The Oregon Environmental Council’s mission is to advance innovative, collaborative solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations.
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- 1968
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- Fix it Fair
Roosevelt High School
Saturday, November 21 at 8:30am - Low Impact Site Development fr...
Eugene
Wednesday, November 18 at 8:30am - The Crawl to Action
Washington Square Mall - Sears Court
Wednesday, November 18 at 10:00am - Untangling the Codes and Maint...
Keizer Civic Center
Thursday, November 12 at 9:30am - Water and Land Use in the Paci...
Skamania Lodge
Wednesday, November 4 at 9:00am - Rain Garden Training
Pringle Creek Community
Friday, October 30 at 8:30am - Keeping Oregon's Communities C...
Salem Central Library's Anderson Room
Wednesday, October 28 at 6:00pm - Saving Water, Saving Energy
Portland State University, Smith Me...
Monday, October 26 at 12:30pm - Training of trainers in Eco-He...
Portland
Friday, October 23 at 10:00am - Keeping Oregon's Communities C...
Springfield Public Library
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00pm
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We asked 30 parents to pick which three bottles in our collection contained BPA. Ten of those thirty guessed correctly after tapping the plastic and holding them to the light. Twenty others guessed wrong, stymied by the lack of labeling and the similarity of colors and shapes
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After our blog about the environmental and economic benefits of using compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) instead of incandescent bulbs, we thought we really should take it one step further and talk about light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Oregon Environmental Council From our friends at Oregon League of Conservation Voters: TONIGHT at Al Gore's speech in Portland, Defend Oregon and the conservation community plan to outnumber global-warming naysayers. Find out how you can connect below...
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Since the defacing of Keller Auditorium in the wee hours last night--a sort-of makeshift welcome mat for the global-warming naysayers and a foreshadowing of tonight's "Tea Party" outside Keller--the community is striking back with force.
OEC to host 'Cutting Carbs' - a series of transportation-related workshops in Salem, Central Point a
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The Oregon Environmental Council will be hosting a series of three workshops in December designed to look at opportunities for growing metropolitan areas to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and to provide them tools and resources to create climate-friendly communities. ...
Angela
The Million Baby Crawl is tomorrow! Please join us and say no to toxins! Family friendly activities and entertainment. Check it out. http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/40285
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In this issue: BPA-Free Baby Products Campaign, Cranberry Harvest, Low-Carbon Fuel Standard, Three Simple Ways to Protect Oregon this Thanksgiving, Special Incentives and Matching Challenge for the Evergreen Society, Living Green: Green for You and Green for Me
Claudia Weber www.healthy-homebiz.vpweb.com shares free information on healthy lifestyles including eliminating home toxins. We have a home toxin checklist and show people how to save money and where to find quality non-toxic products.
Oregon Environmental Council Some great suggestions from Defend Oregon. Let's come together for Oregon, and Oregonians, this Thanksgiving.
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When times are at their toughest, Oregonians come together to make sure that those who need us most - children, seniors, struggling families - aren't left in the cold with nowhere to turn. This Thanksgiving, ...
Oregon Environmental Council Don't miss the Million Baby Crawl event in Portland next week! Read on or check out Seventh Generation to learn more...
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Hundreds of moms and their babies, including local dignitaries are taking part in Portland's "Crawl to Action" event as part of a national initiative called the Million Baby Crawl to encourage Congress to overhaul our nation's toxics policy.
Oregon Environmental Council OEC's partneringship with cranberry farmers and the South Coast Watershed Council is paying delicious dividends - and is now on the seasonal Burgerville menu!
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Burgerville just rolled out their November seasonal menu, which features a turkey burger with cranberry jalapeno salsa with cranberries from Clearwater Cranberries.
Rick Staggenborg Oregon can and should be a leader in developing a sustainable, green economy based on local production and distribution of food and renewable energy, and public control of the water supply.
Linda Peterson Thank you, Grant. This is important.
Oregon Environmental Council Okay everybody, we're soooo close to 1,000 fans. Any chance you could take a moment and suggest us to a friend? Maybe a friend who might be interested in a group that finds solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges, year in and year out? Think of it as your click-of-a-mouse good deed for Oregon's environment before the weekend! And thank you all for following us!
Oregon Environmental Council Great post today from our friends at Activistas Pdx...
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Easy: Banning BPA. And yes, that is an option. One that just happens to be on the table in Salem (thank you, OEC). But to the point: Earlier this week there was an annoying - and inaccurate - post about...
