This is a guest post by Thor Hinckley, manager of Portland General Electric’s renewable energy program. The project he’s describing below embodies sustainability’s triple bottom line of economy, environment and equity (social justice — in this case, jobs for all). ‘Beyond limitations’ is an apt description for John Murphy, President of the Portland Habilitation Center [...]
Entries Tagged as 'development'
Living Out The Triple Bottom Line
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · energy, sustainability
Tags: development·economics·Ernie Munch·global warming·green living·John Murphy·net metering·Oregon·Portland Habilitation Center·PV systems·renewable energy·solar energy·solar panels·Thor Hinckley
Giving Feels Great: Blog Action Day
October 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
Today is Blog Action Day, I have learned from the popular blog Zenhabits, and the theme this year is poverty. As you may know, I’m a fan of solutions and ‘doing’ when it comes to any given problem. I promote more joy and less consumption in the United States — but you need to have [...]
Tags: Blog Action Day·Boardman·development·economics·giving·happiness·life·Mercy Corps·PGE·Pro Mujer·social justice
Diamonds To Dust: Needing Better Diamonds
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments · food & drink, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation, work
We’ve got lots of blame, anger and flat-out fear flying around in reaction to the collapse of giants like Merrill Lynch — and also the government/taxpayers bailing them out. I’m feeling calm this morning, myself, which makes it a good time to write. What does it mean that all these profitable companies, these diamonds, are [...]
Tags: bailout·bipartisan politics·cars·credit·culture·development·economics·family·happiness·life·Merrill Lynch·quality of life·transit·walk
Gustav And Living In Harm’s Way
September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · politics, sustainability
My heart is with the two million folks fleeing their homes due to Hurricane Gustav. How frightening and painful! I wish for all of them to be safe and secure. There is more, though; the head and the heart should always work together. Doesn’t it make more sense to flee permanently to more sustainable homes [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·culture·development·economics·extreme weather·GDP·global warming·Gustav·land use·life·New Orleans
Run 7 On 7: Please Pay Your Way?
July 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · lifestyle
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 footprint·carbon offsets·Caron treatment centers·climate change·culture·development·economics·energy conservation·environment·exercise·fundraising·life·Linda Quirk·marathons·outdoors·running·travel
