Local Groups

These are local resources focused within Portland / Oregon / the Pacific Northwest. Have any local resource suggestions for Portland Peak Oil that you don't see here? Email us!

COMMUNITY-BUILDING

• The centerRing: A village meeting place where all aspects of life - culture, nourishment, healing, family and spirit - are encouraged to be deeply reintegrated in community
• The City Repair Project: Helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places
• Coalition for a Livable Future: A network of 60 community-based organizations in the Portland metro region
• Cohousing communities in Portland: Cascadia Commons, East Portland Cohousing, Trillium Hollow
• Illahee: A forum for environmental innovators
• Living Earth: Gatherings for deep change
• Portland Community College Peak Oil Environmental-Justice Taskforce: P.O.E.T. is a group of PCC students, staff, and community members dedicated to raising awareness of the relationships between peak oil and environmental justice
• Portland Freeskool: Connects people from all walks of life to freely share their knowledge and skills
• Seattle Peak Oil Awareness: Citizens' peak oil action network in Seattle
• Tryon Life Community Farm: Sustainability education center and urban ecovillage
• Village FreeSchool: Free school for children ages 5-18 embracing the natural joy of learning through play, apprenticeship, and mentoring

EVENT CALENDARS

• CNRG: Non-profit events and announcements
• The Dirt: Environmental events
• KBOO Community Calendar: Community events
• Portland Indymedia calendar: Community events
• Portland tribe.net: Community events and listings

FOOD & GARDENING

• Area farmers markets: Portland Farmers' Markets, Beaverton Farmers Market, Gresham Farmers' Market, Tigard Farmers' Market, Hillsboro Farmers' Market, Vancouver Farmers' Market, others in Oregon, farmers' markets in Washington
• Area co-ops: Alberta Cooperative Grocery, Food Front Coop, People's Food Coop
• Eugene Permaculture Guild: Seeks to educate members and the wider community about the principles of sustainable living, and to create examples of permaculture in the Eugene area
• Growing Gardens: Promotes food gardening for improved nutrition, health, and self-reliance
• Oregon Tilth: Dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture
• Pick Your Own: One page that provides a fast link to Oregon's pick-your-own (PYO, U-pick, pick-it-yourself) farms
• Portland Area CSA Coalition: Listing of local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms
• Portland Community Gardens: There are 30 community gardens located throughout Portland, developed and operated by volunteers and PP&R staff
• Portland Permaculture Guild: Promoting permaculture in the Portland area with free monthly educational meetings that are open to everyone
• Portland Permaculture Institute: Offers half day to six day workshops on a broad range of permaculture subjects
• Sauvie Island Organics: CSA 15 minutes outside Portland offering produce and events
• Wild Food Adventures: Workshops and training in local edible plants, wild foods and foraging

LOCAL PURCHASING

• Backyard Bird Shop: Seven locations to assist with all your birding and nature needs
• Mirador: Community store selling household and food preparation and storage items
• Portland independent bookstores: Annie Bloom Books, In Other Words, Laughing Horse Books, Looking Glass Bookstore, New Renaissance Books, Powell's Books, Reading Frenzy, Twenty-Third Avenue Books
• Portland Rainbarrel Company: Save water, reduce the storm water overflow and water your garden with a rainbarrel
• Portland ReBuilding Center: The largest non-profit used building materials resource in North America
• Portland ReDirect Guide: The Portland-Vancouver guide to ecologically wise, socially responsible, and health-oriented businesses
• Portland Saturday Market: Supporting local artists and merchandise since 1974
• Stumptown Printers: Printing methods emphasize environmental responsibility

MEDIA & INFORMATION

• Alternatives Magazine: Resources for cultural creativity
• El Hispanic News: Oregon and SW Washington's leading, award winning bilingual paper
• KBOO: Community radio station providing music, news and public affairs
• KPOJ: Portland's Air America (progressive talk radio) affiliate
• Multnomah County Library: Oregon's largest public library, with 16 branches
• New Connexion: A local journal of conscious living
• News 4 Neighbors: Tools for Portland citizens and neighborhood associations to discuss breaking news
• Oregon PeaceWorker: Celebrating nonviolence at the local, regional, national and global levels
• The Oregonian: The state's largest newspaper
• Portland Alliance: The city's oldest alternative progressive newspaper, reporting on the issues ignored or distorted by the corporate-dominated mainstream press
• Portland Indymedia: Read it, write it, your site, your news...for southern Cascadia
• Portland neighborhood newspapers: East County News, The Bee, Southeast Examiner, Multnomah Village Post
• Willamette Week: Portland's free news weekly
• Portland Tribune: City newspaper issued free twice weekly
• The Skanner: Advancing the cause of the black press in the Northwest
• Street Roots: Local newspaper advocating for the homeless and raising social awareness

NEIGHBORHOODS & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• City home pages: City of Portland, OR, City of Gresham, OR, City of Beaverton, OR, City of Vancouver, WA, City of Hillsboro, OR
• State home pages: Oregon, Washington
• G/Rated - Portland's Office of Sustainable Development: Portland's green building resource
• Metro: Metro is the directly elected regional government that serves more than 1.3 million residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, and the 25 cities in the Portland metro area
• Portland Maps: Assessor, capital improvement projects, census, crime, parks, schools and more information for each address
• Portland neighborhoods: Neighborhood directory, toolbox, events, maps and more (including this PDF map of Portland with neighborhoods marked)

RENEWABLES & ECO AWARENESS

• Ecotrust: Citizens of Salmon Nation want to live in a place where economic, ecological, and social conditions are improving, where a "conservation economy" is emerging
• Free Geek: Recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service
• Living Spaces: Green home remodeling design and coaching in Portland
• Northwest EcoBuilding Guild: An association of builders, designers, homeowners, tradespeople, manufacturers, suppliers and others interested in ecologically sustainable building
• SCRAP!: Promotes creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community
• Solar Energy Association of Oregon: Dedicated to increasing the use of solar energy in Oregon

TRANSPORTATION

• Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA): Opening minds and roads to bicycling throughout Oregon and SW Washington
• The Bike Gallery: Family-owned business started in 1974 with six stores in the Portland area
• Bike Portland: An information portal for all things bicycle in Portland
• Eugene Bio Car Share: A bio-diesel car sharing cooperative located in Eugene
• FlexCar | Portland Metro: Car-sharing company that offers residents and businesses in the Portland/Vancouver area over 70 conveniently located and environmentally responsible vehicles
• GoBiodiesel Cooperative: Now creating a processing system which will convert waste vegetable oil (WVO) into usable fuel
• Oregon Human-Powered Vehicles: Serving recumbent riders and fans of all pedal-powered craft
• Portland Transport: A conversation about access and mobility in the Portland/Vancouver region
• SHIFT to Bikes: SHIFT folks plan, execute, and publicize an ever-widening variety of bike-related events
• Tri-Met: Provides public transportation in the Portland metropolitan area