ISP’s Earth Day Celebration 2024

Join us for a morning of fun and helping our planet!

Saturday, April 20th

International School

of Portland

2305 S Water Ave Portland, OR 97201

Main events from 9:00 am to noon

(SOLVE cleanup and Bike Bus begin at 8:30)

Lots of things to learn and do! The event includes:

Oregon SOLVE Clean up

Help us keep our school campus and the area around it clean and beautiful

SIGN UP HERE

Separate sign up with SOLVE encouraged to participate in trash pick up. Sign up not required to attend for other activities.

Replant School Bioswales

Help replant our bioswales that handle rain and water runoff

PLANTS AND POLLINATORS

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
The experts on saving our pollinators! Learn how you can help our threatened butterflies, bees, and other pollinating insects.

HALF-PRICE NATIVE PLANT SALE

With generous support from Bosky Dell Native plants, we are offering native plants at wholesale price, 50% off retail prices! Fill your garden with the plants that will help our critical pollinators, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

GROW YOUR OWN SEEDS IN EGG CARTON POTS

FREE SEED PACKETS TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUTTERFLIES AND BEES

Take home seeds to grow showy milkweed and narrow leaf milkweed (critical for Monarchs and other butterflies), and Douglas asters (loved by local bees!)

LEARN HOW YOU CAN RAISE FRIENDLY, STINGLESS MASON BEES IN YOUR OWN YARD

Kids love to watch them work, and they’ll pollinate the fruits and vegetables in your home garden

TAKE CLIMATE ACTION

Visit with Families for Climate and Citizens’ Climate Lobby and learn how you can help change our country and our world, to make our climate stable for our kids and grandkids.

Eliminate plastic waste!
Our own ISP students highlighted the dangers of microplastics in their projects last year. Learn surprising ways YOU can reduce plastic use, for the sake of our kids’ health.

Learn about Urban Gleaners, Panga Dental Care Company, and more about recycling

Take home a book from the library and give a book a new life!

BIKE BUS

Come ride with us on a young-pedal -biker-friendly paced ride over the Tilikum Crossing Bridge to ISP’s Earth Day Event. Continue the fun by biking on the closed street in front of the school!

Tilikum Crossing Bridge to ISP Campus Bike Bus details:

Meeting Location: 45.50725° N, 122.66350° W

This is the plaza between OMSI South parking lot and OMSI/ SE Water Street light rail Station. It is about 1 mile from the meeting point to ISP

Departure time: 8:30AM; Arrival at ISP: ~8:45AM

CARGO BIKE TEST DRIVES

Trek Westmoreland will be sharing their new line of electric cargo bikes, and some of our ISP biking families will share their own various models of electric cargo bikes. Don’t miss this chance to try them out yourselves! (a limited number of helmets will be available)

**KICK OFF THE NEW WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL MONTH!**

Get rewards for biking, carpooling, or using the bus or train to get to school, even if you try it once!

Everyone who takes part is ALSO eligible for a drawing to win additional amazing prizes!

Play with your friends on the school playground!

Refreshments available–please bring your own beverage container!

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!

SIGN UP TO HELP MAKE THE DAY HAPPEN HERE

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact the ISP Green Team at green@intlschool.org

**♻️ We hope to see you there! ♻️**

Thank you to Oregon Metro for their support in this community effort.