Upcoming & Past Events
2024 Energy Resilience Planning for Local Governments Workshop
Sustainable Northwest and Energy Trust of Oregon are hosting the 2024 Energy Resilience Planning Workshop for Local Governments on December 6th. This workshop will connect city and county staff with funding, resources, and organizations to help with the planning and implementation necessary to make their community more energy-resilient and prepared for future disasters.
Making Energy Work Quarterly Webinar: Advancing Equitable Solar Access Across Oregon
Join the Making Energy Work for Rural Oregon coalition for an electrifying quarterly webinar, where we’ll spotlight statewide programs paving the way for equitable solar access across Oregon and explore how to maximize and leverage these programs with other state and federal offerings!
Celebrate Klamath River Salmon Homecoming
PLEASE JOIN US!
Celebrate Klamath River Salmon Homecoming
Saturday October 5, 2024 from 11:00am to 4:00pm
4309 Schulmeyer Road, Yreka, CA
The Klamath Dam Removal Host Committee* invites you to join us for celebration of the largest dam removal project in the world and rebirth of the Klamath River. Once again, the Klamath River is free-flowing, back in its natural channel. While we still have years of habitat work ahead to restore the river, salmon can return to their homewaters for the first time in over a century!
We hope you'll join us to celebrate this historic accomplishment, as your contribution was key to its success. We look forward to the gathering of family, friends and colleagues. There will be food, music and stories shared. Opening prayer begins at noon.
The celebration will be completely outdoors, so please be sure to bring proper attire for the weather conditions.
For questions, please contact:
Poppy Ferris-George at Wendy@klamathrenewal.org
Krystyna Wolniakowski at krystyna@klamathrenewal.org
Vendors welcome, please contact dejageorge@hotmail.com for more information.
Host Committee Members:
Poppy Ferris-George, Krystyna Wolniakowski, Lee Rahr, Ann Willis, Mike Belchik, Brian Johnson, Kristin Peer, Scott Williams, Richard Roos Collins, Deja Hensher, Richard Whitman, Craig Tucker, Lisa DeRose, Chuck Bonham, Natalie Arroyo, Jim Simondet, Ashley Bowers, Amy Cordalis
* The members of the Host Committee have organized this event in their individual capacities, not on behalf of any company or organization. The organizers are not responsible for any loss, or damage that may occur during or as a result of attending this event.
Making Energy Work Fall Energy Symposium
Sustainable Northwest is proud to host the 9th Annual Fall Energy Symposium on Sept 18th - 20th, 2024. This year we will be heading to the beautiful Columbia River Gorge and exploring the clean energy innovations of Wasco County and the surrounding areas.
Live Edge
Come Join the Sustainable Northwest community at Live Edge!
We are excited to gather, celebrate the successes of the past year, and look forward to projects of the future once again.
Sustainable Startup Happy Hour
Join us for an evening of networking and fun as we celebrate sustainable entrepreneurship. Come meet like-minded individuals, share ideas, and enjoy some delicious drinks and snacks.
Making Energy Work Quarterly Webinar: Agrivoltaics – An Innovative Solution to Siting Solar in Oregon
Join Sustainable Northwest’s Making Energy Work for Rural Oregon coalition for a deep dive into agrivoltaics and the potential for dual-use solar siting in Oregon. Did you know that pairing solar and agriculture together, not only helps solve where solar can be sited but also results in positive co-benefits on the efficiency of both the solar panels and the crop production? Learn more during our upcoming webinar.
NW Community Forest Coalition 2024 Forum & Field Tour
Taking place every two years, the Northwest Community Forest Coalition leads a multi-day event to bring practitioners together to learn, share, and collaborate around opportunities for community forests across the region.
This year's forum will be in Enterprise, Oregon, hosted in partnership with Wallowa Resource, Wallowa Land Trust, Wallowa County, and more!
Building with Climate-Smart Wood
Connect with experts about using climate-smart wood for mass timber projects. Doors open 5:30. Program 6:30-7.
Making Energy Work Quarterly Webinar: Assessing Pathways for Widescale Microgrid Development in Oregon
Join us for a lively discussion on how Oregon can achieve widescale microgrid development across the state. This webinar will focus on regulatory and policy strategies for microgrids, efforts to standardize microgrids to make them financially viable, and local community microgrid projects that are being developed despite significant barriers.
2023 Energy Resilience Planning for Local Governments Workshop
Sustainable Northwest and Energy Trust of Oregon are hosting a 2023 Energy Resilience Planning Workshop for Local Governments. This workshop will connect city and county staff with funding, resources, and organizations to help with the planning and implementation necessary to make your community more energy-resilient and prepared for future disasters.
