Running is just about the most natural sport possible, the sport our pre-Industrial ancestors did, the one that doesn’t burn any fossil fuels. You’d think that fun in the time of global warming would make liberal use of running — and it would, but you’d need to rethink Hood To Coast. Hood To Coast is [...]
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Hood To Coast
June 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · entertainment, health & well being
Tags: carbon footprint·climate change·environment·exercise·global warming·green living·happiness·Hood to Coast·jet-skiing·Mount Hood·Oregon·running·Seaside·Tmberline Lodge
Coal, Incandescents and Conservation
March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
I’m writing on the south bank of the Columbia River here in Boardman, Oregon (population 3,500). I went running last night at sunset . . . oh my. Beautiful; what a joy. I found deer tracks on the sandy beach and looked to the west, where Mount Hood was a tiny, rosy peak in the far distance.
Oregon’s only coal-fired energy plant was just a few miles to the south. This
Tags: CFL's·climate change·coal plants·Columbia River·development·economics·energy conservation·environment·global warming·hotels·Mount Hood·Oregonian·running
