Portland Metro area

Visitors will receive 35% off the retail price of furniture and accessories featured in our Cooking Light FitHouse (as seen in the August issue on newsstands now!). JD Madison Home Furnishings has graciously agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds to our charity partner, Oregon Humane Society.

GreenPrint invites you and your office to join us for the creation of The 36” Forest in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, OR on August 11. Bring down your stacks of wasted paper and trade them for trees! For every 36” stack (the equivalent of one tree), we will plant a tree on your behalf.

You can also pick up a free copy of GreenPrint’s paper-saving software to use at home!

To find out more, check out our blog: http://printgreener.com/blog/?p=107

The Cooking Light Supper Club Hits Portland August 14
Welcome to Our French Bistro!!

WHAT:
Cooking Light Executive Chef Billy Strynkowski will treat guests to a cooking demo and French bistro-inspired four-course meal comprised of popular Cooking Light recipes.

Menu
Appetizers: Mixed Olive Tapenade, Country Chicken Pate
First Course: Caramelized Pears with Blue Cheese and Ginger Gastrique
Entrée and Sides: Pan-Seared Beef Fillet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Haricots Verts with Champagne-Shallot Vinaigrette, Potato Gratin with Goat Cheese and Garlic
Dessert: Cinnamon Crepes with Peaches and Cream Cheese

WHERE:
The Benson Hotel
309 Southwest Broadway
Portland

WHEN: Thursday, August 14 @ 6:00pm

PRICE: $65 per person

RESERVATIONS:
Call 1.800.366.4712 x8551
8:30am - 4:30pm Central
Reservations are required – Tickets will not be sold at the door.

WEB:
For complete details, visit:

The nation's largest food and healthy lifestyle magazine is touching down in Wilsonville for its seventh annual Cooking Light FitHouse, a concept home featuring the most innovative advancements in function and design. Cooking Light is welcoming visitors to share food and fun as they open the doors of the FitHouse.

WHO: Join Cooking Light editors, Wilsonville Mayor Charlotte Lehan and Executive Chef Billy Strynkowski

WHAT: Celebrate the grand opening of the 2008 FitHouse with the Cooking Light team, and enjoy:
. Cooking demonstrations by Chef Billy;
. Balloon art and face painting;
. Adorable, adoptable pets from the Oregon Humane Society;
. Delicious food;
. Loads of product giveaways, including KitchenAid mixers!;*
. Massages;
. Fresh produce giveaways;
. Tours of the 2008 FitHouse, a model of healthy, low-maintenance and energy-efficient living, which boasts "Universal Design" features.

From the Obama campaign: 

We would like to invite you to join Dan Kammen, one of Senator Barack
Obama’s Senior Environmental Policy Advisors who shared the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize, this Thursday April 17th to lead us in a discussion one
these important issues. This is when we will be officially announcing
the environmental steering committee.
This event is free and open to the public; however, space is limited.

Portland
Oregon
2:00
PM
Portland
State University
Urban
Center- Room 212
506
Southwest Mill St

Please RSVP to jbontecou {at} barackobama.com and show up 15 minutes early if you can attend. 

Hello to everyone in the Blog for Oregon community! As a new member, I wanted to lay out a few of the thoughts that led me to join your merry little band.

First off -- being raised in a political family, I've always had a strong interest in current events and political news. However, I never thought of having a career in activism or politics until I started working with student groups at the University of Oregon. Those experiences, along with the realities of Life After College, made me realize that my heart truly lies with working to make my community, my nation, a better place to live, work and love for everyone who calls it home.

Please join the Sierra Club as we celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 19th with Shift to Green, a free 12 mile bike tour of Portland’s most visionary solutions to global warming.

Registration begins at 9:30am at Eco-Motion (1625 NE Sandy). The ride ends at Overlook Park for the City Repair Earth Day Festival. We’ll move together as a large group and followed by a biodiesel safety van. Beginning cyclists and families are welcome.

To sign up, contact Emily: emily.bartha@sierraclub.org or (503) 243-6656 ext. 301.

For more information on Shift to Green and to sign our petition to the candidates asking them to address global warming visit:
www.sierraclub.org/power2change/oregon