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Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’
Photo Courtesy of City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
“Urban Growth Bounty’s new season of classes expands your knowledge about growing abundant fruit and vegetables, raising chickens and bees, improving your soil and yard, and making delicious cheese. The classes are taught by Portland experts and will make 2011 a more sustainable, healthier year for the earth, your family and your budget”. -Via Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
The Great NW: Portland Vs. Seattle
09.30.10
In the background, Gerding Edlen’s LEED Platinum office building at 12th and Washington in Portland, Ore. — yup, those are wind turbines on the roof.(via Publicola).
Take a look at Dan Bertolet’s article, “Portland Vs. Seattle“, examining and comparing the aspects of urban sustainability in each of these NW Cities.
Photo Courtesy of Timberline Lodge.
Zip in, Eat out, and Snowboard to Nirvana
Not exactly in that order, but when I thought about writing last week, I figured the first blog I did should reflect what I cared about- it could become an introduction to me. Not so fast, actually, the scribbles you first saw could reflect what I would blog about in the future.
Naturally, my first inclination was to blog about the Blazers, but as their meeting with the Suns in the recent Playoffs proved— they were more like the propane on a BBQ grill than a proper flame. They had moments, but were very inconsistent this season as to which team would show up. Some games I thought I was watching the pilot light on the grill. Nevertheless, given all the adversity, they did well to make it into the Playoffs this year . . .
So what to write about, my first love taken from me so quickly once again. Well, perhaps a more prosaic approach would suffice. I’ll write about things I love, and things I’m interested in: Food and sustainable ways to live and be. In a world of oil slicks and Katrina-like flooding, the later can be a real challenge, but fortunately Portland’s lively food scene has got my back.
Zip, zip, zip away. Sounds like a futuristic option really. Just waive your card across the windshield, get into a random car, and drive away. Almost like you stole it! Except it comes with gas and insurance. That to me is what the Zip Car experience reminds me of. While I wish their was a parking spot right on the 12th Avenue side of our building, I still believe that Portland is the natural choice for this burgeoning part of our “shared future”. Ownership of individual things is not the most important aspect. Sure, it’s a fundamental part of our property law, that being, the ability to exclude— but it’s not sustainable and truthfully it’s not right. You won’t use a boat everyday, you may not use a car everyday. ERGO, let’s share. A new principle I believe we can all get behind, “Share unto others as you would have them share unto you.”
Workshop tonight, Monday April 26, 6:30pm-9:00pm, Southeast, Central Catholic High School, 2401 SE Stark St. For additional workshops coming up located in the different areas of Portland (Northeast, North, Central City, East, and Southwest), Click Here.
Words from Mayor Sam Adams:
“Dear Friends:
Phase Two of the Portland Plan workshops starts tonight, Monday, April 26th, and I encourage you to attend a neighborhood workshop. All workshops will follow a similar format to the first round, but this time you’ll have a chance to discuss a specific topic in greater depth. Participants will also discuss how we can plan in all areas for the benefit of all Portlanders. You can read more about the topics, also called Action Areas, here.
As Mayor, I am committed to addressing the significant challenges we face as a community – only 61% of our high school students graduate on time, 10.7% of Portlanders are unemployed, nearly 70% of our electricity is produced by burning fossil fuels – and the Portland Plan sets a framework for how this city will overcome these and other challenges over the next 25 years.
Your knowledge of issues and experience in Portland is an invaluable asset when it comes to making decisions about this city’s future. I hope that you will consider contributing to the conversation and helping us refine the collective goals that we are developing to realize a thriving and sustainable city for all Portlanders. Please see the workshop schedule below.
Oh, and just for fun…
We will be welcoming the community with live music, refreshments and door prizes, including donations from local businesses like Grand Central Baking, Pastini Pastaria, New Seasons Market and Meat Cheese Bread. In fact, you can enter to win in our social media contest by RSVPing to the events on Facebook and Twitter.
Portland Plan on Facebook. Portland Plan on Twitter.
I look forward to seeing you out in the community”.
Best regards,
Sam Adams
Mayor
Earth Day 2010
04.22.10
Photo Courtesy of Tom Carroll.
Celebrate Earth Day 2010 by doing something good for the environment! Walk to work, take Trimet, bike to the store-bring your reusable grocery bags, drink water out of a glass (rather than a plastic container), pick-up litter around your neighborhood, pull weeds in the garden, plant vegetables, plant flowers, start a garden, shop at the farmers market, buy organic products, think about sustainable alternatives for your home, recycle, and be part of your community!
GreenEarth Cleaning
11.18.09
{Photo by Andy Carroll}
Why don’t we practice living “green” in all of our daily choices? Using sustainable methods is a choice- not only in the products we choose at the grocery store but also in daily decisions such as dry cleaning options. As a leader in sustainable dry cleaning, Eco Drycleaner considers sustainable practices from the products used in cleaning down to recycling hangers after use. Why is this important? Realizing the importance in choice acknowledges the differences in our options and in turn, our participation in choosing sustainable options promotes living “green”. While standard dry cleaners use perc, a petroleum based solvent that is not only hard on fabrics but also hard on the environment, GreenEarth Cleaning uses a pure liquid silicone which is in essence, liquefied sand. Here at Indigo, we are proud partners of Eco Drycleaner, offering a convienent and earth-friendly dry cleaning service to residents right at their door step.