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Welcome to
SUSTAINABILITY
TOWN HALL 2019
March 7, 2019
Our Vision
Corvallis is a community
in which the needs of the
present are met without
compromising the ability
of future generations to
meet their own needs.
It is a flourishing and thriving city with a vibrant
economy that respects, restores, and cares for the
community of life.
Sustainability Guiding Objectives(based on the Natural Step system conditions for a sustainable society)
OUR PARTNERS3 Degrees
350 Corvallis
A&S Accounting
Abundant Solar
Acme Construction Co.
Akro Construction Corp
Alliance for Recreation and Natural Areas (AFRANA)
American Dream Pizza & CrowBar
American Toy LLC
Animal Crackers Pet Supply
AnOvation Group LLC
ANS/HPS - OSU Student Chapter
Apicurious
The Arts Center
ASOSU Environmental Affairs Task Force
Associated Students of Oregon State University
ATCO America
Audubon Society of Corvallis
Avery Addition Neighborhood Association
B.E. Solar
Bahá'í Community of Corvallis
Baklava Mediterranean Cafe
Bald Hill Farm
Barker-Uerlings Insurance, Inc.
Beit Am Jewish Community
Bella Vino Gift Baskets
Benton County
Benton County Community Rights Coalition
Benton County Democrats
Benton County Env. Issues Advisory Committee
Benton County Fair
Benton County Master Gardeners
Benton County Rural & Special Transportation
Services
Benton Habitat for Humanity
Benton Soil & Water Conservation District
Beyond Toxics
Birch Consulting
Blackledge Furniture
Block 15
Blue Dawg Promotions
Blue River Building LLC
Bombs Away Café
Bonnie Arent Lorenz, Acupuncture
Bountiful Backyard
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis
The Brave Life Initiative
Broadleaf Architecture
Browser's Bookstore
Burcham’s Metals, Inc.
Business Enterprise Center
Carol Trueba, Broker - Town & Country Realty
Carts and Tools
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation &
Development
Cascades West Rideshare
Cascadia Expeditions
CascadiaNow!, Corvallis Chapter
CASSE - Center for the Advancement of the Steady
State Economy
Cattail Creek Lamb
Collaborative Employment Innovations
Central Willamette Community Credit Union
Charles R. Gerke AIA Architect
Chintimini Wildlife Center
Cirello's Pizza
Citizens Bank
Citizens' Climate Lobby Corvallis Chapter
City Club of Corvallis
City Delivery Service
City of Corvallis
Clean Corvallis Air
Cleland Marketing
Cloudburst Creative
Coast Range Association
Coffee Culture
CoHo Ecovillage
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy &
Socialism
Community Action for Racial Equity (C.A.R.E.)
Community Independent Business Alliance (CIBA)
Community Outreach, Inc.
Community Services Consortium
Compassion Entrepreneurs
Confluence Design & Construction
Corvallis Access Media
Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
(CAMPO)
Corvallis Bicycle Collective
Corvallis Chamber of Commerce
The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
Corvallis Community Acupuncture
Corvallis Copy Center
Corvallis Custom Kitchens and Baths
Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center
Corvallis Environmental Center
Corvallis Evening Garden Club
Corvallis Fall Festival
Corvallis Family Clothing Swap
Corvallis Friends Meeting (Quakers)
Corvallis Furniture
Corvallis Housing First
Corvallis Interfaith Climate Justice Committee
Corvallis Matters
Corvallis Men's Shelter
Corvallis Montessori School
Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center
Corvallis Oddfellows I.O.O.F.
Corvallis Pedicab
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation
Corvallis Radiology
Corvallis Right of Way
Corvallis Rowing Club
Corvallis School District - 509J
Corvallis School District Safe Routes to School
Corvallis Senior Cohousing Project
Corvallis Sister Cities Association – Gondar
Corvallis Social Equity Research Group
Corvallis Spring Roll
Corvallis Waldorf School
Corvallis Zen Circle
Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets
Country Vitamins
Coyle LLC
Craft Biscuit Bakery
OUR PARTNERSCrawforDesign, Inc.
