BrightGreenPortland

2012-12-15

The season of stuff is upon us! How best to deal with all the wrapping paper, boxes and bags in Portland where garbage pickup is now every other week...

2012-11-09

So in reporting my story in yesterday’s Oregonian about keeping holiday gift-giving in check, I came across the recently published book “Life at Home...

2012-10-30

Turning milk jugs into Snoopy lawn ornaments or single-use water bottles into chandeliers is reuse, and wouldn’t be hard to find in Portland. But it’s...

2012-10-26

Halloween has become a retailer’s dream: stores sell big, inflatable spiders and skulls for front yards, plastic trick-or-treat buckets, fake skeletons...

2012-10-16

Reuse experts and fans will descend on Portland this week for ReUseConex, a conference dedicated to reuse, the second of the three R’s (Reduce, Reuse...

2012-09-28

Eating less meat. Going carless. Hanging your clothes out to dry. The Northwest Earth Institute’s EcoChallenge wants us to pick one action – any action...

2012-09-19

Likely your kitchen pantry contains most of what you need to clean your home. Nothing blue, or gloppy with a ”danger” or “warning” label. Stuff like vinegar...

2012-07-27

Not so much chickens? How about bees? Lots of people in Portland are doing the apiary thing and you can take a free, self-guided tour Aug. 18 organized...

2012-07-24

  Looptworks turns the excess generated by clothing manufacturing overseas into something useful and beautiful. The Portland-based company has upcycled...

2012-07-13

My mother used to sew my clothes. Little corduroy pants with elastic waistbands my younger brothers could wear after me. My dresses. Her dresses. Waiting...