If you’re at the Better Living Show this afternoon in Portland, be sure to check out these seminars from Oregon State faculty and staff:
Friday
2:00 pm – Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder, by Oregon State assistant professor Ramesh Sagili.
4:00 pm – Sustainable Forestry, by Oregon State Extension agent Mike Bondi.
5:00 pm – Year-round Vegetable Gardening in the Northwest, by OSU Extension urban horticulturalist Weston Miller.
Saturday
12:00 pm – Rain Gardens, by Oregon State water resources specialist Robert Emanuel.
12:00 pm – Make Your Kid a Recycling Pro, by Sea Grant’s Cait Goodwin.
2:00 pm – The Carbon Footprint: A New Sustainable Garden, by associate professor of horticulture Linda McMahan.
3:00 pm – Direct Electricity and Hydrogen Generation, by assistant professor of biological and ecological engineering Hong Liu.
3:00 pm – Composting Toilets, by Extension sustainable living director Vivane Simon-Brown.
Sunday
12:00 pm – Habitat Friendly Water Gardens, by Sea Grant’s Tania Siemens and UC Davis’ Holly Crosson.
1:00 pm – Community Involvement for Watershed Health, by Extension’s Pat Opdyke and Margot Barnett.
1:00 pm – Top Ten Beneficial Garden Insects, by Master Gardener Program coordinator Gail Langellotto.
2:00 pm – Natural Pest Control, by Gail Langellotto.
3:00 pm - Preserving the Goodness of Your Garden/Food Preservation, by Extension’s Jeanne Brandt.
Tags: sustainability
Better Living show isn’t the only place in PDX you can find Beavers this weekend — check out PGE Park tonight for Game 2 of the first baseball Civil War series in 28 years. Beavs took Game 1 yesterday at the Ducks’ new field, 7-1. Get out those brooms – time for a sweep!