Northwest Paddling

January 15, 2010

Help support the Wild Image Project

Filed under: Adventures, Conservation, Events, Exploration, Kayaking- Flatwater — Tags: , , — Sam Drevo @ 11:23 am

Daniel Fox was one of our pioneer paddler / guides  for the Century Paddle last summer, and was an aid supporter of the Clackamas River Cleanup.  He is a great guy who is ambitious and a great shot with the camera.  He is setting out to embark on a 6 month journey to South America, and needs your help.  Please check out his website and support the cause.  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thewildimageproject/2010-argentina-expedition

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More to raffle coming soon. Stay tuned!!
Tickets start at $25
I am leaving on Feb. 11th for about 6 to 7 months. First stop will be LaPaz, Baja for 10 days of sea kayaking and photography with Gray Whales. Then 2 to 3 weeks on a sailboat for more photography. Then, I will be heading to Argentina for about 6 months. Working in collaboration with Fundacion Vida Sylvestre and Parques National, I will spend  6 months  to photograph and report about endemic threatened and endangered species.
While I am out on expedition, I will post 2 to 4 entries per month. Each entry will be like the one posted last week on the Snowshoeing Trip, with photos/video/story (www.kontain.com/thewildimageproject). They will appear on Kontain, Planet Explore, iWend and Spot Adventure. A new website has been in the works www.thewildimageproject.com It acts like a console, where viewers can follow the expedition in almost real time. Each day will be tracked through Spot. Photos will be posted through Flickr and will feed the gallery. Videos will be posted on Vimeo and will appear on the site. Entries will be promoted through Twitter and Facebook.
Thank you very much for you support. It is greatly appreciated.

December 4, 2009

Drink for River Stewardship Dec 10th!

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: , , , , — Rod @ 6:41 pm

Head to Pizzicato Pizza’s new sustainably-built restaurant at SE Division & 21st and ask them to pour you a  pint of Fish Brewing’s organic Willamette Riverkeeper Paddler Pale ale! This eatery was constructed of recycled materials.

Enjoy gourmet pizza & cold organic ale! All proceeds on December 10th benefit Willamette Riverkeeper’s efforts to restore Oregon’s Willamette River. There’ll be a special get together from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Where: Pizzicato at SE 21st & Division (across from New Seasons)

December 3, 2009

American Whitewater Video

Filed under: Conservation — Tags: , — Sam Drevo @ 3:37 am

Check out this video from American Whitewater!  Support these folks:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dw5u2WA_6Q

November 20, 2009

Molalla River becomes officially Wild and Scenic!

Filed under: Conservation — Sam Drevo @ 1:50 am

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A huge shout out to Ryan Morgan, and all those who worked to help protect this amazing watershed!  Kurt Schrader introduced the legislation, and today it passed through the US House of Representatives!  This is a huge win for the environment in Oregon.

Read the American Rivers press release here.

http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/press-releases/2009/us-house-passes-bill-to-11-09.html

November 18, 2009

Rica Canyon Video- Elwah River

Filed under: Conservation — Sam Drevo @ 10:11 pm

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This is another main stream story about dam deconstruction in the NW.  While I was at Lewis and Clark College I took an environmental economics class, and wrote a 30 page paper on the cost benefit analysis of the demolition of the 2 dams on the Elwah.  It is amazing that this project is coming to fruition, and is actually going to happen.  Check out this video from MSNBC about the project.  Let the rivers run FREE!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33951154#33951154

November 6, 2009

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival 11/12

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: , , , , — Rod @ 10:00 am
Brought to you by Willamette Riverkeeper and Patagonia, the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival is as entertaining as much as it is a call to action. Expect an inspiring lineup of creative, independent, eco conscious adventure films that illustrate the Earth’s beauty, the challenges facing our planet, and the work communities are doing to protect the environment.
Wild & Scenic both informs people about the state of the world, and inspires us to create positive change. You’ll see Red Gold,  an award winning film about a controversial copper and gold mine is proposed at the headwaters of the world’s largest salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, AK. The film tells a story of remote Native American sustenance-users, commercial fisherman, sport fisherman and residence that all share the commonality of salmon fishing at the core of their existence. For the first time, all user groups have come together in opposition of Pebble Mine development.
 
Crossroads at the Columbia:  Exploring the environmental and community-rights issues surrounding proposals by private companies to build Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals on Oregon’s Columbia River. 
Where: McMenamins Bagdad Theater, SE 37th & Hawthorne
Time: 7:00 p.m.
PRIZE: That’s right – we like prizes! You’ll get a chance to win an Eddyline Merlin XT kayak!

