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- Try these special vegan ice cream flavors before it's too late! Thu, 19 Jan 23, 4:30amIn my Portland, Oregon household, we spend way more time thinking about and eating vegan ice cream than we probably should. And come January, we get very interested in what our local ice cream shop gone national is doing....
- Portland commits to 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2050 Fri, 14 Apr 17, 3:52amPortland just announced that it plans to be completely powered by clean energy by 2050, making it one of the largest cities in the country to make the move...
- The Lilypad tiny house in Portland features two loft spaces and a lot of personality Thu, 4 Jun 15, 4:30amPicture Move over, all you clutter-free tiny houses with stark interiors and no sign of personality, there's a new kid on the block. This Portland tiny home, dubbed the Lilypad, is a riot of color, pattern, and texture, all...
- Portland shuts down a car lane to make room for more cyclists Tue, 26 May 15, 11:45pmThe city of Portland, Oregon is giving the city's bikers and pedestrians, if only for a little while. As of Friday (May 22) and through June 5, the city is creating “pop-up” bike and pedestrian lanes by partitioning off...
- Portland bans an insecticide in an effort to help save threatened bee population Fri, 3 Apr 15, 1:59amThe city of Portland, Oregon is trying to do their part to save the bees by banning the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on city-owned property. The Portland city council unanimously approved the emergency measure on Wednesday,...
- Sign up now for the Organicology food conference in Portland, OR, this February Sat, 10 Jan 15, 7:00amFrom Febrary 5–7, 2015, the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, will be host to this year's Organicology food conference...
- Portland, Oregon Dumps Millions of Gallons of Drinking Water After Teen Urinates Into Reservoir Fri, 18 Apr 14, 8:00amPortland administrators have agreed to flush away 38 million gallons of formerly clean drinking water from Mt. Tabor Reservoir after a Portland Water Bureau video camera caught a teenager urinating directly into the City...
- All-Time Snowfall Records Fall Across Western Oregon & SW Washington Fri, 23 Mar 12, 4:26amVancouver, Washington (March 22nd 2012) - “Many cities across Western Oregon and Southwest Washington are setting all-time cold and snowfall records for this late in the season...
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry denial backfires – big crowd in Portland hears all about climate change skepticism Fri, 27 Jan 12, 6:39amReaders may recall when I took OMSI to task for being debate deniers. That didn’t work out so well for OMSI what with the negative publicity and the packed room last night. Wish I could have been there. If anyone …...
- Robert Oshatz’s Floating Fennell House is a Passive Riverside Dream Home Tue, 25 Oct 11, 2:20amRead the rest of Robert Oshatz’s Floating Fennell House is a Passive Riverside Dream Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, eco design, fennel home, fennel house, floating architecture,...
- Portland Oregon is the Latest City to Ban Plastic Bags! Mon, 25 Jul 11, 11:44pmPlastic bags are the bane of every eco-minded person’s existence. They can’t be normally recycled, they’re made with polluting petroleum, they don’t breakdown in landfills — the list of earth-harming...
- Polar bears no longer on ‘thin ice’: researchers say polar bears could face brighter future Wed, 22 Dec 10, 10:12amFrom the:USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station via Eurekalert Polar bears no longer on ‘thin ice’: researchers say polar bears could face brighter future VIDEO: Science team placing radio collars...
- Portland Gets America’s First EV Quick Charge Station Sat, 7 Aug 10, 1:06amYesterday the enviously green city of Portland, Oregon became the first city in the United States to have a public quick charging station for electric vehicles...
- Craftedsystems Creates Modern Decor to Help Build Community Fri, 6 Aug 10, 7:30amBased in Portland, Oregon, Craftedsystems creates custom-designed interior pieces from sustainable felt. The company focuses on celebrating “modern craft” by providing an opportunity for those in need to learn...
- Green “Golden Gate” Bridge to Connect Portland and Vancouver Tue, 13 Jul 10, 7:15amRetired architect William Badrick has a big idea to improve public green roofs. Not content to limit himself to buildings, he has his eyes set on the new Columbia River Crossing bridge being built between Portland, Oregon...