Carpool & Vanpool
Carpooling lets employees share rides (and costs) with fellow commuters. Portland’s Office of Transportation (PDOT) can help your employees find carpooling partners and discounted parking at select locations while helping your business provide employee subsidy options. PDOT can help your employees connect with other people interested in carpooling. PDOT is a sponsor the CarpoolMatchNW program, which allows your employees to log […]
Nike, Starbucks, other Northwest businesses push Congress for ‘clean energy economy’
By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian February 16, 2010, 9:23PM Just pass it? Nike and other businesses, including Starbucks and Portland’s Gerding Edlen development firm, called on Congress to approve comprehensive climate change legislation this year and said a “clean energy economy” is the next great economic boom. At a news conference on the Nike campus […]
Green Transportation: Greening Your Fleet
February 8, 2010 Where the rubber meets the road For Steve Phillips, senior vice president, operations, Werner Enterprises, a green fleet is an aerodynamic fleet. “Eighty-eight percent of our fleet is aerodynamic. by that I mean full fairings, top and bottom, and approved as ‘aerodynamic’ by SmartWay. We have been purchasing SmartWay approved aerodynamic trucks […]
New Green Ski Website Concentrates on Travel to Resorts
Posted in Skiing, Skiing news, Snow news, Snowboarding 29 Jan A new website has been launched in the US which concentrates on the key issue of climate change gas emissions caused by travel to ski resorts by skiers and boarders, which in most cases are far greater than the emissions in resort. The company behind […]
Rose Garden earns LEED status
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:59am PST The Portland Trail Blazers announced Tuesday that the team earned LEED Gold status for its sustainability efforts at the Rose Garden Arena — a first for a major league sports facility. The certification, awarded to the Rose Garden by the U.S. Green Building Council under their Leadership in Energy […]
Oregon Economic Sustainability: Will 2010 Be The Year?
Thursday, January 14, 2010 | As we close the books on one of the the most economically challenging years since the Great Depression, ThinkOregon poses this question: Will 2010 be the year that Oregonians finally place economic sustainability on par with environmental sustainability? It was a question echoed by Professor Timothy Duy, Director of the Oregon Economics Forum […]
Manage Waste, Conserve Energy, Save Money – Go Green Today!
January 13th, 2010 by My Efficient Planet Earlier in the week I was at our local health food store waiting for my turn at the check-out counter when I noticed the lady in front of me had bought her own re-usable carry bags which suddenly made a lot more sense to me than choosing “paper […]
Baltimore launches eco-friendly shuttle service
January 12, 2010 The City of Baltimore’s free shuttle service features a 21-vehicle fleet of EcoSaver IV hybrid buses supplied by Charlotte, N.C.-based manufacturer, DesignLine. On Monday, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT) launched its free shuttle bus service, the Charm City Circulator, featuring a fleet of 21 eco-friendly buses that will travel along […]
The 5 Best Cities For Green Jobs
January 11th, 2010 Guest Post From Dan Shapley From The Daily Green “In a generally bleak employment picture, the green jobs sector is growing faster than any other.” So writes Jim Motavalli in The Daily Green’s report about the best U.S. cities to find a green job. Growth in the sector was a robust 9.1% […]
So You’re Getting Hitched and You Want an Eco-Friendly Wedding
Posted by: Kenda | January 7, 2010 Well, first off, congratulations! Whether this is the first, second or third go around, you can make this one count not just for yourself and your soon-to-be-lifelong partner but also for the earth. You can turn an event that is typically blissfully unaware into a blissfully aware affair. […]