November 5, 2009

Sustainable Art Auction Saturday Nov. 7th! Ripple effect

Filed under: Conservation, Events — admin @ 4:42 pm

Save the Date! 2009 RiPPLe: Sustainable Art Auction

Hello Everyone

Just a reminder about this Saturdays big Art Auction. We are coming together for a night of fun to support art, sustainability and promoting clean rivers. We are featuring 15 local artists who have spent the past month and a half creating art out of the 4,910 lbs of trash collected from the 2009 Down the River Clean Up on the Clackamas River.  After last years amazing show, I think there is no doubt this is one not to miss.  It is great to see all these artists supporting the River Cleanup movement here in Portland, and this show is top notch!  If you are a supporter of the idea reduce, reuse, recycle, then this show is one to support.

See you there!

NuMiss is brand brand new, it’s right in the heart of Mississippi, and it’s where we’re setting up shop for RIPPLE.

Numiss 4039 N. Mississippi, Portland OR

Sat Nov 7 4pm – 8pm (PST)

October 28, 2009

Down the River Cleanup Presentation Tonight

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: , — Rod @ 1:57 pm

Come tonight to Show & Tell PDX! We Love Clean Rivers has been selected to present at this monthly event! I’m told there’ll be some refreshments.

Kristin will be presenting on behalf of We Love Clean Rivers along with Jenn Reilly of Ripple PDX this Wednesday at Show & Tell PDX, an informal showcase for entrepreneurs .  This month’s event focuses on what people are doing to change the world through action and is part of the New Communicators, a three-day series of events intended to inspire and educate on new ways of communicating with people.  Please come!

Show & Tell PDX
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Doors open at 6:30pm
Presentations from 7-9pm (see line up below)
Location: Substance World Headquarters, 1551 SE Poplar (located just behind Castagna’s just south of Hawthorne between SE 18th & 19th)
RSVP REQUIRED (Space is limited to 75 and about 35 have RSVP’d so far)

For more information about the event and to RSPV: http://findsubstance.com/2009/10/23/show-and-tell-changing-the-worldnew-communicators-line-up/
Or, RSVP directly via Upcoming at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4551876/

Presenters for this month’s Show & Tell include:

Otis Rubottom, Columbia Sportswear: Columbia Sportswear Reused Box Program

Kristin Dahl, Board President of We Love Clean Rivers, Inc. with Jenn Reilly from the RIPPLE Effect: Turning restoration into recreation on rivers in the Pacific Northwest, then turning the trash into art

Chad Rea, ecopop: Bringing conscious consumerism out of the exclusive fringe and into the accessible mainstream

Eva Lake: Changing the world through art and artists

Tyesha Snow: Redefining what Strategy means in the context of creative work

Scott McDonald, Not For Sale Campaign: A recent trip to Ghana, West Africa to rescue eight children off Lake Volta

Michael Etter, re:Active magazine: introducing students to design thinking and the creative process in general, helping youth to see a path that makes sense for them by introducing them to jobs in the fields of design, writing, illustration and photography

October 26, 2009

350.org River of Action Success

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: , , , , — Rod @ 9:26 am

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Saturday the 24th over 100 paddlers assembled on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, to make a statement. As part of International Climate Action Day, we made a huge “350″ of kayaks, canoes and paddleboards at the waterfront. This planetery event cries out for action. In over 150 countries in hundreds of places, participants spelled out the number 350. 350 parts per million is the amount of CO2 the Earth’s atmosphere can hold without catastrophic consequences for our climate.

We are already at 387. The idea was to get the attention of a climate conference upcoming in Copenhagen, to get those attending to take action immediately!

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We lucked out on the weather, it was a golden fall day, and a lot warmer than I anticipated. I turned out to be over dressed for temperature and under prepared for sun! As bullhorns blared out instructions and walkie talkies were crackling, we tried to coordinate out three numbers. The slow current of the Willamette was enough to push the group into the Burnside Bridge three times, causing us to re-create the number. At least we got it right one time!

October 20, 2009

Ripple Effect Rescheduled!

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: , , , — Rod @ 5:15 pm

RIPPLE Effect was to take place this Saturday 10/24 during the 350.org Climate Action day-long event. However, the economic downturn has claimed another victim. Our venue went out of business! We’ll still be holding the Salvage Art Auction though!

New Date: November 7th

Venue: Tupelo Alley, 3850 N. Mississippi 97227 www.tupeloalley.com

Time: TBD

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