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Bridge Project Spans Gap Between Business and Green

Green Inc. | Libby Tucker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Construction, President Obama, Vancouver, Green News, Portland, Washington, National Infrastructure, Economy, Bridges, Mexico, Oregon, Columbia River Crossing Project, Traffic, Green Infrastructure, President-Elect Barack Obama, Development, Columbia River, Transportation, Greenhouse Gas, Automobiles, Emissions Reduction, Pollution, Climate Change, Architecture, Infrastructure Investment, Barack Obama, Columbia River Crossing Coalition, Government Policy, Candada, Portland Oregon, Green News

President-elect Barack Obama's recent promise to make "the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the fede...

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Renewable Businesses Bring The Green To Portland

The Wall Street Journal | Maura Webber Sadovi | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

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Oregon's bid to cash in on its green appeal has given Portland's weakening commercial-real-estate market an early holiday gift. Denmark-based Vestas ...

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7 Easy Holiday Gifts You Can Make

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Virgin Airlines, Holidays, Tree Hugger, Newspapers, The English, Frames, Christmas, Presents, Baking, Drawing, Target, Diy, Gifts, Portland, Paper, Happiness, Holiday Gifts, Holiday Gift Ideas, Living News
Andrea Chalupa

Instead of passing on giving gifts this year, employ some meaningful strategies that will make you and your loved ones happy.

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Can Bad News Lead to Good Business?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Chicago, Portland, Ian Yolles, Nau, New Radicals, New York, Jonathan Haidt, Julia Moulden, Uncle Dans, Financial Crisis, Shakespeare, Horny Toad, Thought Kitchen, Lizard Lounge, Rethinking Work, Paragon, Business News
Julia Moulden

What to make of the screaming financial headlines of recent weeks? Where does your mind go when you read the coverage? What do you worry and wonder ab...

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Detroit Three Expect $25 Billion -- So Who Bails Out Americans' Missing Car Payments?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Automotive News, San Diego, Portland, Detroit Three, Mortgage Crisis, AIG Bailout, Cars, Washington DC, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Los Angeles, Denver, America, Ford Motor Co, Dallas, American Financial Services Association, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Aig, Seattle, Sen. Carl Levin, General Motors, Wall Street, Phoenix, Michigan, Home Foreclosures, San Francisco, Plug-in Hybrids, Us, Repossession, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

It used to be said that a house was the largest expenditure in any person's lifetime; but if someone buys five or more new cars over 40 or 50 years, those purchases could easily cost more, in total, than their home.

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Is This The Way To Travel Green -- By Air?

Wired | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: SeaPort Airlines, Green Travel, Seattle, Portland, Green Living, Airlines, Green News

There's no way around this one: travel by air is bad for the environment. I recently went to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, which was a...

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The Power of Nau

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Reinvent, The Body Shop, Nelson Mandela, John Lennon, Einstein, Apple, Nike, Yoko Ono, Patagonia, Branding, New Radicals, Portland, Think, Reimagine, Nau, Living News
Julia Moulden

Remember Apple's "Think Different" advertising campaign? "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the...

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Teen Drives On One Tank Of Gas For Entire Summer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Video, Gasoline, Going Green, Green, Northwestern University, Green Living, Portland, Students, Danni Brancaccio, College Student, High Gas Prices, Honda Civic, Teenk Drives Entire Summer on One Tank of Gas, Greenhouse Gases, One Tank of Gas, Portland Oregon, College Junior, Green News

20-year-old Danni Brancaccio vowed to drive the entire summer on one tank of gas. With 238 miles and 55 days behind her, the Portland, Oregon teen has...

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Fab Food Added To Long List Of What Makes Portland Cool

New York Times | ERIC ASIMOV | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Chefs, Cooking With Greens, Portland, Living News

THEY come but they don't go. In the way New York drew artists in the '50s, this city at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers seems to...

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