Via BizJournal: SustainLane Government ranks Portland No. 3 among the 10 U.S. cities making the best use of renewable energy in city operations.
Plus the amazing projects that are part of the City of Portland and Energy Trust of Oregon Award $425,000 in Green Building Grants, which includes my favorite upcoming project, The Central Library Ecoroof Project.
Soon patrons of Portland's historic downtown library will be able to check out more than books. As part of a major roof renovation, Multnomah County will cover approximately 7,400 square feet of the building's roof with a modular ecoroof system. Once built, thousands of visitors each day will be able to witness how ecoroofs manage stormwater, attract wildlife and reduce energy use.
Sam Adams' blog has a post about the Green Streets plans they are working on to deal with stormwater.
It's a pretty exciting time in Portland right now!
Update: Oh yeah, I forgot about the OregonLive article More efficient us that Matt sent me!
I received this via iChat today:
Hey Mikey. I'm not sure if you know about Lovecraft Biofuels, but they are a pretty famous in the world of alternative fuels/grease cars. They do veggie oil conversions. The store in LA has gotten a lot of national attention, and they just opened a branch in Portland. I noticed it last time I was down on Division.
It's pretty awesome that Portland is the next place they chose to grow. It says a lot about Portland.
Thanks to Azure for sending that along!
BizJournal reports that "The Food Network awarded its first ever Better Burger award to Burgerville, the Vancouver-based chain of restaurants."
Less based on taste, the award was granted "for its sustainable business practices, including the use of local ingredients and its commitment to purchasing wind-driven electrical power."
The award was given in the network's inaugural Food Network Awards, which was broadcast Sunday. I'm pretty excited about our local chain being recognized for it's sustainable business practices, and that hazelnut shake deserves some kind of award too.
Always great to have the NYTimes shower some attention on our fair city. I haven't been to most of the places they mention, but I'm not quite the target demographic of their travel section.
Still, H20 seems like a weird place to recommend. :)
Whenever I travel, especially to the south, I am shocked by how much styrofoam is used. It's crazy that you never see it here! (Crazy awesome!)
Sam Adams' is looking at doing the same to the plastic shopping bag, and I give a big thumbs up to that idea.
Here is Sam's blog about the idea. And here is a shorter update from BizJournals.
So a beverage company did a survey to find the "Most Energetic Cities" in the US and Portland ranked in the top ten! The drink, Tahitian Noni's Hiro brand of energy drinks, I have never heard of, so it seems like doing a survey and listing a bunch of cities in a top ten list is a pretty good marketing gimmick.
The survey was conducted by Bert Sperling from Bestplaces.net, and measured health, wellness and an overall energetic lifestyle. Bert started with the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States and then looked at government statistics on how people commute, and how much time they spent each week engaged in moderate and vigorous exercise. Bert also looked at results from the world's largest health questionnaire to find how people were feeling in regards to their general health and their physical and emotional wellbeing.
So thanks to Bert and Tahitian Noni Hiro Brand Energy Drinks!
