Mon, Oct 16, 6-8pm — Rebuilding Center Workshop (3639 N Mississippi Ave) – RSVP here

It’s time for another Shade Equity Social! Join 350PDX on Monday, October 16th from 6-8 pm @ the Rebuilding Center Workshop (3639 N. Mississippi Ave). At our last Shade Equity Social, 50+ folks tackled some big issues like funding and support for planting and maintaining more trees, the perceived tension between green infrastructure and development, and building political power.  These discussions highlighted the need to dig a little deeper into the tension between building more housing and maintaining our urban forests  – summarized in this helpful synthesis.

Since that time, this issue has gained even more prominence (see this letter to the Governor regarding the HPAC’s recommendation to gut local tree codes).  At our October 16th Shade Equity Social, we will focus on crafting a new narrative in which housing density, green infrastructure and urban forests can co-exist.  We’ll welcome guests from the sustainable development community to discuss approaches to expanding housing in Oregon that support healthy ecosystems and healthy communities. Food & drinks provided. Families are welcome & child care provided. Please register for the event.

Wed, Oct 18, 6-8pm — 350PDX office (3625 N Mississippi Ave) – RSVP here

350PDX has monthly, in person gatherings in our offices where you can take action, meet other folks in the climate justice community, and learn more about our campaigns and how to get involved! Food and drink is provided. At this October’s action night, our main programming will be a presentation to inform us about the harm created by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum and why we should care about free trade agreements in the climate justice movement!

Thurs, Oct 19, 5pm — virtual (register here)

Join a webinar on Oct 19 for the Global Day of Action on Big Biomass. As we work for a just transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable energy, what are the realities and tradeoffs we need to understand? Burning forest thinnings or plantation trees for large-scale energy production has big impacts on ecosystems, climate, and communities. What are the ecological and climate costs of ramping up and subsidizing biomass utilization for energy, biofuels, and other applications in Oregon? How do policies on the West Coast tie into the bigger picture of U.S. and global policies, and how can we advocate for climate solutions that protect, rather than harm, our forests?

This topic is especially important to learn about as we gear up to fight the Drax Group, a corporation planning to develop a dangerous new biomass pellet plant in Longview, Washington.

Fri, Oct 27, 3-11pm — Green Anchors (8940 N Bradford St, Portland) – learn more here

What monsters haunt the Willamette, and what can we do about it? Join 350PDX, Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group, the Breach Collective, Sunrise PDX, Green Anchors PDX, and the Mosquito Fleet on October 27th, 2023, at Green Anchors (8940 N Bradford St, Portland) to learn about and support the local climate justice movement. From 3-6pm there will be family-friendly activities, from trick or treating and pumpkin carving to a costume contest and giant puppet performance. Then from 6-11pm, see Glitterfox and Rizo perform, tour a haunted house, and see an aerial, drag & fire show!

Tues, Nov 7, 6:00-8:00pm — 350PDX office (3625 N Mississippi Ave) – learn more here

Come and hear more of what 350PDX is all about, meet some staff and volunteers, see our office space, and explore more how to get involved! We’ll start at 6pm with some pizza and wine/beer/soft drinks, and then have an intro training that covers what we’re all about. We’ll do some group exercises to get you practicing some of your new skills, and we’ll finish with some time to chat one on one about getting more involved or get your remaining questions answered. This will be an indoor masks optional event. See full accessibility information here, and feel free to email Chris (chris@350pdx.org) with any accessibility needs.

Tues, Nov 14, 4:00PM – 5:30PM – learn more & rsvp here

Join Stop the Money Pipeline for a virtual training in the Broadening our Ideas on Climate Justice series: Worker Power, the Labor Movement and Climate Justice. In this workshop, we’ll dive into why we need a powerful low-carbon labor movement to successfully take on the massive challenge that fossil capital poses to achieving climate justice. Since the 1970’s, the Right’s strategy has been to pit labor against the environment, threatening that any action on climate or the environment would mean lost jobs. At the same time, worker rights, protections and organizing power have been bludgeoned. We can’t have climate justice without labor justice. Partnering with leaders in the labor and climate movements, together we’ll learn how to build solidarity between our movements to win a carbon-free world where we can all lead good, dignified lives.

This workshop is part of a series, and all four are designed for people who are actively engaged in the climate movement. Organizers, staff (of all levels) with NGOs, volunteer leaders―if you are playing an active role in the climate movement, these trainings are for you.