Crescent Valley High School
CSC Youth House Gardens
Da Vinci Days
Darkside Cinema
Debonair Enterprises
Denison Farms
design.christonium
Dev Ethos Consultancy Corp.
Devco Engineering
DH Renewables
Diane's Urban Farm Retreat
DoubleCheck Writing & Editing, LLC
Dynamic Sustainability Consulting
Eads Broadcasting Corporation
Earth & Sea Salts
Earth Charter Initiative
Earthfort
EcNowTech
Ecotecture® Publications
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Edward Jones - Tim Euhus
Edward Jones - Trevor Bulman
Element Graphics, Inc.
Emerald Forest Architecture
Energy Trust of Oregon
Energy Wise Lighting
Enviofuel
Ethnographica Consulting
Fairfield Farm
Farmland LP
FireWorks Restaurant
First Alternative Food Coop
First Congregational United Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Church
First United Methodist Church
Fitzpatrick Ecological Consulting
Footwise
Freshwaters Illustrated
Friends of Corvallis Parks & Recreation
Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Friends of Witham Oaks
Furniture Share
Gaia Landscapes, Inc.
Garden Spaces Sustainable Landscapes, LLC
Garland Nursery
Gathering Together Farms
Get Organized!
Gluten Free RN
The Golden Crane
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
Goodfoot Farm
GooseFoot Farm
Grace Center for Adult Day Services
Grass Roots Books & Music
Green Girl
Green Planet Dreams
Green Spring Farms
Greenbelt Land Trust
Greenwillow Grains
Growing Family Birth Center
Harcombe Farm
HatchLab Corvallis
Healthy Youth Program - Linus Pauling Institute
Heartland Humane Society Thrift Shop
Holly Oak Music Studio
Home Grown Gardens
Home Life
Hospitality Vision
HOUR Exchange
Hull Home Efficiency
IBEW Local 280
In the Moment Stress Reduction
Indoor Airman
Innovate Oregon
Institute for Applied Ecology
Integrated Resource Management
Intertech
Jackson Street Youth Services
Jammin' for the Hungry
Jobs Addition Neighborhood Assn
Jon's Headlight Restoration
JTI Supply, Inc.
Kaleidoscope Studios
Kapa Landscape Design LLC
Kate Hickok Media Productions
Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette
Kidco Head Start – Kids & Company of Linn County
LadyC's CakePan
Laughing Planet Café
League of Women Voters of Corvallis
Legend Homes Corvallis Communities
Lemon Twist Web Design, LLC
Life in Balance Acupuncture
Linn Benton Food Share
Linn Benton Health Equity Alliance
Live Well Studio
Lorraine Anderson, Writer/Editor
The Majestic Theatre
Mamalia's Baklava
Manage My Co-op
Marys River Gleaners
Marys River Grange
Marys River Watershed Council
Mattress Mania
McLellan Temporaries
MicroEPIC Productions
Mid-Valley Bicycle Club
Mid-Valley Doula Network
Mid-Valley Harvest
Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates
Midway Farms
The Mushroomery
NAACP Corvallis/Albany Branch
OUR PARTNERSNative Plant Society of Oregon
Natural Choice Directory
Nearly Normals
Neighborhood Naturalist
Never the Same
North by Northwest Transportation Foundation
North Jackson Company
Northwest Earth Institute
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Northwest Naturescapes
Northwest Realty Consultants
Novo Veritas
Old Blue Raw Honey
Old Mill Center for Children and Families
Orange O Barber Salon
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative
Oregon Ceremonies
Oregon Green Schools
Oregon Screen Crafts
Oregon State Credit Union
Oregon State University
Oregon Wildlife Institute
OSU Advantage Accelerator
OSU Campus Recycling
OSU Center for Civic Engagement
OSU College of Forestry
OSU Divest - Students Engaging Tomorrow
OSU Ecampus
OSU Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative
OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center
OSU Extension - Benton County
OSU Folk Club Thrift Shop
OSU Hydrogen Club
OSU Spring Creek Project
OSU STEPs
OSU Student Sustainability Initiative
OSU Transportation Services
OSU University Housing & Dining Services
Our Climate
Owen Dell & Associates
Pacific Green Party Linn-Benton Chapter
Pane Relief Window Cleaning
Peak Sports
Pegasus Games
Permaculture Rising
PFLAG Corvallis/Albany
Philomath Montessori School
Play It Again Sports
Post Carbon Institute
Premium Efficiency, Inc.
