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. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'transportation'
Carpooling Is Cool
April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · 97215, carbon footprint, carpooling, global warming, sustainability
Tags: carpool·commuting·EcoProm·saving money·transportation·work
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
Update On Cooking For Climate Change
March 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · carbon footprint, climate change, culture, environment, food, life, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
My post cooking for climate change needs freshening here as sustainability’s body of knowledge keeps growing. As per Michael Specter’s well-researched piece in The New Yorker, it turns out that being a locavore — eating just things grown close to home — does not necessarily reduce our carbon footprint.
Come again? How could two Oregonians (my husband Thor and I) possibly drink wine from Australia and create
Tags: Columbia Gorge·entertainment·exercise·food·locavore·Oregonian·pear brandy·transportation·wine
Secret Lover, Secret Watchdog
October 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments · carbon footprint, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
The casual observer takes me for a mainstream professional in my 40’s. My secret identity as a passionate lover of public transit is revealed below for the first time.
My household’s single car is a well-worn, two-door 1993 Nissan Sentra. Paid for many years ago, our investment fund is now as plump as its floor-mats are thin. It sits humbly unused most days as we gallivant around on TriMet
Tags: car-free·carbon footprint·commuting·simplicity·sustainability·transit·transportation·walking
