Projects Below is a list of current, ongoing, past, and future Helios projects. Contact us if you would like to get involved with any aspect of any project. All help is appreciated! Students, interns, retired folks, volunteers of all stripes - JOIN US IN MAKING HELIOS RESOURCE NETWORK THE VIRTUAL GATHERING PLACE AND COMMUNITY CENTER FOR LANE COUNTY. Current Local Food Networking Strengthen our food community, harness the public’s awareness of food related issues, and foster the viability and sustainability of our local food resources.  Organizing around these goals, the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition and Helios Resource Network hosted: Eat Here Now: A Local Food Networking Banquet. We hope this will be the catalyst for regular quarterly networking events around local food issues. Sustainability Indicators Project The Indicators project will give the residents of Lane County direct feedback about how their community is supporting sustainability and a good, enduring quality of life. Helios is currently gathering data to present to the Eugene public. Each year residents will get a clear concise image of how their social, economic and natural environment (triple bottom line) is doing, as well as how they compare to similar cities, and how Eugene is doing from year to year. Community Matching Grant Program This is a monetary fund to distribute grants to local non-profit groups. Local First Lane County This initiative is a public education campaign to encourage Lane County residents to support and promote our locally owned businesses. Liaison with the University of Oregon and Lane Community College Creation of increasing dialogue between "town and gown" is essential for our community and its sustainability. We choose to expand this initiative to more schools in the future. Water Wall Art Project A downtown art display, wishing well and fountain that reflects the delicate balance of the eco-system. Ongoing Sustainable Eugene Listserv A listserv for announcements related to sustainability in the Eugene-Springfield area. Read more about the listserv. Website We continue to work on making our website as useful as possible to the public and community organizations. We're updating our directories of community organizations and local businesses and creating information sheets on local resources on a variety of topics. Directories Comprehensive directories for the Eugene-Springfield area. We have the following directories: (a) Community organizations, (b) businesses, and (c) resource people. Facilitated Connections We help facilitate connections among the public, community organizations, and institutions and agencies. Past / Completed Citizens State of the City This address is presented by grassroots advocacy groups to challenge, inspire and support the city of Eugene toward ever more sustainable solutions to our most pressing problems. Helios Resource Network has been a co-sponsor. 2005 Citizens State of the City - text and articles 2006 Citizens State of the City - text Surveys and interviews - Fall 2002 In our early phase in the fall 2002 we sought suggestions for projects to take on. You can still take our online survey. Family and Community Town Supper (FACTS) on Lane County Eco-tourism Sustainability Collection at Eugene Public Library We have worked with EWEB and Eugene Public Library in adding to the library's collection of sustainability related books. Thanks to EWEB for a generous donation! Look for books with an EWEB sticker next time you check out a sustainability item. Permaculture Design Course We worked with the Eugene Permaculture Guild to create a permaculture Design Course in Eugene. Discussion Groups We have helped to fund several discussions groups around town through the Northwest Earth Institute website. Future / Potential For the General Public Volunteer Database Online and searchable database to help connect volunteers with organizations. ReUse Central A virtual marketplace for requests and offers of used and free items. "What Happened At That Meeting?" web page A summary of decisions, actions taken and topics discussed at local community group meetings. Ecotourism Guide A guidebook to the many sustainable, green and environmentally promising activities, sites, businesses and organizations in Lane County. For Community Organizations Gathering of players Gatherings of groups and individuals working on similar issues. The goals are: to assist players in getting to know each other better, identify areas of overlap and gaps, coordinate activities, and to facilitate sharing of resources and partnering on specific projects. Training for staff and volunteers Funding, volunteer coordination, partnerships, meeting facilitation, non-violent communication, and other topics. Resource sharing Virtual forums (listserv and/or website) to help organizations share resources such as office space, equipment and more.

Helios Resource Network
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