PreservationWORKS
Produce for the People
Rapid Refill Print Solutions
Republic Services
RESULTS Corvallis
RHT Energy
Rice's Pharmacy
Rod Terry, Designer
Ron Hall Concrete
Room at the Inn
Roxy Dawgs
Samaritan Health Services
Schroff, Tudor Insurance Agency, Inc.
Seeds for the Sol
Shady Grove Farm Corvallis
Shelton Turnbull - Green Solutions Printing
Shonnard's Nursery, Florist, & Landscape
Showing Up for Racial Justice, Corvallis Chapter
Sibling Revelry
Sierra Club - Marys Peak Group
Sierra Club - Oregon Chapter
Silverman Studios
Sky High Brewing
Slow Food Corvallis
Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC
Softstar Shoes
Soilsmith Services, Inc.
Solar Ki
SoupCycle
South Corvallis Food Bank
Spindrift Cellars
St. Anne Orthodox Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sunbow Farm
Sunbow Produce
Sundborn Children's House
Sunrise Corner Community Garden
SunWize
Susan Binder, Designer
Sustainable Forestry Partnership
Sweet Yoga
T. Gerding Construction Company
Ten Rivers Food Web
The Reynolds Law Firm
The Society of National Industry
The Thyme Garden
Timberhill Athletic Club
Tina Taylor - Stress Solutions
Town & Country Realty
Tyee Wine Cellars Ltd
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
Valley AIDS Information Network
Valley Eye Care
Veterans for Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter
Virginia Shapiro, DC – Integrity Natural Health
Visit Corvallis
Vivacity Spirits
Welding Wizardry
Western Pulp Products
White Wind Superfoods: Organic Juice Bar
Whiteside Theatre Foundation
Wild Garden Seed
Wild Yeast Community Supported Bakery
Willamette Disc Golf Club
Willamette Gardens
Willamette Investment Advisors
Willamette Living Magazine
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
Willamette Watershed Productions
Windsmith Music
Wineopolis
Youth Volunteer Corps of Corvallis
Zoetic Architecture
Volunteers
A Model Sustainable Event
Waste1. Compostable
food service
2. Waste stations
3. Bathroom paper towels
A Model Sustainable Event
Energy1. 1,000 kWh of
Blue Sky power= CO2 emissions
reduced by 940 lbs
2. Lighting
3. Real time utility monitoring
A Model Sustainable Event
A Model Sustainable Event
Food1.Local 6 foods
– Foods from Benton
County plus the
five counties
touching it
2.Municipal tap
water
A Model Sustainable Event
Water1. Bathroom sinks
are all
“Conservers”
2. Low flow toilets
and urinals
FREE and open to all…
THANKS to our sponsors!
