Contributing money, resources, skills...
From ReCode
Thanks for your interest in ReCode Portland. We are currently an all volunteer group and actively seeking folks who want to contribute their resources, be they money, time or knowledge.
To contribute money, you can make tax-deductible donations to Tryon Life Community Farm, ReCode's host organization. Information about donating (on or off line) is at http://www.tryonfarm.org/donate. Please specify the donation is for ReCode.
To contribute time, please attend our monthly organizing meeting to learn of the volunteer opportunities. The times for these are listed under "Current Events" on the left-hand navigation bar.
To contribute knowledge, take some time to peruse the information on this website, and add what you can. The wiki format is specifically designed to be inclusive to additions by all who have something to contribute. Together, we're building this site into a valuable public resource focused on identifying the barriers to sustainable building, and then removing them!
Add more details to our Wiki,Practices and Regulations webpages. What aspects of sustainable building would you like to practice in Oregon, if they were easier to do legally? Hot topics in August: passive ventilation, permeable pavement, pier foundations, site-built composting toilets, blackwater onsite treatment.
Wishlist
Point person to lead an initiative to create an Ecovillage zoning category.
Pro bono legal and engineering support for regulatory appeals. Details.
Point person to engage professors, teachers and students in legal and building-practice research.
Monthly email action alerts, requesting a few key actions.
Motto, logo, and business cards.
Office space.
Powerpoint presentation or video showing how great a remodeled Portland home could be, the regulatory barriers to achieving this greatness, and specific proposals for alternative, supportive regulations. Tell a story that's easy to understand.
A videographer to document some local greywater guerrilla facilities--best practices, and lessons learned to avoid. Portland BDS is actively seeking to learn about designing local greywater installations. However, owners are hesitant to invite a BDS inspector onsite (because their installations are illegal) and BDS is hesitant to promise a blanket immunity from prosecution (in case they happen to witness an egregious violation of the building code, beyond what they were expecting). A documentary video of anonymous sites could help to bridge this gap in communication, between homeowners who have working systems, and BDS that wants to learn about working systems.
