Community Needs
In building a regenerative future, we know we need to create networks of resilience to meet community needs. The following organizations are taking steps along the path toward community care, restorative justice, thoughtful reuse, radical abundance, food sovereignty, ecological harmony, and communal knowledge. If you know of organizations that belong on this list, please contact us!
Inspired by permaculture technique and organized for ease of access the community needs page has been organized into five zones, beginning with philosophical alignments toward tending the land, moving to attributes most necessary to access daily for life in the Willamette Valley, and moving outward toward interpersonal groups and other directories.
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement. All groups and links are already publicly accessible.
Zone 0 (Mindfulness, Self-work, Raising Consciousness)
Eco-Stewardship
Land-tending Projects | Adopt-a-Landscape | OSALT
Spirituality and Indigenous Wisdom
Spiritual Community Spaces | Church Activism | Spiritual Knowledge Archives
Zone 1 (Survival)
Water
Watershed Councils | Conservation Districts | Riverkeepers
Food
Community Gardens | Farmer's Markets | Farms | Free Food | Plant Nurseries | Seeds
Shelter
Ecovillages | Intentional Communities | Shelters
Education
Libraries | Education Centers | Resources
Energy
Sanitation
Transportation
Disability Services
Medical
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Fiber
Dress for Success | Ethical Yarn Community | Columbia Basin Basketry Guild
Zone 2 (Tools & Resources)
Library of Things
Tools |
Creative Reuse
Clothing | Craft Supplies | Furniture | Tech |
Equipment Repair
Portland Repair Finder | Rebuilding Center
Makers & Maker Support
Business Resources | Cooperatives | Oregon New Economy
Zone 3 (Communities of Practice)
Activist Groups & Coalitions
Environmental | Housing for All | Identity Based | International Solidarity | Worker Solidarity | Decentralised Technology | Economic Democracy
Communication
NET Amateur Radio Resources | Meshtastic (LoRa) |
Community Spaces
Third Spaces | Native American Student & Community Center | Multnomah Arts Center
Community Resilience
CERT | Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization | Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams
Conflict Resolution
Oregon Mediation Association | Nonviolent Communication |
Governance
PDX Neighborhood Associations | City of Portland
News and Journalism
City Cast | Rose City Radical | Street Roots