Portland Chapter - Surfrider Foundation

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366021432009-11-10T17:33:38.628-08:00Portland Chapter - Surfrider FoundationOregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07104782579015519875noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-14954839102757571362009-11-10T17:32:00.000-08:002009-11-10T17:33:38.634-08:00Check out our North Coast Lab!

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-35570557682703583322009-10-31T19:17:00.000-07:002009-10-31T19:35:59.734-07:00Ban the Bag Petitioning

Thanks to all who showed up for outreach at Fred Meyer on SE 82nd this week for Ban the Bag outreach - a campaign to end single use plastics in Portland! Encouraging that so many folks carrying plastics bags signed our petition enthusiastly (and often without irony). We'll keep you updated about upcoming petition events! Help us spread the word.

Pete Staufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05242531957398887771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-26185208364641394492009-10-12T13:41:00.000-07:002009-10-12T13:52:04.317-07:00Tuesday 10/13 Meeting - Salva Tres Palmas Screening

October 13, 2009 - Portland Chapter Meeting New Location!7:30 pm at the Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby St.Feature Presentation: Salva Tres Palmas Film Screening,Salva Tres Palmas tells the story of the environmental victory that gave life to the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, the first marine reserve on the main island of Puerto Rico. Tres Palmas beach has earned a global reputation for

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-45550943662016139682009-10-09T14:23:00.000-07:002009-10-09T14:34:49.777-07:00Powderwhore Film and Snowrider Raffle - Sunday October 11

A friendly reminder of the upcoming Portland Premier of Powderwhore Productions dope new film Flakes. The show's at Portland's Kennedy School located at 5736 NE 33rd Ave in NE Portland and starts at 7:30pm - 21+ event. More information on the Portland Snowrider Program Website - Super gear from raffle and Stellar Dendrite Award announcement!We'd like to thank in advance Powderwhore Productions,

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-23226680673975182732009-09-30T20:30:00.000-07:002009-09-30T20:33:47.833-07:00Highlights from the Junkride Event

Junk Ride 2009 from Mayor Sam Adams on Vimeo.In case you missed the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation's event this past April, check out some of the highlights here! Ready to Ban the Bag...Click Here!

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-92074262116725078622009-09-24T14:39:00.000-07:002009-09-24T14:48:34.076-07:00Ban the Bag Fundraiser Event at Next Adventure!

Get some cool new or used gear at this awesome event and help out with the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation's Ban the Bag Campaign

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-78940294966674430732009-09-02T16:34:00.000-07:002009-09-02T16:47:54.694-07:00Message in the Waves

This is the trailer from Rebecca Hosking's excellent 'Message In The Waves' documentary that she filmed for the BBC. Because of their experience in turning Coles Bay plastic bag free, Jon Dee and Ben Kearney were the key advisors to Rebecca when she turned the UK town of Modbury plastic bag free.

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-12041338911783196422009-08-28T16:12:00.001-07:002009-08-28T16:15:07.461-07:00Net Green News Covers Ban the Bag Portland

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-56266766751486867892009-08-17T15:24:00.000-07:002009-08-17T15:31:08.358-07:00Storm Drain and Catchbasin Marking Volunteer This Week!

Surfrider Foundation Portland Chapter Catch Basin Marking Events for August, 2009Tuesday, August 18, 6:30 PM ...Location: S.E. Brooklyn St. & S.E. 36th Ave.Saturday August 22, 10:00 AM ...Location: S.E. Franklin St. & S.E. 36th Ave.Special instruction:Usually, if rain is predicted within 12 hours either side of the event I cancel the event (the adhesive won't stick if water is present) I don't

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-47674968880762613092009-08-09T18:17:00.000-07:002009-08-09T18:19:26.431-07:00Fairview News - Rise Above Plastics

From our friends at the San Diego Chapter...fighting the good fight. Love it!

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-9521608801159911492009-08-03T11:32:00.000-07:002009-08-03T12:08:21.004-07:00Beat the Heat with Cool Portland Chapter Events this August!

Click on each event for details or go to our Events Page:Tuesday August 4 - Dear and Yonder Surf Film and Tabling7:00 PM at Holcene, contact pstauffer@surfrider.org for tabling information.Thursday August 6 - First Thursday Ban the Bag TablingMusic, Brews and Fun, contact johnkoenig1@gmail.com for volunteering!Tuesday August 11 - Portland Chapter Meeting Pulp, Poo and Perfection and Ban the Bag

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-46215484549911565452009-07-02T13:16:00.000-07:002009-07-02T13:37:39.598-07:00Operation OUTREACH Takes off!

Operation O.U.T.R.E.A.C.H., this month hosted by the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation was a smashing success! 196 Ban the Bag reusable bags were hand delivered in the Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood with door to door outreach. Nine volunteers met on Saturday at Gretchen's house, the Co Chair of Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Association. There, we went over the slogan of grassroots door

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-30999192247930134622009-06-11T12:26:00.000-07:002009-06-11T13:29:04.836-07:00United Nation Officials Urge Ban on Plastic Bags

Even the UN gets it Portland...Click on the image at right and help us Ban the Bag in Portland today!BY: GRACE CHUNG, McClatchy Newspapers, WASHINGTON - "Single-use plastic bags, a staple of American life, have got to go, the United Nations' top environmental official said Monday. Although recycling bags is on the rise in the United States, an estimated 90 billion thin bags a year, most used to

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-18048749771694534372009-06-05T15:45:00.001-07:002009-06-05T16:22:04.609-07:00Portland Chapter Meeting - Common Ground Screening

Lucky Lab Brewery- 1945 NW Quimby - 7:30pm - 9:00pm. - Common Ground IIIGet the latest updates on the marine reserve process and watch a screening of Common Ground 3 with a panel discussion and Q & A afterwards. The third program in the Common Ground series offers the latest science and information about Oregon's ocean, beautiful underwater footage and 3D graphics of marine reserves and marine

