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Oregon grows some of the best produce and plants in the world and one of the best places to purchase them is at your local farmers market.
Most homes can be made more energy efficient and EnergyTrust of Oregon offers several easy ways to evaluate and improve your home’s energy performance.
Summer is the best time of year to celebrate the wild and beautiful places we love. Escape into the wild during the Wild Days of Summer.
Learn how to buy right, reuse and recycle your old paint for all your home improvement projects and help save.
Learn more about Tapworld.org, a Great Energy Challenge grantee.
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Information technology managers take note: The cloud can be your friend.
U.S. government researchers built a model to test the energy cost of running common business applications using centralized data centers instead of local systems. Turned out the cloud’s energy efficiency advantages on a nationwide basis were huge – up to 87 percent, or around 23 billion kilowatt-hours.
“This is roughly the amount of electricity used each year by all the homes, businesses and industry in Los Angeles,” the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers said in a press release that accompanied the study […
Read MoreRun current through genetically engineered microorganisms, and they produce gasoline substitute. Can U.S.-funded electrofuels research finish the drive from lab to market?
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When it comes to keeping the lights and air conditioning on this summer, how much of a safety margin do we need?
After all, summertime is when electricity demand surges, as an entire nation reaches for the thermostat in the midst of a heat wave. Overall, our grid is getting older, and the demands are getting higher.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the agency that’s paid to worry about the power grid in the United States and Canada, says we’re reasonably good shape for the summer—except for Texas and maybe California.…
Read MoreOregon grows some of the best produce and plants in the world and one of the best places to purchase them is at your local farmers market. Need a few more reasons why shopping at a farmers market should be part of your life? Here are three:
Take care of business. Buying locally makes a big difference. They say that every $1 spent at a farmers market boosts the local economy with $1.78. That’s a pretty good return on your investment.…
Read MoreHere’s our recommend resources to recycle just about everything include the kitchen sink!!
Metro - Get everything you need to know about recycling and garbage and hazardous waste disposal in the Portland metropolitan area
Bureau of Planning & Sustainability – What goes in and what stays out
Master Recycler Program – the “mother” guide to reuse, reduce, recycle at home and work