Town Hall 2019
Sustainability Office
Champions
Sustainers
Supporters
Sponsors
FUMC Environmental Care Team
Town Hall Heroes
AFRANA • Bettina Schempf • Bill & Nancy EvensonBrian Lee • Candace Russo • Cecily Feudo
Claudia Keith • Corvallis Baha’i Community • Court SmithCynthia Spencer & Patrick Hadlock • David Sprowls
Diane Arney • Diane McGrath & Judith EdelsteinEmily Bowling • Gregg Kleiner & Laurie Salus • Jim & Carol Holm
Joey & Ashley Merback • John Trelstad • Julie Manning Kathy & Frank Hall • Kim Lamont • Larry Weymouth • Lee Holt
Lorraine Anderson • Lyn & Jerry Larson • Molly Engle Pat & Dee Mooney • Pete Nelson • Peter Greenberg
Ruby Moon • Skip & Jackie Rochefort • Softstar Shoes Tom & Lynn Ekstedt • Thomas Field • Tru Denton
Veterans for Peace • Willamette Gardens • Xan Augerot
Engaged Partners
CHAMPIONS
Alvin Eshe & Janet Wolf-Eshe • Anna-Maria & Jim Phelps
Biff & Maret Traber • Bud & Jan Ames
Chris & Kate Mathews • David Eckert & Annette Mills
Diane H. McInally, CPA, LLC • Fred Prahl
Jim Boyle • Ken & Sarah Edwardsson • Liz Frenkel
Lorie Bailey & Stephanie Heindel • Peg Cornell
Peter Stoel & Karen Josephson • Phil Sollins
Ralph & Marge Alig • Robert & Maria Scott
Thomas & Susan Palmrose
Engaged Partners
SUSTAINERS
Alan Deitch • Blackledge Furniture
Cheryl Stevenson & Jim Cannon
Cindee Lolik • Corvallis Odd Fellows • Dave Rabinowitz
David Wells • First Alternative Co-op • Jack Elder
Jason & Kristin Bradford • Jeff & Maureen Kinevey Gump
John Swanson & Jeanne Holmes • Leslie & Bill Glassmire
Martha Clemons & Charlie Miller • Scott & Chris Newsham
Sevenoaks Native Nursery • Theresa Gibney
Vanguard Charitable Trust on behalf of Cliff & Gay Hall
Engaged Partners
SUPPORTERS
Audubon Society of Corvallis • Bailey Payne & Leigh Santy
Brandon Trelstad • Corvallis Copy Center • David & Linda Smith
Deborah Carey & Raymond Shockey • Denison Farms • Devco Engineering
Don Alan & Roberta Hall • Earthfort • Janet Throop • Jim Stratton
Joey & Ashley Merback • Judy Dugan • League of Women Voters of Corvallis
Lee & Suzanne Lazaro • Liv & Dave Gifford • Loma Hammond
Marie Long • Marilyn Henderson • Marion Ceraso • Michael Neeley-Brown
Mike Beilstein • Pacific Green Party – Linn Benton Chapter
Pat & Betty Malone • Peak Sports • Phil Harding
Richard & Rosalie Clinton • Rochelle Murphy • Sarah Spangler
Si Simonson • Sky High Brewing • Suzanne Ortiz
Vicki Wilderman • Viviane Simon-Brown
Organizing Team
Fair Coordinator
Lani Beavers
Town Hall Organizers
Annette Mills Andrea Norris
Brandon Trelstad Dave Eckert
Heidi Lewis John Deuel
Kathy Thompson Gautami Pawar
Sean McGuire
Town Hall Volunteers
Greeters & Registrars
Exhibitors & Action Team Members
Musicians
Transportation Monitors
Recycling Station Monitors
Discussion Leaders & Recorders
Presenters
We Honor and Acknowledge
THEME:
Climate Action –
Changing Course
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AGENDA
PART 1: Individual Pathways to Change
PART 2: Organizational Change
PART 3: Immediate Action
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Intergovernmental
Panel on
Climate Change
(IPCC)
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100 solutions to
mitigate and reverse
climate change
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Solutions will create
• Jobs
• Social stability
• Crop productivity
• Higher quality food
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Solutions will increase
• Soil health
• Biodiversity
• Water retention
• Clean air
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Solutions will reverse
• Marine desertification
• Coral bleaching
Changing Course:Climate change as opportunity
• Model climate action
• Become a catalyst
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Individual Pathways to Change
• FOOD
• TRANSPORTATION
• CONSUMPTION
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Organizational Change
Individual Pathways to Change
Look for actions that will help you reduce
your greenhouse gas emissions
Community Scrapbook:
PART A
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Community Scrapbook:
PART A
2018 Accomplishments
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Table Discussion #1
1st Round: Tell us your name and your affiliation.