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-5267731420105200422009-06-01T10:27:00.000-07:002009-06-01T10:39:41.111-07:00Art of Surfing kicks off June 4

Mark your calendars for this month for some great art...all for the awareness of the Ban the Bag Campaign. The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, Wend Magazine, Widmer Brothers and the Lizard Lounge are putting on a benefit art show for Surfrider's ongoing programs to benefit our oceans and the Ban the Bag campaign. The show will feature various regional surf artists, music by the very

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-61650653308945471632009-05-30T12:01:00.000-07:002009-05-30T12:09:25.671-07:00Banning the Bag...one signature at a time

The Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation continues the tireless grassroots efforts of the Ban the Bag Campaign...hitting the streets yesterday for an awesome canvassing event, ramping up the facebook cause, building the coalition of support, neighborhood associations, group presentations, tabling, events, cleanup efforts and going door to door to raise awareness and build support for the

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-14231130875151287542009-05-28T10:00:00.000-07:002009-05-28T12:00:06.248-07:00TGR "OUT THERE" Portland Screening May 28

Join us on May 28th at the Laurelhurst Theatre, 6 pm for Out There! (Doors at 6p film to start at 7p). Teton Gravity Research (TGR) presents OUT THERE, a 16mm and HiDef film taking a progressive, fresh look at what faces the surf world today. Humankind threatens many pristine and favorite surf breaks and surfers need totake action. In partnership with the Portland Chapter of the Surfrider

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-31045701623417175342009-05-19T16:22:00.000-07:002009-05-19T16:25:08.504-07:00Catchbasin and Storm Drain Marking Season Begins!

Fellow Surfriders and Friends of Clean Water... The first Catch Basin Marking Event of the 2009 season is Tuesday evening (May 19th) in Southeast Portland. We will meet at SE 22nd Ave & SE Clinton St. at 6:30 ... Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to sign the necessary waivers and get a short course in Catch Basin marking. I have all the supplies and all we need are volunteers. The weather

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-52115798300717037282009-04-28T16:57:00.000-07:002009-04-28T17:23:45.675-07:00Plastic Failed this Osprey Nest

Do you see plastic failing our enviornment...snap a photo and send us your story at: Surfriderpdx and we'll post on our Plastic Fail site! If there ever was a Portland poster child for Ban The Bag, this may be it. How many of you have ridden the Springwater Bike Trail...the one that goes past Oaks Park up the east side of the Willamette River? If you have, you may have seen the electrical power

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-17944716435921608732009-04-25T10:41:00.000-07:002009-04-25T12:19:06.694-07:00Sam Says No to Plastic!

Special thanks to the over 300 people who showed up Tuesday night to support the Ban the Bag Campaign and celebrate the arrival of Junkride! Pictured at right is mayor Sam Adams, accepting a sample from the North Pacific Gyre from Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen of Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Junkride. The event was beyond a success as Mayor Adams took the stage in the end to pledge a

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-84435049948413168602009-04-15T15:12:00.000-07:002009-04-15T15:54:59.244-07:00Junkride Synthetic Sea: Tues, April 21

Tues, April 21 at 6:30 pm Keen HQ (926 NW 13th Ave. #210). The Portland Chapter of Surfrider welcomes Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Dr. Marcus Erikson of Junkride, an educational tour by bike from Vancouver B.C. to Tijuana, Mexico. The duo will highlight the voyage of Junkraft, a recently completed voyage from California to Hawaii on a raft made of garbage built to

Pete Staufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05242531957398887771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-54121550931599412792009-04-07T12:49:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:05:00.115-07:00Bluegreen Screening...We are all connected!

April 14th Clinton Street Theater: Doors at 7:00, film to start at 7:30, $8 at the door. Super cool raffle items like a brand new surfboard! Chapter meeting will be immediately preceding the film screening at 6:00 pm. There are so many great personalities in the film, all of whom are involved in really interesting ways with the ocean, and our connection to it. Filmaker Ben Keller will be at the

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-24908448176435379132009-03-30T19:07:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:17:09.367-07:00New Thomas Campbell Film to Screen this Week!

The Portland Premier of Thomas Campbell's brand new surfy spanker The Present, Preceded by a live performance by the Mattson 2. Thursday April 2nd: Two Showings: 7pm (All Ages) & 9pm (21+), The Clinton St. Theater2522 SE Clinton st PDX. More information at: lifeswells.blogspot.com.

Oregon Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289062280113225848oregon@surfrider.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-33539643576845031502009-03-09T10:37:00.001-07:002009-03-09T14:30:50.912-07:00SOLV's Diana Bartlett - guest speaker for Tueday Chapter Meeting

Next Portland chapter meeting is coming up tomorrow, Tuesday March 10th with guest speaker Diana Bartlett from SOLV! This year the Newport and Portland Chapter's are taking the lead on captianing zones on the north and south coast for SOLVs annual beach cleanup on March 28th. Additionally chapters are helping sponsor the event giving away 500 reuseable bags for volunteers particiapting in

Surfriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557865473664594074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36602143.post-66008038889269643462009-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:29:26.787-08:00Happy Tele-Tuesday and Snowrider Altai Event tomrrow!

Tele-Tuesday's coming up tonight at Mt Hood Ski Bowl: http://snowriderpdx.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/tele-tuesday-mt-hood-ski-bowl-2009-dates-announced/ for details. And of course tomorrow is the fabulousAltai event, March 4th at 7pm, Solstice Outdoor...Nils Larsen himself will be there: http://snowriderpdx.wordpress.com/ for more details. This is a great opportunity to learn about the origins of

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