, compost bins, and arbors. four years later the grass is gone, the soil is amended and the flowers abound-all for under $200.00.
By admin, on December 18th, 2010
 Hummingbird Wholesale (HW) is a family-owned, organic bulk dried food business with regular distribution from San Francisco to Seattle. Julie Tilt is co-owner with her husband Charlie. HW has prioritized sourcing local and regional foods from the beginning, and aims to support and inspire a thriving local food network in our region. In acknowledgement for taking financial risks with the farmers, and working hard to find markets for local crops, HW was recently awarded the Eugene Mayor’s Bold Steps Award, the Oregon Organic Coalition’s Award for Excellence in the Wholesaler category, and was chosen as a delegate to the Slow Food, Terra Madre International Conference in Turin, Italy. HW is also on this year’s list of the 100 best green companies to work for in Oregon. Hummingbird Wholesale has been working with local farmers in the Willamette Valley to grow organic beans, grains and seeds for over 10 years. The company currently has 8 farmers growing in the valley, four of which are grass seed farmers who have converted conventional land to organic. Sustainability is integrated at every level of the organization, from mission statement to company policy, to packaging and transportation systems. Hummingbird also has a strong social equity commitment to hiring and retaining a diverse staff.
By admin, on December 13th, 2010
 Anne Donahue is the City of Eugene Compost and Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator. Anne has worked for the City of Eugene for ten years, coordinating programs related to residential and commercial composting, recycling, and Oregon Green Schools. Her current work is focused on the City’s new Urban Agriculture program with the goal of providing easy to understand best practices for residents who would like to increase city acreage under food production. When not at work, Anne can be found digging in the dirt in her neighborhood community garden with her 11 yr old son Caleb.
By admin, on December 6th, 2010
 Leo Cruces has worked for Arriving by Bike since Feb 2010, and has worked in the bicycle service/repair industry for 8 years.
Leo wants to shake up the world of transportation by empowering bike commuters. Leo wants to launch the Community Bike Shop concept here in Lane County. Leo has been inspired by the community bike shops in Washington D.C. and Chicago that he has visited and worked around for many years. This mentoring concept he and two friends are working on to develop in our community. Their goal is to inspire people to feel confident and independent through bike use in the urban setting. The Community Bike Shop mission is to teach people to repair and maintain their bikes for reliable transportation and get outa their cars.They believe that biking is physically attuned to the human body and biking promotes good health.
End vision? To provide a location and trainers who can teach anyone who is interested how to maintain and/or repair a bike.
By admin, on November 22nd, 2010
 Marisha Auerbach has a small plant nursery which focuses on edible flowers and other gourmet specialty food items. She is involved in the creation of perennial forage systems using perennial vegetables. Marisha creates useful items using her resources: Queen Bee Flower and Gem Essences, Herb’n Wisdom for permaculture consulting and herbal products, and Growing Greetings which produces plantable greeting cards and other products.
Click HERE to listen to this episode!
www.wildthymefarm.com/permmarisha.html
By admin, on November 15th, 2010
By admin, on November 14th, 2010
BJ Hurwich has coordinated recycling and composting efforts for the Whitaker Community Dinner, Chef’s Night-out , Project Homeless Connect (PHC) and the Olympic track trials in Eugene, events ranging from 1,500 to 20,000 attendees. She creates educational materials, works with vendors and steering committees, develops signage, and manages 40-90 volunteers per event. With yearly improvements, she has nudged these events from simple recycling up to 70-85% waste diversion. At Chefs Night Out last year, the events greening efforts resulted in an impressive 75% reduction in waste. BJ loves to pass her knowledge of event Greening on to other master recyclers and event coordinators to help expand their ability to move more events towards Zero Waste. She is currently developing an apprenticeship program for people who would like to receive training in becoming event Greening coordinators. When she’s not doing special events Greening, BJ stays busy as an adoption counselor and parent.
By admin, on November 14th, 2010
Beverly Farfan has been the lead coordinator of the Whiteaker Community Thanksgiving for the last 15 years. She has kept to the tone established by planners of the first dinner in 1978, “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”. Every year she is excited to see what many individuals, organizations, and businesses can do to help others in the community. The Thanksgiving Day dinner may serve 2500 men, women, and children again this year. The event has grown beyond a delicious meal. Many items are provided by those in need, such as sleeping bags, blankets, and warm clothes. Volunteering is her hobby. She enjoys working with other volunteers planning events. For eleven years she has worked at Lane Community College as a Cooperative Education Coordinator. She instructs student interns working with human service organizations and agencies.
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