“Permaculture Options for Oil Transitions" is the topic for our next meeting on March 11. Members of the Orenco Urban Farm in Hillsboro and Tryon Farms in Portland will be presenting the basics of permaculture and how permaculture can offer some solutions to upcoming transitions from dependence on oil. The concepts can be applied to single family homes (example: Orenco Urban Farm) or community-supported properties (example: Tryon Farms). This presentation will focus on food production, energy security, and countywide potential to grow food. Food prices are expected to escalate sharply as oil prices continue to increase, and food scarcity is expected to be a serious issue in the not-too-distant future. D Laine Young, one of our own members and owner of the Orenco Urban Farm, is one of the speakers.

Meeting Location: Unitarian Universalist Community Church, in Hillsboro: Near the Orenco MAX station (address below).

Doors open at 6:30 pm and the program will begin promptly at 7 pm.

LIGHT RAIL: Orenco Station/NW 231st Ave. Then walk east on Alder St. until it turns right at 228th. Then one block south to Birch street and the church is on your left.
TRI-MET BUS: Route 47.
CAR: From HW26, take Cornelius Pass exit south to Cornell. Turn west on Cornell and turn left on 231st. Proceed south on 231st to Alder. Turn left on Alder. The church is located on the corner at Birch and 228th. NOTE: IF YOU ARE DRIVING WEST ON CORNELL, THE INTERSECTION WILL SHOW 229TH FOR TURNING RIGHT, WHICH YOU MIGHT SEE FIRST, BUT, SAME INTERSECTION, IT IS 231st FOR TURNING LEFT!! SO TURN LEFT THERE!!