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💡 Simple changes in everyday choices

Save money and limit your environmental impact with Resourceful PDX

A woman and a little girl open up a door on an antique looking cabinet.

Giving items new life is a rewarding feeling. | Photo via Resourceful PDX

On the way to limiting your environmental impact, it’s easy to feel a little bit lost.

That’s where the Resourceful PDX Map comes in handy. It highlights the locations of grassroots organizations, local businesses, and government agencies that help Portland residents reuse, swap, repair, and share items, saving them time and money. You’ll find everything from donation centers to lending libraries and swap shops. The map’s also interactive; community members are encouraged to add things like neighborhood food exchanges and Buy Nothing groups.

The Resourceful PDX project from the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability shows how little things — like a fix-first mindset or shopping secondhand — can affect the city’s consumption habits.

Think of how many fossil fuels and natural materials go into making one bike — from the rubber on the tires to the metal frame. Not to mention the carbon emissions from transporting each piece from its respective origin (often in less-developed countries). Research suggests that “the carbon impact of our purchases globally is twice what the local impact is.”

A map of Portland, Oregon, with different colored pins across the city representing Resourceful PDX locations, like donation centers, swap shops, lending libraries, repair stores, and more. — Have a community resource that should be included? Make a request to add it.
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Map via Google Maps/Resourceful PDX

For additional reading, Resourceful PDX publishes a blog showcasing community partners (like ReDeploy) and other sustainable ideas and tips, including how to clean green. There is also an online events calendar listing repair fairs and free markets. Here are a couple to check out this month:

Monthly Free Market | Saturday, May 27 | 1-4 p.m. | Gateway Discovery Park, 10520 NE Halsey St.
Give what you can and take what you need at this market with food, gently used clothing, baby toys, furniture, plants and seeds, and more.

Repair Cafe | Tuesday, May 30 | 6-8 p.m. | Art Design Xchange, 417 SE 11th Ave.
At this first come, first served event, volunteers fix small appliances, repair bikes, mend garments, and sharpen knives and tools.

Events

Wednesday, May 3

Phony Ppl with Johnny 2 Phones | Wednesday, May 3 | 8:30 p.m. | Star Theater, 13 NW Sixth Ave., Portland | $22-$47 | Vibe with this five-member hip-hop and R&B group from Brooklyn, New York.

Thursday, May 4

Star Wars Trivia | Thursday, May 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Tomorrow’s Verse Taproom, 4605 NE Fremont St. Ste. #103, Portland | Free | Test your knowledge of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Two Evils with Arlo & Kate | Thursday, May 4 | 7:30 p.m. | The Siren Theater, 3913 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland | $15 | Laugh along to this comedy game show where questions of morality are posed to the audience and guest contestants.

Friday, May 5

Crafty Wonderland | Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6 | Times vary | Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland | $4-$23 | Shop local handmade goods and art from 230+ vendors.

Saturday, May 6

The Portland Derby | Saturday, May 6 | 10 a.m. | The Redd on Salmon, 831 SE Salmon St., Portland | $39+ | Celebrate the “Run for the Roses” in the Rose City.

Events calendar here

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News Notes

Community

Multnomah County voters should expect to receive their ballots later than anticipated. Following a proofreading error, election officials had to reprint 550,000 ballots — costing somewhere between $300,000 and $350,000 extra and a 6-day delay. Instead, they will now be mailed out today. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

Eat

Voodoo Doughnut opened a kooky box of culinary creativity when it started business in Portland’s Old Town in 2003, and now, it’s recognizing 20 years with a birthday cake special and rotating deals every Tuesday in May. We’re not crying... there’s just a pretzel stick in our heart. (KOIN)

Cause

Registration is open for Oregon Humane Society’s annual Doggie Dash event. For $65, you’ll not only support the nonprofit’s animal adoption and education efforts, but also get a commemorative T-shirt, a Mud Bay swag bag, access to the pet festival and the 1.5-mile walk/run.

Plan Ahead

Making the exciting adventures of superheroes accessible is what Free Comic Book Day is all about. Indie shops will celebrate the Saturday, May 6, event across Portland with one-off releases, signings, and more, so make like The Flash and check out as many as you can. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

Asked

If you had to go out on a limb, do you think you could name Oregon’s state tree? That’s the question filmmaker Zave Payne posed to passersby in Portland’s Washington Park, and the head scratching was pretty fir-ny. Hint: It’s also the name of a popular Portland music venue. (Willamette Week)

Watch

Speaking of Oregon icons, a beaver was recently caught on camera strutting past local resident Greg Schramm at Whitaker Ponds Natural Area. While the fluffy aquatic rodents tend to be more shy, this one meant business — what you would expect from a local branch manager. (KOIN)

Holiday

How to win Mother’s Day? Send the mother figure in your life iconic meals and desserts from across the country with Goldbelly. Think: Ina Garten’s coconut cake, a New York bagel brunch kit, and a chef’s steak dinner for four. Yup, it’s all on Goldbelly.

The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Ben

From the editor

Okay folks, my garden is in the ground (or raised beds, rather). On the main stage, we’ve got heirloom and cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, cauliflower, zucchini, and summer squash.

In upcycled filing cabinet drawers I planted Calendula and chocolate lace wildflowers, purple dragon tongue beans, and spinach. What do you have growing?

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