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APRIL 2025 EVENT ROUNDUP

Here's what we've got for upcoming events, both from Climate Curious and beyond!



Climate Curious Events


PNW Battery Collaborative: Portland Meetup

April 9 (Wed), 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

 

Climate Curious is excited to partner with the PNW Battery Collaborative for an evening mixer with fellow battery innovators to exchange ideas, spark new partnerships, and explore opportunities to launch the next big breakthrough in battery technology. The PNW Battery Collaborative unites battery entrepreneurs, scientists, and enthusiasts to make the PNW the nation's leading hub of battery innovation. The main focus of the event will be a round of lightning talks by local battery innovators (~5 mins each), audience Q&A, and an opportunity for attendees to share announcements and learn about battery jobs/resource opportunities.

 

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‘We Believe in Portland’ Clean-Up

April 25 (Fri), 11:00am - 3:30pm

Providence Park

 

AdoptOneBlock invites you to join other purpose-driven Portland leaders and companies who are committed to restoring Portland. This simple yet powerful act of cleaning up shows our commitment to our community and beautiful city. Our CC community member Colleen Murray has generously offered to lead our team in helping to clean up Portland. You can email Colleen (murray2.colleen@gmail.com) for more details.

 

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Climate Innovators + Community Celebration

May 13 (Tues), 5-8pm

Center for Power & Energy

 

As part of Portland Startup Week, we're working with Prosper Portland, Latino Founders, and Blueprint Climate to host a celebration of local climate innovators. Come connect with like-minded innovators, share your wins, seek support, and gain inspiration to keep driving change and climate action. Let’s build a stronger, more sustainable future—together!

 

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Summer Climate Hike + Chat

Aug 3 (Sun)



COMMUNITY EVENTS


Startup Cafe @ the Hub

Every other Friday

Metro Region Innovation Hub

 

Join the Metro Region Innovation Hub for a time of workshops, networking, mentorship, & coffee! This event is designed for founders and startup partners to connect, learn, and level up. Startups and founders at all levels are welcome to attend!

 

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Recharge and Refocus: Transformative Forest Bathing Experience

April 6 (Sun), 10-11:30 AM

Every 1st Sunday of the month

Mary S. Young State Park, 19900 Willamette Dr., West Linn, OR

 

Led by Dustin Tillis Marchello, a certified Arborist and Yoga instructor, this experience will engage all five senses through light breathing exercises and gentle yoga poses, helping you find relaxation and mindfulness. By the end, you'll feel rejuvenated and in tune with yourself.

 

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[VANCOUVER]

Artificial Intelligence: Conservation and Securing the Future of Earth

April 9 (Wed), 7-8:30 PM

Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main Street · Vancouver, WA

 

There are seemingly endless media stories and news articles and public opinions on the goings-on of AI, and as many opinions and answers as there are questions. Scientist and AI Leader Emily Soward will cut to the point on the current state of AI and raise awareness of near and far term challenges for planet Earth.

 

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Oregon EV April Meeting at Ranger EV

April 10th (Thurs), 7-9 PM

Olympic Mills Commerce Building, 107 SE Washington St, Room 133, Portland

 

Oregon EV likes to visit local EV businesses. They particularly like to bring attention to innovative new start-ups. Ranger EV in SE Portland has an interesting solution to a problem you might have encountered on vacation, a solution that you may see a lot more in the future as you road trip around the Pacific Northwest. Ranger EV's solution is like a Venmo for electricity that solves the charging problem for EV travelers and the financial problem for their hosts.


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Youth Thrift Pop up x Youth Pass kick off

April 12th (Sat), 12-4 PM

330 SE 6th St, Portland, OR 97214

 

Multnomah Youth Commission and 1000 Friends of Oregon have been working to expand the YouthPass program statewide by advocating for funding out of the 2025 State Transportation Package, with a focus on reaching students on Portland's east side who currently don’t have YouthPass.

 

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City of Portland Earth Day Event

April 19 (Sat), 12-3 PM

Laurelhurst ParkMore info here

 

Join the City of Portland for their community-wide Earth Day event at Laurelhurst Park on Saturday, April 19, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. This free public event offers an opportunity to come together as a community to learn about local sustainability initiatives and deepen our commitment to environmental stewardship.

 

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Environmental Justice May Day:

Portland EcoFilm Festival

May 1 (Thurs), 7:30pm

Hollywood Theater

 

Cap off your May Day with the regional premieres of two new environmental justice films, 2025 EcoHero Award winner Our Movement Starts Here and Adidas Owns the Reality. This event will feature a community conversation with special guests: Keil Orion Troisi, director (ADIDAS OWNS THE REALITY); Dollie Burwell, 2025 EcoHero Award Winner (featured in OUR MOVEMENT STARTS HERE); Cameron Oglesby, 2025 EcoHero Award Winner (featured in OUR MOVEMENT STARTS HERE); John Rash, director (OUR MOVEMENT STARTS HERE).

 

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[VANCOUVER] 2025 Environmental Film Series:

Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?

May 27 (Tues), 2025 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Columbia Room at the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St, Vancouver, WA 98660

 

Burned: Are Trees the New Coal? tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant greenwashing of the burgeoning biomass power industry. The film follows a dedicated group of forest activists, ecologists, carbon scientists, and concerned citizens who are fighting to establish the enormous value of our forests, protect their communities, debunk this false solution to climate change, and alter energy policy both in the US and abroad.

 

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Let’s Build Oregon 2025

June 12 (Thurs)221 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR 97214

 

Are you passionate about making workforce housing more affordable for middle income earners? Do you have a housing innovation that can help reduce the time and cost to create housing? 

Along with a late afternoon happy hour and networking session, Let’s Build Oregon will feature a trade show and workshop for housing innovation companies that reduce the time and cost to build across four key areas: Products, design, and assembly; financing and funding; regulations and policy; and labor workforce and human capital.

 

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Fundraiser Raffle "Give A Dam"

Bioregional Celebration

June 21 (Sat), 11:30am- 8:30pm

Portland, OR [register to see address]

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Join MoonTree Project ​for a bioregional celebration of resilience, regeneration, and reforestation as we mark the longest day of the year! They are giving away 100+ native trees to support urban rewilding, carbon sequestration, and habitat restoration. Claim your #NFTree to track your impact on-chain.

 
 
 
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