The financial benefits of carpooling, featured in a front page story of the Oregonian today, are only one reason that carpooling is cool. I’d say its coolness is embodied in four C’s: cash, congestion reduction, carbon footprint and community. The carpool I’m in makes my commute between Portland and Salem a joy instead of a [...]
Entries from April 28th, 2008
Carpooling Is Cool
April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability, transportation, work
Tags: carbon footprint·carpool·carpooling·commuting·EcoProm·global warming·saving money
The Maven of Green Careers
April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability, transportation
I just received a nice comment from Klara on “Why Bother? Three Great Reasons“. She is moving here to Portland soon and like many Portlanders, new and old, she is passionate about sustainability. I imagine that also like many, she wants to find green-collar work, i.e. a job in sustainability. I’m going to refer her [...]
Tags: career counselor·green jobs·green living·green-collar jobs·Portland·Vicki Lind
Driving A Prius In The Wild West
April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · sustainability, transportation
My job in transportation options has taken me, in a new Prius, to the high desert town of Bend, Oregon (recently named by American Cowboy magazine in its Top Ten list of wild-west towns). The Prius, mud-splattered from the Santiam Pass, is now dusted with snow as well, so it reminds me of an [...]
Tags: Appaloosa·Bend·carbon emissions·climate change·conservation·consumption·energy conservation·global warming·green living·hybrid·hybrids·Juliet Schor·Old West·Oregon·peak oil·Prius·vanpool·Wild West
Why Bother? Three Great Reasons
April 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · sustainability
Of all the good pieces in today’s Green Issue of New York Times magazine, “Why Bother?” by Michael Pollan is the one that helps us see that lower-consumption lifestyles are crucial in dealing with global warming, Inventors and legislators cannot rescue us.
1.) Pollan points out that being a role model is powerful. As various citizens like you and me consume significantly less, especially in terms of fossil fuels, other
Tags: carbon footprint·character·climate change·consumption·environment·fossil fuels·global warming·Michael Pollan·quality of life·role modeling·TriMet
Sustainability Round-Up
April 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Today’s post is a round-up of my recent mini-discoveries on important aspects of sustainability.
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Tags: 3E Strategies·carbon footprint·environment·global warming·hybrids·Prius·triple bottom line
