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Friends at the Fair

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Fun to see friendly faces at yesterday’s Sustainabilty Fair in Garden Home. Also enjoyed getting updates from STUFF-ication fans. Thanks, Garden Home Library, for sponsoring this annual event and increasing awareness for sustainable options.

Here are just two of the vendors on hand who are definitely worth visiting. Both have retails stores on the eastside of PDX. First up is The One Stop Sustainability Shop on NE Alberta. Barbara offers a super variety of products for the house, pets and kids including locally made items. One Stop also provides workshops on earth friendly topics and has a dedicated spirit that makes going green all the more enjoyable.

Ecohaus specializes in green products for building and remodeling. Their showroom on SE Taylor provides great ideas for flooring including cork and bamboo, eco-friendly carpet choices and beautiful tile options. I love the seaglass and ocean colors they were showing yesterday. The showroom is open 7 days a week for your convenience. Let me know what you think!

Make It A Clear Spring

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This week’s mini-show features ideas for clearing out your body and your space. Learn how to lighten your load by shifting your diet focus, meet a local green resource for hauling your stuff away, get the real scoop on chocolate and read inspiration for letting your true self shine! Watch now.

Earth 911

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Did you know there are over 50 places to recycle batteries in the Portland area? What about eyeglasses, paint supplies or those old video tapes? The Earth911 website provides one of the best resource directories I’ve seen for recycling and living green. Just put in the item you want to recycle and your zipcode. Up pops a list of sites and links starting with the closest to your area. It’s a national directory so even friends back east and in the south can find help. Donation sites included, too. The website also provides green tips for businesses and lots of  reuse and recycle how-to’s. Check it out!

Community Resource

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 “Hi Jane,
I just wanted to add a resource for your website. The Community Warehouse collects furniture, cookware, small appliances, and linens to distribute to men and women who are coming out of shelters and setting up an apartment of their own. These items are free to the clients (unlike Goodwill and Salvation Army) as long as they are registered with a shelter of some kind. The Community Warehouse has drop-off sites in NE Portland (3969 NE MLK Blvd) and in SW Portland (8745 SW Canyon Lane). For larger items, they will send a truck to your home to pick-up. See their website at http://www.communitywarehouse.org. Phone number is (503) 235-8786.
Thanks for all you do, Jane” –  Julia Gies 

(NOTE: Setting up that first apartment or needing to replace a broken teapot? The Warehouse also runs The Estate Store at the MLK location. Great way to stretch your budget and help a good cause! Click on the website blog to see featured items.)

Clearing for a Cause

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 It’s hard not to be inspired by the work going on at Out To Pasture. One very compassionate couple started from scratch, learning as they went along and over the years created a non-profit animal sanctuary just outside Portland, OR.  OTP is dedicated to providing permanent housing and care for abused, neglected or abandoned animals including large farm animals, pigs, rabbits, chickens and dogs. 

How can you help and get clear at the same time? OTP holds two major garage sales a year to help support their work. Donations can be made by dropping off your items at the address below.  In addition, the sanctuary keeps a current “wish list” on their website of things they are needing. Take a look to see where you can help. This is a great place to keep in mind for those of you who have horses or  backyard chickens and want to unload extra feed or straw. They are also always happy to get igloos or wooden dog houses. Garage Sale Donations are collected during April and May for the OTP Memorial Day Sale. Drop off at 2907 NE Weidler Street, PDX.  OTP holds a summer sale as well – check their website for date.