Too long without a post! I just returned from a trip (via Amtrak, my favorite travel-mode) to Olympia, Washington, where I was researching that state’s outstanding transportation options program. I am so itching to do in Oregon the kinds of trip-reduction programs they are doing in Washington (I work in transportation).
On a separate but very [...]
Entries Tagged as 'carbon emissions'
52 Billion Miles Saved!
August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · carbon footprint, economics, green living, lifestyle, transportation
Tags: Amtrak·bike·carbon emissions·Economist·Oregon·VMT reduction·Washington
Soaring Above PZEV To Zero Emissions
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments · 97215, climate change, energy conservation, global warming, green living, health, lifestyle, simplicity, transportation
I had an exhilarating swoop into the heart of the diamond-cut life Saturday night when I bicycled all the way home from my mother-in-law’s house. (For newcomers to this blog– welcome! — the diamond-cut life is happiness chiseled down to its essence, with excess consumption stripped away).
I felt free and strong as an eagle bicycling from far [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon emissions·carbon reduction·green architects·Honda hybrid·Nathan Good·net zero home·pzev·Tom Kelly
Run 7 On 7: Please Pay Your Way?
July 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · 97215, carbon footprint, climate change, culture, development, economics, energy conservation, environment, exercise, life, lifestyle, outdoors
I’m looking today at a confluence of one of my favorite sports — running — and a worthy pursuit that I have done in the past — fundraising. An energetic woman named Linda Quirk at Run 7 On 7 is leading 300 others in running seven marathons on seven continents and raising pledges to [...]
Tags: carbon emissions·carbon offsets·Caron treatment centers·fundraising·Linda Quirk·marathons·running·travel
Great, Green Job Opening Now Filled
June 6th, 2008 · No Comments · 97215, life, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
I’m grateful for all the bright, highly motivated people who read my Great, Green Job Opening post and recently applied to be my assistant program manager as I lead the Governor’s Commuter Challenge. I’ve now hired one of them!
As a team and with the help of many others in the Capitol Mall, we’ll be working [...]
Tags: carbon emissions·carbon footprint·green jobs·Vicki Lind
Driving A Prius In The Wild West
April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · climate change, energy conservation, global warming, green living, hybrids, 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·conservation·consumption·hybrid·Juliet Schor·Old West·Oregon·peak oil·Prius·transportation·vanpool·Wild West