Making Energy Work Quarterly Webinar: Unpacking Federal Funding Bottlenecks for Rural Energy in Oregon
Join us on November 29th from 11am - 12pm for the Making Energy Work for Rural Oregon coalition’s last webinar of the year. This event will focus on the federal funding landscape, and how communities are (or are not) accessing these historic investments.
NW Community Forest Coalition Quarterly Meeting
The Coalition’s Fall Quarterly Meeting will take place in Estacada, Oregon, hosted in partnership with Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District, who currently manage the Eagle Creek Community Forest.
NW Community Forest Coalition Quarterly Meeting > Site Visit
On Tuesday, November 7, members of the Northwest Community Forest Coalition will be visiting Eagle Creek Community Forest. Located in Clackamas County, Oregon.
2023 Making Energy Work Fall Energy Symposium
Sustainable Northwest is proud to host the 8th annual Fall Energy Symposium on Nov. 2nd-3rd, 2023. This year we will be taking in the rich history, cutting-edge research, and clean energy innovations of Benton County.
2023 Live Edge
Come Join the Sustainable Northwest community at Live Edge!
We are excited to gather, celebrate the successes of the past year, and look forward to exciting projects of the future once again.
Making Energy Work Quarterly Webinar: Energy Resilience in Rural Communities
Join us on July 26th from 11 am - 12 pm for Making Energy Work's quarterly webinar featuring a lively discussion about energy resilience planning and resilience hubs.
Sustainable Startup Happy Hour
Join Sustainable Northwest, TiE Oregon, and Oregon Venture Fund for a special happy hour on Wednesday, June 28th at 5:30pm!
NW Community Forest Coalition Quarterly Meeting
Discussions on the best "first steps" to manage a community forest and a tour of one of Washington's newest community forests, the Nason Ridge Community Forest.
Register today!
The Making of the Northwest Forest Plan
The Making of the Northwest Forest Plan
A conversation with K. Norman Johnson, Jerry F. Franklin, and Gordon H. Reeves, moderated by Kerry Tymchuk, about their new book The Making of the Northwest Forest Plan. The Wild Science of Saving Old Growth Ecosystems.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
2PM – 3:30PM
Free and open to the public
Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205
2022 Live Edge
Join Sustainable Northwest for an in-person Live Edge on Thursday, October 20th!
After two years of distancing, we are excited to gather, celebrate the successes of the past year, and look forward to exciting projects of the future once again.
2022 Making Energy Work Symposium
The Seventh Annual Making Energy Work Fall Symposium
Sustainable Northwest, along with our partners the City of Pendleton, and Energy Trust of Oregon hosted the seventh annual Fall Energy Symposium October 17th-19th, 2022.
This year we reconvened in-person and basing operations out of the spectacular Umatilla County, a region known for its natural beauty, history, and clean energy innovations.
This annual event convened clean energy leaders from across the state for engaging field tours, panel presentations, and networking receptions. These events featured topics on the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, Rural Electrification, Renewable Hydrogen in the Pacific Northwest, and much more.
Presentations can be found below:
Federal Policy Update: Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act
Eileen Quigley, Clean Energy Transition Institute, Inflation Reduction Act & Rural Communities
Nora Apter, Oregon Environmental Council, The Inflation Reduction Act
Community Energy Planning
Cathy Higgins, Hood River Energy Council, Hood River County Energy Plan
Wendy Simmons, Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Department of Energy 2022 Biennial Energy Report, Oregon Guidebook for Local Energy Resilience, and Oregon Renewable Energy Siting Assessment (ORESA)
Grace Andrews, The Environmental Center, Best Practices for Community Energy Planning in Rural Oregon
Rural Electrification
Dan Orzech, Oregon Clean Power Cooperative, Innovative Solar Applications
Robert Wallace, Wy'EastRC&D, Rural Electrification
Renewable Hydrogen in the Pacific Northwest
Abe Mooney, Obsidian Renewables, Obsidian Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub
Mason Murphy, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, CRITFC Vision and CTUIR Energy Strategy
Shannon Souza, Oregon Coast Energy Alliance Network, Renewable Hydrogen In the Pacific Northwest
For any questions, please contact Bridget Callahan, Senior Energy Program Manager, at bcallahan@sustainablenorthwest.org.
This event was hosted by Sustainable Northwest with support from Energy Trust of Oregon and City of Pendleton!
