Archive for the Category ‘Living Green’

Restaurant Rally to Support The American Center for Sustainability

Restaurant Rally to Support The American Center for Sustainability

The American Center for Sustainability (ACS) will be hosting and benefiting from the Spring for Support Restaurant Rally on Saturday March 20, 2010. This event will raise funds for expanding the Annual Plant Project and further development of community programs led by ACS. Patrons and restaurant goers will be able to participate in ACS’s Spring for [...]

Pacific Power Wants to Fund Your Green Ideas

Pacific Power Wants to Fund Your Green Ideas

Got a bright idea for making Oregon, Washington or California greener? Could you use a little green to help make your project a reality? Beginning March 8, 2010, Pacific Power will accept applications for community-based renewable energy project funding from its Blue Sky renewable energy program.
For 10 years now, Pacific Power’s participating Blue Sky customers [...]

Metro Selects New Operator for Central Solid Waste Station, Plans to Double Recycling Efforts

Metro Selects New Operator for Central Solid Waste Station, Plans to Double Recycling Efforts

For the first time since it opened in 1990, operations at the Metro Central solid waste transfer station are changing hands. Metro and
Recology Oregon Recovery Inc. have signed an estimated $38 million, seven-year contract that will signal considerable changes for the northwest Portland facility that takes in trash and recyclables from commercial waste haulers, businesses and residents.
Following a thorough [...]

Portland Offering Rebates to Plant a Tree

Portland Offering Rebates to Plant a Tree

From PortlandOnline.com (via Urban Pacific Real Estate):
Trees are vital, long-term, low-cost components of Portland’s green stormwater infrastructure. Trees absorb rain and prevent erosion to protect watershed health. Every tree planted in Portland is a step toward a cleaner Willamette River, so plant trees!
To encourage Portlanders to plant trees, Environmental Services offers two cost-reducing opportunities:

Plant a [...]

Gresham to Flip Switch on New Solar Installation

Gresham to Flip Switch on New Solar Installation

On Tuesday February 9th, the City of Gresham with REC Solar and SunEdison will celebrate the activation of a 419kW ground mounted solar power system at the Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is the largest ground mount solar power system in the Pacific Northwest to date.
The photovoltaic system will generate approximately 440, 000 kilowatt hours [...]

Philomath Now a Green Power Community

Philomath Now a Green Power Community

Philomath, which began in 1867 as a beacon of learning in the Wild West, is pioneering a new era of enlightenment as the nation’s newest Green Power Community. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Philomath for its leadership, achievement and dedicated support of renewable energy.
“We are honored to be a part of this great [...]

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