The ReClaim It! store recently reached a crucial milestone in waste reduction when it surpassed 500,000 pounds of materials saved from the Metro Transfer Station since operations began in 2014. The North Portland store, a nonprofit project run largely by volunteers, salvages items and materials...
Metro is hiring a Zoo School Outreach Educator at the Oregon Zoo. Bring your education and live-animal presentation skills to the Oregon Zoo, where you will support our groundbreaking wildlife education and conservation efforts. In this role, you will present live-animal programs for students in...
“Ghost Net Landscape” by Emily Miller opens October 7th at the Kathrin Cawein Gallery. The collaborative exhibit will feature Emily Miller’s finished sculptures created from plastic marine debris (“ghost net”) as well as over 1,000 pounds of unprocessed fishing rope and net. For four weeks,...
The ban will be implemented across the nation on Oct. 2. Why Global Citizens Should Care Plastic waste, if not recycled or properly managed, often becomes a harmful environmental pollutant that impacts life on land and in the oceans. Reducing plastic pollution is essential to establishing and...