Upper Klamath Basin Producer Listening Session
Join us for our bi-monthly Producer Listening Sessions where producers can share their conservation project needs directly with assembled agency and organization representatives who can listen and provide information and support.
We are responding to a need for more facilitation between agencies, organizations, and producers to accelerate and streamline program enrollment across a wide suite of conservation activities (everything from installing VFDs to riparian habitat improvement projects).
We fill that need by coordinating projects between producers and agencies/orgs to expand capacity and increase communication.
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022 | 10AM - 12PM
Sprague River Community Center - 23536 Main Street Sprague River, OR
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Kelley Delpit: kdelpit@sustainablenorthwest; 661-747-8562
Participating Entities Include:
Energy Trust of Oregon Intermountain West Joint Venture Klamath Farm Services Agency Klamath Lake Land Trust Klamath NRCS Klamath SWCD Klamath Watershed Partnership Lake County Resources Initiative Macy’s Flying Service Oregon Department of Agriculture OSU Research and Extension Center Sustainable Northwest Trout Unlimited USFWS Partners Program
Sustainable Startup Happy Hour
Sustainable Northwest, TiE Oregon, Oregon Venture Fund, and Elevate Capital will be hosting a happy hour featuring local startups on the cutting edge of sustainability. RSVP to Chaney Clifton, Donor Engagement Manager, at cclifton@sustainablenorthwest.org
ElectricTractor Display
CAPACES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST PRESENT:
ELECTRIC TRACTOR DISPLAY
MERGING THE GREEN MOVEMENT & SOCIAL MOVEMENT TO SUSTAIN LIFE ON MOTHER EARTH FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME
*please register before the event*
Schedule:
FRIDAY, JULY 8TH 11:00 AM - 3 PM
9536 Parrish Gap Road SE Turner, OR 97392
INCLUDES LUNCH PROVIDED BY ANAHUAC FARM OF CAPACES & TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION BY SNW
11:30am - 12:30pm: Welcome & Lunch
Anahuac Farm of Capaces Leadership Institute gives the welcome and offers a serving of lunch to the
community that honors their Indigenous culinary traditions
12:30pm - 2:15pm: Electric Tractor Demonstration & Presentation by Sustainable Northwest & Wy'East
Information session and tractor testing
2:15pm - 3:00pm: Interactive Session - Q&A and Community Dialogue
Includes section related to the e-tractor and technology presented and conversations around sustainability and introduction of green technology
3pm: Closing
2022 NW Community Forest Coalition Forum & Field Tour
The 2022 Community Forest Forum and Field Tour will bring together people from across the Pacific Northwest to share, learn, and contribute to the growing interest in community forests that we continue to see across the region.
Economic Opportunities for Klamath Producers Engaging in Conservation Activities and Drought-Resilient Management
Please join us to learn more about economic opportunities related to conservation and restoration program participation, and drought-resiliency management.
We’d also like to hear from you! Please come to share your feedback on how these organizations can best serve Klamath landowners.
MEW Quarterly Call: Policy Update
The energy transition is accelerating.
New state and federal policies dramatically shape the clean energy transition in Oregon. Please join us Wednesday, February 23rd, from 12pm-1pm for our next Making Energy Work quarterly call to dig into critical near term opportunities.
We will be joined by John Cornwell and Rob Del Mar with Oregon Department of Energy to discuss ODOE's Community Renewable Energy Program (CREP). This newly established $50 million grant program supports energy resilience projects across the state with a focus on rural and disadvantaged communities.
In addition, ODOE has been commissioned to study barriers to small-scale renewable energy development. We will dig into this study and discuss how this can help accelerate local clean energy projects.
Also joining the discussion is Neil Baunsgard with The Environmental Center based in Bend, Oregon, to share updates on the proposed Reach Code legislation being debated in the Oregon legislature. Reach Codes would allow cities to create higher energy efficiency standards for buildings.
Meeting details can be found below. We hope you join us!
MAKING ENERGY WORK QUARTERLY CALL: POLICY UPDATE
February 23rd, 2022
12pm - 1pm PST
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Live Edge 2021
Our Live Edge virtual gala is just a few weeks away on October 14th!
Bid on fabulous packages, learn about our latest projects and programs and support Sustainable Northwest.
We are excited to host keynote speaker Peter Brannen, an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Wired, Aeon, The Boston Globe, Slate, and The Guardian among other publications. His book, The Ends of the World, about the five major mass extinctions in Earth's history, was published in 2017 by Ecco and was a Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book.
PHOTO: Peter Brannen