Today is my friend Noelle Studer-Spevak’s birthday. I met her for breakfast recently at the Daily Cafe on SE Grand, and hugged her. “You look beautiful!” I said, and she did: glowing skin, glossy hair, sparkling eyes and smile.
Being pregnant as Noelle is can do that for you, but her cheeks had particularly high color. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'commuting'
Bike-Commuting While Pregnant
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · 97215, bicycling, sustainability, transportation
Tags: alpaca socks·birthdays·commuting·Daily Cafe·electric cars·Noelle Studer·pregnancy·singing·Suri Futures
Top Ten Tips For Carpooling, Part II
January 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 97215, Uncategorized, carpooling
I have a 100-mile commute here in Oregon, from Portland to Salem, the state capitol, that I do three times a week with a congenial carpool (six of us in total). Carpooling is saving me $6,800/year, using this cost calculator. I also telework two days a week, and teleworking will be the subject of a [...]
Tags: carpool·commuting·consensus·fantasy leagues·majority rule
Top Ten Tips For Carpooling, Part I
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · 97215, carpooling, cars, simplicity, sustainability, thrift, work
Coming up on my one-year anniversary in my carpool, I recently wrote a post about how it is saving me $6,800/year according to this cost calculator. (I have a 100 mile round trip, and five carpool partners). I’m also saving a lot of carbon emissions, and arriving at work and back at home sweeter and [...]
Getting Consumed By Sustainability
May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · culture, life, sustainability
How do we sustain ourselves as we work on sustainability? There is so much work to do, how do we keep from being just another group of American workaholics, set apart only by a bigger vision and slightly different consumption patterns?
It’s 3:49 a.m. as I’m writing (I have insomnia). My upcoming day, my recent days, [...]
Tags: 97215·blogging·commuting·grace·insomnia·lover·renewal·spirituality·sustainability·work
Carpooling Is Cool
April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · 97215, carbon footprint, carpooling, global warming, sustainability
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 grind. [...]
Tags: carpool·commuting·EcoProm·saving money·transportation·work
