Toby Van Fleet's Blog Posts

Will Oregon be the first to ban the bag?
Toby Van Fleet | September 2, 2010 - 10:37

Plastic bags: The facts

The word is out. Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmental catastrophes of our generation. An estimated 60 to 80 percent of all debris in the ocean is plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down at sea and most types never truly biodegrade. As a result, marine animals often get entangled in the debris or mistake it for food.

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Barbecue competition brings community together
Toby Van Fleet | July 29, 2010 - 15:08

Finally, we're getting down to what's really important in politics: Who makes the best sauce?

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New documentary on global warming turns heads
Toby Van Fleet | June 22, 2010 - 12:16

This Thursday, OLCV is hosting a $5 movie benefit. The star of that event, a new, unprecedented documentary about gloabal warming and sustainable living called "Deep Green," is turning some heads.

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Video: "Deep Green" clip about solar power
Toby Van Fleet | June 9, 2010 - 15:23

Join OLCV at the world premiere of “Deep Green" -- an unprecedented new documentary on how to stop man-made global warming now -- on June 24 at 6 p.m. Proceeds from the show will benefit OLCV, and tickets are only $5! Purchase your tickets here.

Watch this clip from the film about solar power.

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We can fix this. Action on global warming starts with us.
Toby Van Fleet | June 1, 2010 - 21:35

Portland filmmaker Matt Briggs has posted a blog here about his new documentary "Deep Green." You can see the film at the Bagdad Theater in Portland on June 24 at a $5 benefit showing for OLCV. Read Matt's blog below:

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Watch Stacey's latest ad--and help him win!
Toby Van Fleet | May 5, 2010 - 16:47

Watch Bob Stacey's latest ad and then sign up for the last Enviro Phone Bank on May 13!

 

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Wine, water and bluebirds
Toby Van Fleet | April 30, 2010 - 14:40

Attendees of OLCV’s Annual Dinner for the Environment have for the last few years been able to pair their meal (and conversation with local sustainability-minded enviros) with local, sustainable wine from, among other wineries, Evesham Wood Vineyard. 

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Video: OLCV Heroes
Toby Van Fleet | April 28, 2010 - 19:04

Who we elect matters

Check out this great video, created by our friends at Compass Media, highlighting Oregon's environmental champions and the incredible environmental safeguards they have helped to secure that help preserve Oregon's unique quality of life. This video was unveiled at OLCV's 13th Annual Dinner for the Environment on April 23, 2010. More than 1,100 guests attended.

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Bob Stacey for Metro Prez! Watch the ad and get involved
Toby Van Fleet | April 27, 2010 - 11:07

 

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OLCV's Annual Dinner sends clear message
Toby Van Fleet | April 27, 2010 - 09:40

Last Friday night, OLCV hosted its 13th Annual Dinner for the Environment. It’s not the kind of event that grabs the attention of news reporters, even less so now, when the news media world is populated by fewer reporters every week, who are asked to do more with less.

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Voter registration deadline TUESDAY: Do it online
Toby Van Fleet | April 26, 2010 - 14:50

The deadline to register to vote or update your registration in time to participate in the May Primary is tomorrow, April 27.

The state of Oregon now offers online voter registration.

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Schouten for WashCounty Chair: Watch the ad
Toby Van Fleet | April 26, 2010 - 14:28

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Electric cars, salmon and steak: Debate reruns available
Toby Van Fleet | March 31, 2010 - 08:33

Did you catch the environmental debate Tuesday evening?

If you did, you were among the hundreds who tuned in--either live at Portland State University or via a live web stream--to witness history: three of the frontrunners for Oregon's top post (that would be governor), waxing poetic, practical, and otherwise on a variety of tough questions posed by a panel of experts.

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Oregon's natural legacy will be the hot topic tonight
Toby Van Fleet | March 30, 2010 - 10:00

Tonight, gubernatorial candidates Allen Alley, Bill Bradbury and John Kitzhaber will lay out their environmental prioirites to a packed house at Portland State University. The interest in this event has been phenomenal, with more than 1,000 people registering to attend. Get more information here.

As OLCV Executive Director Jon Isaacs says in a post on BlueOregon this morning:

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Online voter registration starts today
Toby Van Fleet | March 1, 2010 - 15:05

Oregon today became the fourth state in the nation to offer voter registration online.

You can register or update your registration (change your address or political party, for example) at www.oregonvotes.org.

Online voter registration will not only save the state money, but may also serve as a useful tool for registering younger voters.

From a story in today's Oregonian:

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