A park for all reasons

Blue Lake offers natural attractions along with a few man-made ones

By Calvin Hall /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

A scant 20 minutes from downtown Portland, Blue Lake Regional Park offers a trove of features and activities for people looking for a place to enjoy …

Green news briefs

The Portland Tribune
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Updated Apr 16, 2008

Protesters dub April 1 ‘Fossil Fools Day’ Armed with a bouquet of heart-shaped balloons, a handful of sidewalk activists offered …

Energy makeover cuts heating bills

Winners of NW Natural essay contest score new appliances

By Toby Van Fleet /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Last December, a local family won a special prize: a home energy makeover that included a full evaluation of the energy efficiency of their house …

Space invaders infiltrate Oregon

Television series takes hard look at looming environmental threat

By ERIC BARTELS /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Scott Hinderman is bundled against a bitterly cold winter morning, watching as high school students attack a thicket of Himalayan blackberry at one …

Green living briefs

By Toby Van Fleet /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Bicycling bash draws nearly 800 revelers Last month, Portland’s Bicycle Transportation Alliance drew the largest crowd ever to its …

OSU climatologist vacates hot seat

George Taylor details his controversial view on weather changes

By Chris Lydgate /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

For the past 16 years, George Taylor has been the most prominent weather forecaster in Oregon – who doesn’t work for a TV station, at …

The evolution of Earth Day

Hybrids and offsets replace hatchets and outrage on planet’s annual holiday

By Toby Van Fleet /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Updated Apr 16, 2008

Flashback: April 22, 1970. Portland, Ore. The very first Earth Day. Demonstrations dot the city. High school kids hit the streets in gas masks. Some …

Calendar

By Anne Marie DiStefano /
The Portland Tribune
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

EVENTS Northwest Solar Expo Homeowners and business owners who want to learn more about clean energy options are invited to this expo …

Is industrial pollution making America fat?

Studies link pervasive ‘obesogens’ to weight gain in frogs, mice

By Chris Lydgate /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Despite the nagging of diet experts, fitness instructors, public health officials, doctors, nurses and moms, the tide of obesity that has practically …

Farmers markets 2008

Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

PORTLAND Hillsdale Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday April 27-Oct. 26 Wilson High School parking lot, Southwest Sunset Boulevard …

Earth Day calendar

Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

City Repair stages party in Overlook Park Join the urban visionaries of the City Repair Project and a horde of other Earth-minded groups at …

Eco-race has a ‘model’ mission

‘Challenge’ looks sharp, but green cred may be only skin-deep

By Toby Van Fleet / Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

It’s a mild spring morning on the Sandy River. The crisp breeze smells of fir trees and yesterday’s rain. Despite the straight shot from …

Liquid soap vs. bar soap

This or that

By ERIC BARTELS / Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Liquid soap vs. bar soap Like a lot of people, you’ve probably got a bar of soap in a dish in your shower. You always have. Don’t …

Author trades suburbia for ‘simple’ life

With insight and wit, Doug Fine weans himself off fossil fuels

By Chris Lydgate / Pamplin Media Group
Tue, Apr 15, 2008

From Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden Pond” to Sherwood Schwartz’s “Gilligan’s Island,” city folk long have …