Natural Building Convergence 2002 Schedule  (see below for location addresses) Friday, May 10 7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ Environmental Middle School Opening: MARNA HAUKE, Urban Creatress, Natural Building Womb Weaver MARK LAKEMAN, The City Repair Project IANTO EVANS, The Cob Cottage Company, Natural Building Pioneer and Visionary Saturday, May 11 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ Pacific Crest Community School SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project),   "Creatively Supporting Arts & Environment" SHANE ENDICOTT, The ReBuilding Center of Our United Villages,   Environmental and Social Justice Visionary, Modern-Day Robin Hood ROBERT BOLMAN, President, Eugene Chapter, NW EcoBuilding Guild,   "Natural Building & Social Justice" Sunday, May 12 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ Pacific Crest Community School SARA MAPELLI and THEODORE HOLDT, Natural Builders, Artists BECKY BEE, Groundworks, Natural Builder, Author of The Cob Builders Handbook Monday, May 13 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ Ecotrust EUGENIE FRERICHS and MIKE O'BRIEN, "Ecoroofs: reintegrating water in buildings" ELKE COLE, Cobworks, "Beautiful, affordable, environmentally responsible structures" Tuesday, May 14 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ Ecotrust JON ECHLIN, SERA Architects, "Sustainable Design" ROB BENNETT, Office of Sustainable Development, Green Building Division JOE KENNEDY, Builders Without Borders, Natural Building Architect Wednesday, May 15 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ SEIU HALL GROWING GARDENS, "Creating fresh food, education, and jobs where the need is greatest" TOBY HEMENWAY, Author of 'Gaia's Garden, A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture' PENNY LIVINGSTON, Permaculture Institute, Natural Builder Thursday, May 16 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ SEIU HALL COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER, "Sustainable Transportation" PHIL GOFF, Urban Planner & Environmentalist, "History of Bicycle Network" OLE ERSSON, "Rainwater Harvesting and Sustainable Urban Living" Friday, May 17 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ SEIU HALL BRIAN BORELLO, LINDA K. JOHNSON, MARK LAKEMAN, Urban Transformers TIM LAMBERT, "The first fully-engineered hollow-wall straw bale house; three stories, natural ventilation" KIKO DENZER, Sculptor, Natural Builder, Author of 'Build Your Own Earth Oven'  "Earth, art, ovens, and other inspirations for cultivating art and community" Saturday, May 18 9:00am-4:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ SEIU HALL SUN RAY KELLY, Natural Builder AMBER WIGGETT, Natural Builder DAVID EISENBERG, Development Center for Appropriate Technology, Co-Author of 'The Straw Bale House'  "Opening the door to sustainable and regenerative building in the building codes realm" Sunday, May 19 9:00am, TOUR of Ole Errson's Eco-House @ 414 SE 18th Ave. Ole and his family have been harvesting rainwater, intensively gardening, and experimenting with sustainability solutions like compost-powered hot water heating for over six years -- all at their small home in inner Portland! Join us for this rare opportunity to see real urban sustainability in practice.   10:00am-3:30pm, WORKSHOPS @ project sites   time TBA, BIG CELEBRATION!!! @ SEIU HALL  ...with music, food, community and ecologically focused groups, guided tours of natural building sites, presentations, and much more. Closing circle: MARNA HAUKE Monday, May 20 7:00pm, PRESENTATIONS @ PSU Smith Memorial Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom Waterscapes: An Evening With Herbert Dreiseitl   (PDF poster) THE NATURAL BUILDING CONVERGENCE, spotlight on week's events KEEPERS OF THE WATER, "Making water health central to our communities" Keynote: HERBERT DREISEITL, "Waterscapes: How can we restore water in our cities?" $10-$15 suggested donation. Proceeds to benefit the Natural Building Convergence and Portland's Keepers of the Water. Sponsored by Portland's Office of Sustainable Development (OSD). Please pre-register by e-mail to nbc@southeastuplift.org. For further information about this evening only, please see www.green-rated.org or contact Michael O'Brien at OSD, 503-823-5494 or mobrien@ci.portland.or.us. Evening Presentation Locations  (all in Portland, Oregon) Environmental Middle School, 2421 SE Orange (in Ladd's Addition neighborhood) Pacific Crest Community School, 116 NE 29th Ecotrust, 721 NW 9th (Natural Capital Center) SEIU Hall, 3536 SE 26th (just south of Powell) PSU Smith Memorial Center, 1825 SW Broadway  (between Montgomery and Harrison, downtown Portland)