today my parents left portland after a nice long visit. my mom came two weeks ago for a conference that was here and my dad joined her a few days later. during their visit we went for various hikes in and around portland, ate at a few of my favorite eateries, did a [...]
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parents in portland
13May09wooden bike
27Jan08this is definitely note-worthy.
this 16-year-old from canada built this bike. not normally a big deal, except this one is made completely of wood. a free wheel, working bike, made 100% of wood. if you aren’t impressed, click here to see the article and feast your eyes on this genius piece of work. [...]
biking portland
17Dec07the business of biking.
video and story by the new york times.
popeye back in action!
09Nov07everyone’s favorite sailor man is back into the business saving lives. a renewable energy company from the UK, Ecotricity, is bringing out the big guns to help fight climate change. their new ads featuring the 1930s cartoon character will be starting circulation in the UK tomorrow.
“it’s less of an advert really than a [...]
go to reclaimingroots.org and check out our next project! there’s a lot going on right now getting this project going. so get over to reclaimingroots.org and get registered for this project!
there are going to be two volunteer groups. one for the morning and one for the evening. we’ll be working with the grant wood community [...]
bicycle benefits
10Sep07i ran across this this morning paroosing the treehugger website. i like it. just thought i’d share.
green construction
28Aug07image from treehugger.com
i thought i’d bring some attention to this post i found this afternoon on treehugger.com. interesting facts and it’s even more interesting that we’ve got it so wrong (however, not surprising).
check it out.
