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October 28, 2009

Down the River Cleanup Presentation Tonight

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: show n tell pdx, we love clean rivers — 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

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October 20, 2009

Ripple Effect Rescheduled!

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: clackamas river cleanup, Down the river cleanup, ripple effect, we love clean rivers — 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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October 2, 2009

Be Affected by the Ripple Effect

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: 350.org, Down the river cleanup, international day of climate action, kayaking portland, portand kayaking, portland artists, ripple effect, we love clean rivers — Rod @ 2:53 pm

If you were part of the Down the River Cleanup on the Clackamas River September 13th, you saw a whole lotta weird trash being hauled out. We even awarded prizes for some of it:

Heaviest: 4-Cylinder Engine Block

Longest: 40-ft pipe

Cutest: Teddy Bear

Most Unique: Message in a Bottle

But there was a LOT more, and in the tradition of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle we enlisted local Portland, Oregon artist Jenn Reilly and 17 of her peers to come out and collect stuff we hauled out, pick out the best stuff and turn it into salvage art. It’ll be unveiled at an artistic extravaganza called RIPPLE EFFECT.

They have toiled, sweated and worked their creative souls to the bone since then, and the fruits of their collective effort will be displayed October 24th during Ripple Effect, at Roof Top Studios, NW 13th & Burnside, 4:00 – 9:00 p.m. Come and bid on the pieces! All proceeds benefit We Love Clean Rivers, Inc. If you’re downtown for 350.org’s River of Action and International Day of Climate Action you’ll want to check out Ripple Effect as well!

Questions: Contact Jenn Reilly 503.875.7841

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July 30, 2009

Clean Up the Clackamas September 13th!

Filed under: Conservation, Events — Tags: clackamas river cleanup, Kayaking Oregon, oregon kayaking, oregon paddling, oregon rafting, Paddling Oregon, rafting oregon, river cleanups oregon, we love clean rivers — Rod @ 6:13 pm

Join Northwest River Guides, Next Adventure, the Clackamas River Basin Council, KEEN and a host of other local businesses in cleaning a 14-mile stretch of the Clackamas River September 13th 2009!

This is the seventh annual cleanup of the Clackamas! The day begins at 9:00 in Barton Park – and we’ll put you in a “pod,” which will be assigned a section of river to scour. Your pod will consist of rafts, kayaks, and divers! Your pod will clean the river bank and the bottom of pools.

As the years have gone by, we’ve grown from 60 volunteers to over 300 on the day of the event. Got need for gear? We’ll have a silent auction and raffle at the end of the day and we’ll reward you with a barbeque and music! This is THE environmental event of the summer!

Registration will be available online within the next week. Visit www.welovecleanrivers.org .

See you there!

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July 3, 2009

Down the River Cleanup 2009 News!

Filed under: Events, Uncategorized — Tags: Add new tag, clackamas river basin council, clackamas river cleanup, Down the river cleanup, Kayaking Oregon, Next Adventure, oregon kayaking, oregon paddling, oregon rafting, Paddling Oregon, rafting oregon, sustainability oregon, we love clean rivers, willamette river kayaking — Rod @ 8:30 am

Northwest River Guides is teaming up with Next Adventure and the Clackamas River Basin Council in presenting the 7th annual Clackamas Down the River Cleanup! On September 13th some 300 kayakers, rafters, canoeists and river enthusiasts join forces to scour 13 miles of the river!

Since its inception this annual event has removed some 31,400 lbs of trash. The event mobilizes river enthusiasts, scuba divers, businesses and residents from the watershed and youth to give back to the community and to get first-hand experience with the impact of careless use of public waterways. We clean the section from Barton Park to where the Clackamas connects with the Willamette River. Kayaking, rafting, drift boating and inner tubing are popular along this stretch during the summer months. But careless use and outright dumping marred the enjoyment, as well as the habitat for wildlife. We have removed tires, wheels, structural steel, furniture and more.

The BIG news is that this year our organization is now the non-profit We Love Clean Rivers! Plans call for duplicating our efforts on other rivers!

We invite your participation in this river stewardship event! Starting in early August you can sign up at www.welovecleanrivers.org . On the day of the event, there will also be music, a barbeque, a silent auction and raffle! Call 503-772-1122 for more information.

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