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Green

Hollywood Farmers Market Premiers

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Spring has certainly sprung. The city is in full bloom, with endless rows of cherry trees coming into their own in a cycle of pure brilliance; as one tree gracefully halts, the next begins its surge.
For many in stumptown, springtime in Portland is marked by the start of the Portland Farmers Market. For those of [...]

05.01.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Livin’ the Low-Car Diet

by Jeremy Towsey-French

As the sun begins to creep over the mountains and spill down into our otherwise gray Pacific Northwest lives, many folks are dusting off their bicycles in hopes of enjoying another of Portland’s fantastic summers –via two wheels.
If the human-powered call of the road has you thinking about sun-drenched weekend cruises down stumptown’s tree-lined boulevards, [...]

04.27.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Grease on Earth

by Jeremy Towsey-French

For those of us who may not make regular trips to the Metro recycling station, it may come as a mild surprise that individuals can recycle their used cooking oil at several locations throughout the Portland metropolitan area and beyond.
Encore Oils, a subsidiary of Sequential Biofuel, collects waste oil from these locations, transporting it to [...]

04.16.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Props to the `Ville

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Living among giants and facing the effects of one of the nation’s worst economic depressions, Oregon’s Burgerville restaurants are forging ahead without fear. Always paddling against the current in the fast food burger market, Burgerville’s 39 restaurants continue to press the notion of how good fast food can taste, and how sustainable and community-focused their [...]

04.14.2009 See the rest → 7 comments

Freddy’s = Fresh and Green

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Back in January 2008, Fred Meyer issued an announcement that its 120,000 square foot Hawthorne market would be the first of the company’s 127 stores to apply for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification under the LEED for Retail pilot program, set by the U.S. Green Building Council (USBC). The store began the [...]

04.07.2009 See the rest → 6 comments

Stealing shrubs for food?

by Dieselboi

Plants stealing

Spied this last week when the sun was out and began to wonder if entrepreneurial crackheads were opting to steal newly planted shrubs to make some cash. This planter is one of the new ones on 5th and Yamhill where the awesome rock sculpture used to be. Now, 4 planters grace the [...]

03.16.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

QOD – What have you planted so far?

by Dieselboi

March is here and according to what I’m reading, we should be past the last frost. I don’t believe it, but I did plant some pea starts on Monday night, so I have thrown caution to the wind. Are you growing a garden? Have you started seeds indoors? Have you been voraciously [...]

03.05.2009 See the rest → 8 comments

Fisker Karma coming to PDX

by PAgent

Have you heard of the Fisker Karma? I hadn’t. It’s a bold new model of hybrid car, one that can go 50 miles on battery only when driven in “stealth mode”, but can deliver sports car-type performance when put in true hybrid mode. Oh, and it’s a luxury car that prides itself on being eco-friendly, [...]

03.02.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Got Milk?

by Jeremy Towsey-French

This post was extracted from the article titled, Milk for the Masses, originally published January 21, 2009 at http://www.towseyfrench.com.
Back in the summer of 2005 we moved to a new home in NE Portland. Almost immediately after moving in I took note of a unique weekly visit to our neighbor’s home by a lanky, gray-haired man [...]

01.22.2009 See the rest → 8 comments

Electrical Consumption and My Carbon Footprint

by Jeremy Towsey-French

This post was originally published January 9, 2009, at http://www.towseyfrench.com.
Leave it to a Portland energy geek to ponder the electrical impact of his family’s wood stove –as if thinking about the carbon impact of burning wood was not enough. Whatever the case, that’s exactly what’s been buzzing in my bonnet these days.
Heating your home requires [...]

01.13.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Neighborhood Trees

by PAgent

Our neighborhood was full of holes this morning.
Don’t worry, it was perfectly OK. An urban forester from the City of Beaverton had come around last night to ask if any of us wanted some free trees planted along the street in front of their property. We had said “Yes, please!”, and were promised two trees, [...]

01.10.2009 See the rest → 1 comment
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