Heritage Tree Ordinance Protects Trees in the Forest City
Spare the Woodman’s Axe Heritage Tree Ordinance to Protect Urban Trees By Tony Zeli A new ordinance in the City of Portland makes it harder for... Read more
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Stand Up for a New Normal – Bright Ideas No. 12
A NEW NORMAL With attention focused on Covid-19, health threats posed by climate change remain unchanged and existential. By continuing to burn fossil... Read more
Why not try gardening – Bright Ideas No. 11
With COVID19 increasingly threatening industrial food supply chains, we need to consider other options for feeding ourselves. The Victory Gardens of W... Read more
The Green New Deal – Bright Ideas No. 10
As the climate emergency intensifies, inaction costs us tens of billions of dollars annually. And current emissions are far beyond what the planet can... Read more
Green New Deal – Bright Ideas No. 8
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth super-highway on which we progress with great speed, but at the end lies disaster.... Read more
Zero-Waste Gift Wrapping – Bright Ideas No. 6
It’s December! Time to discuss sensible, climate-friendly gifts and gift wrappings. With gifts, some factors to consider: Will it be lasting or... Read more
Transportation & Land Use -Bright Ideas No. 5
November’s topic is Transportation and Land Use. This is the final component of the One Climate Future planning process being undertaken by Portland a... Read more
Live more softly on the planet – Bright Ideas No. 3
Waste Reduction The second component of the Portland/South Portland One Climate Future project is Waste Reduction. But why is this so important?... Read more
Build Neighborhood Resilience – Bright Ideas No. 2
A vital question: “What do we do about climate change?” Equally important: “How should we be in this climate change era?” BRIGHT IDEA: “We should be t... Read more
Stop the Fast Driving!
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Sign Up – Sign On By Rosanne Graef Signs are tricky things—too wordy, vague or ironic and they mi... Read more
