As reported late last month, Sameunderneath as we knew it is no longer, with the exit of founder Ryan Christensen, the announcement of the NW 23rd location’s closure, and the purchase of the company by a new local brand, LFI (Love, Faith, and Influence). I just spoke with DJ Widmer of LFI, and it turns […]
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Sustainability Center Will Be “Living” Building
Mayor Sam Adams and Governor Ted Kulongoski have just announced that Oregon’s proposed Sustainability Center will be a first-of-its kind “living building,” assuming, that is, that the so-far imaginary thing ever gets built. The joint press release put out by the mayor’s and governor’s offices this afternoon is remarkable, if anything, for its optimistic language. […]
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Meet Fuel Director Josh Tickell, Then Go See His Film
The documentary Fuel opened in Portland last weekend, the first city to host screenings of the film, which shows a way out of our country’s addiction to oil. It did so well here, it’s been held over–which has director Josh Tickell thrilled. He’s hoping his film will follow in the footsteps of An Inconvenient Truth: […]
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Seven Cent Solution – Local Foods in Portland Schools
Portland Environmental group EcoTrust is taking a big step forward this year toward their goal of getting public schools to use local foods in their cafeteria lunches. The group just won a $295,000 grant that will reimburse Portland and Gervais district schools seven cents per lunch to acquire and serve local foods this year. Usually, […]
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Naked Butts. Noon. Tomorrow.
Last year, LUSH Cosmetics–an international brand known for its consciousness-raising business practices and 100% vegetarian product line–began their nudity campaign, wherein employees at a handful of their stores voluntarily spent part of the day wearing naught but aprons emblazoned with “Ask Me Why I’m Naked” to promote the production and consumption of “naked” products, meaning […]
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Green SUVs Are Still a Bad Idea.
All week the Ford auto company PR people have been bugging us to attend their forum on sustainability at the Governor’s Hotel today. In a plan that sounded both dubious and hilarious, the company offered a free catered meal and an in-depth discussion of their “groundbreaking” Eco-Boost Engine. I decided to bring along Ivan Maluski, […]
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Killer Salad. No, Really…
poisonous salad I don’t eat enough salad. That’s a damn fact. It’s not that I’m not trying. It’s just that my diet as a food editor often leads me away from leafy greens. According to a recent story from Reuters, maybe that’s not such a bad thing: Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has apologized after […]
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City’s New Idea: Green Buildings Get Greenbacks
The City’s Bureau of Sustainable Development and Commissioner Saltzman’s office are working on a plan to get Portlanders to build green by fining projects that meet the building code rather than going above and beyond it to reduce carbon emissions. The idea is called a feebate – a wonky way to say: the city hands […]
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Eat Local Week
There are so many good reasons to be a locavore, that is, someone who eats food produced locally: -Local food requires less fossil fuel to ship. -You can generally pin down a local food source so that you know exactly what’s happening from the ground to your table. -Less Salmonella! -Your money stays in the […]