Toby Van Fleet's Blog Posts

Any voter who cares about Oregon should be very concerned about even a remote possibility of having Chris Dudley as the state’s next governor. If you didn’t catch the story in the Oregonian last week about why this would be a disaster, check it out here. It shows John Kitzhaber for the environmental champion he is and Chris Dudley for the environmental disaster he could become.

The Oregonian today endorsed Measure 76, the ballot measure that will continue stable lottery funding for Oregon's water, parks and wildlife.

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.

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.

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:

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.