Oregon Greenies

A big thank you to all of our team members for your participation in the 2018 Eco Challenge! Sandra Busch, Phil Doughty, Debra Kennedy, Chauntel Vaillancourt, Cindy Trelstad, Kelly Evans, Lacey Archambeau, Lisa Lake, Lisa Bloodworth, Victoria Chen, and Debbie Driscoll: your energy is palpable and your impact on a changing world is great! Thank...

Because grease and food particles make most pizza boxes unrecyclable, the Green Team where I work has been maintaining a worm farm for years to help us discard them. These little guys live in a big drum, or bin, made up almost completely of shredded pizza boxes inside. The worms live in it and eat it. In just the last 6 months, they spared from...

Have you ever considered the usefulness of bamboo? There are many products we use and discard frequently that are made from less-sustainable materials, but could be replaced by the very durable and plentiful resource of bamboo; products such as: easy-to-care-for clothing, bathroom tissue, toothbrushes, sports equipment (e.g. bicycles, golf...

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I have chosen to support a woman-owned local business: http://www.greshamchamber.org/list/member/healing-treasures-3299.  I'm extremely proud of my sister, Julie Haugen, for her perseverance and success in her essential oils retail business.

If you are in the Beaverton, Oregon area you can recycle your clear, thin plastics (like bathroom tissue wrapping, store shopping bags, bottled water case wrapping, etc) at Far West Recycling (6440 SE Alexander St) http://www.farwestrecycling.com/.  With some grocery stores now saying they won't accept them, it's nice to have a place not too...

Please consider checking out this link, which gives insight about a global waste problem nobody wants to address... https://www.romper.com/p/plastic-toys-are-a-huge-environmental-problem-but-you-can-make-a-difference-62689

If you're near Tillamook in the next week or so, it's real easy to connect with someone who is willing to let you test ride an electric bike for free! https://stores.boldapps.net/front-end/iframe.php?shop=evelo.myshopify.com

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For the Electricity Generation category, one challenge is to give your business to companies who purchase green energy to reduce CO2 emissions. Here are some suggestions of many who have pledged to source 100% of their electricity from renewable energy... Goldman Sachs; Johnson & Johnson; NIKE, Inc.; Procter & Gamble; Salesforce;...