2nd Round: What is one action you will take to move
beyond your comfort zone and become a model of
climate action for others?
• Discuss with partner
• Discuss with whole table
Organizational Change
Look for ways you can be a catalyst to
help your organization reduce
greenhouse gas emissions
Community Scrapbook:
PART B
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Community Scrapbook
PART B
2018 Accomplishments
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Table Discussion #2
What will you do to help your organization,
institution, or workplace move beyond
“business as usual” and become a more
effective model in terms of climate action?
• Discuss with partner
• Discuss with whole table
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mary Christina Wood
“Immediate Action:
Responding to Our Climate
Emergency”
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Table Discussion #3
Divide table into 2 groups – Each group gets
a “clicker”.
3 questions to provide guidance to the
Sustainability Coalition and our partners
• Discuss (5 minutes)
• VOTE as a group (1 minute)
Table Discussion #3
QUESTION 1: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to FOOD choices?
A. Eat plant-centric meals
B. Waste less food
C. Support local agriculture
FOOD
A. Eat plant-centric meals that include fewer
or no animal products
B. Waste less food through more conscious
purchasing, preparation, and storage
C. Support local agriculture through
your food choices
FOOD
Table Discussion #3
A. Eat plant-centric
meals
B. Waste less food
C. Support local
agriculture
QUESTION 1: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to FOOD choices?
Table Discussion #3
QUESTION 2: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to
TRANSPORTATION choices?
A. Reduce or eliminate air travel
B. Share rides more often
C. Walk, bike, or ride the bus more often
Transportation
A. Reduce or eliminate air travel
B. Share rides more often
Transportation
C. Walk, bike, or ride the bus more often
Transportation
Table Discussion #3
A. Reduce or
eliminate air travel
B. Share rides more
often
C. Walk, bike, or ride
the bus more often
QUESTION 2: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to TRANSPORTATION
choices?
Table Discussion #3
QUESTION 3: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to
CONSUMPTION choices?
A. Reduce the use of fossil fuel-based
energy
B. Reduce water use
C. Choose used items instead of new
ones more often
Consumption
A. Reduce the use of fossil fuel-based energy
B. Reduce water use
Consumption
Consumption
C. Choose used items instead of new ones
more often
Table Discussion #3
A. Reduce use of fossil-
fuel based energy
B. Reduce water use
C. Choose used items
instead of new ones
QUESTION 3: What changes are you and people you
know most willing to make related to
CONSUMPTION choices?
Pledge to change course in the following area(s): __Food __Transportation __Consumption __Other
Join the Sustainable Corvallis Google Group and volunteer with a Coalition action team or partner organization (specify): ______________________
Donate or pledge to support the Sustainability Coalition Climate Action Fund
__Donation enclosed __Please contact me
Response Envelope
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Community Inclusion
Economic Vitality
Energy
Education
Food
Health & Human Services
Housing
Land Use
Natural Areas
Transportation
Waste Prevention
Water
Pledge to change course in the following area(s): __Food __Transportation __Consumption __Other
Join the Sustainable Corvallis Google Group and volunteer with a Coalition action team or partner organization (specify): ______________________
Donate or pledge to support the Sustainability Coalition Climate Action Fund
__Donation enclosed __Please contact me
Response Envelope
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Mayor Biff Traber
City of Corvallis
Commission Chair
Annabelle Jaramillo
Benton County
Community Leaders
Next Generation of Leaders
Marc Chenard
Crescent Valley High School
Lauren Reichman
Corvallis High School