The following is a guest post by Hanmi Meyer, Diamond-Cut Life’s site admin. Portland Rise Above Plastics Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmental catastrophes of our generation. It is estimated that 60-80% of all debris in the ocean is plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down at sea and most [...]
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Ban the Bag Portland!
July 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability
Tags: activism·climate change·conservation·energy conservation·environment·green living·Oregon·outdoors·peak oil·petroleum·plastic·saving money·surfrider foundation·thrift·waste
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
