Sustainable Living

What's NOT wrong with this TV ad?
Katy Daily | 11.10.09 12:56 pm

An ad against soda taxes is bad enough, but check out the plastic bag consumption.

If you are anything like me (an obsessive compulsive re-user/recycler), watching TV can be difficult. Any show that features someone with writer’s block invariably includes a scene involving the actor wadding up a piece of paper (who types anymore?) and throwing it away in the garbage can.  And then there are the reality shows, where you realize the rest of the country really doesn’t get it.

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Solving the Plastic Bag Dilemma: Is Oregon Ready?
OLCV | 09.03.08 2:13 pm



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10 good reasons not to charge shoppers a fee for disposable grocery bags (paper or plastic)
OLCV | 08.27.08 11:54 am

During my morning news review I stumbled upon a post on PDX Green laying out 10 good reasons not to impose a fee on shoppers for disposable shopping bags.

Thanks for the great work Shelby!

Read the list here.

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More joy, less consumption.
OLCV | 05.02.08 2:57 pm

Alison Wiley created and writes for the blog The Diamond-Cut Life in order to create awareness about the need to reduce "our consumption down to the core of happiness."

Alison's message? More joy, less consumption. That's definitely a message that OLCV agrees with.

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More Crowded than an Obama Rally
Evan Manvel | 03.26.08 10:32 am

Yesterday I joined approximately 23,300 Oregonians for the opening day of Hopworks Urban Brewery. The reason for the standing-room-only crowd and the 45 minute wait for a table at 4:30pm? The intersection of three of Portland's passions: beer, bikes, and sustainability.

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The Story of Stuff
Jonathan Poisner | 01.27.08 12:50 pm

I just watched a really interesting video that does an amazing job of telling the "Story of Stuff."

Storyofstuff

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Oregon, even Washington is doing it
OLCV | 01.16.08 11:58 am
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Deep sigh... Portland missed out on another first - Again.
OLCV | 01.09.08 1:44 pm

San Fransisco was the first to ban them.

Now NYC is one of the first to require stores to recycle them.

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Thank you for choosing responsibly
OLCV | 11.20.07 7:52 am

From special guest author Yoly Howell, Portland resident.

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Have you seen the green peacock?
OLCV | 11.06.07 12:22 pm

If you watch any shows on NBC this week, you're bound to see the green peacock.

What does it all mean you ask?
Well, NBC has decided to go green - at least for a week. 

From their website:

NBC Universal's new "Green is Universal" campaign kicks off Nov. 4th with a week of green-themed programming aimed at entertaining, informing and empowering Americans to lead greener lives.

Very interesting.

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