SpotOn Parking is trying to help parking spot owners and drivers connect to reduce “cruising” and ease congestion on the crowded streets of San Francisco. Credit: Chris Chabot, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: Driving around and around city blocks looking for parking seems like a colossal waste of fuel (and time). Is anyone working on ways […]
April 22, free Eagle Rock Lodge 49198 McKenzie Hwy, Vida, OR For info: 541.822.3630, http://www.mckenziechamber.com/event-2151693 Fishing guides and wooden boat fans gather on the opening day of fishing season to celebrate and learn about McKenzie River history, wildlife and wooden boats. Come to Eagle Rock Lodge in Vida to relax and learn about the river […]
March 18-19, free Long Tom Grange 25855 Ferguson Rd, Junction City, OR For info: 541-998-2828, http://www.junctioncity.com/news/daffodils/index.htm Enjoy sweet, gooey New Day Bakery cinnamon rolls with fresh, hot Full City Coffee at the annual Daffodil Drive and Festival! Vendors, music, daffodil sales, wagon rides, and antique cars. Free shuttle parking offered from Conser Quarry on Ferguson […]
Recycling companies are struggling with higher processing costs, due in part to newer, larger recycling bins that don’t require user sorting and thus become increasingly contaminated with garbage. Credit: Dan McKay, FlickrCC Dear Earthtalk: Is recycling still worthwhile given the expense and emissions associated with it? — Michael Vitti, Norwalk, OH Americans generate about 254 million […]
Photo by Greg Johnson This beautifully designed coffee table book, A Northwest Portland History: From the River to the Hills, lets you experience the beginning of Northwest Portland, Oregon. Featuring many previously unpublished photographs showing the early days when the muddy streets were filled with horse-drawn wagons, the harbor wharves welcomed sailing ships carrying goods […]
Andrea Traphagen paints her original watercolors and acrylics in vibrant hues…taking you from fantasy worlds to old world to current times. With the stroke of a brush and a vivid imagination, Andrea’s vision takes you into a world of mermaids, dragon flies and old growth forests. She currently exhibits her work at Bay Avenue Gallery […]
Thomas Traphagen is a lifelong photographer of Northwest landscapes. He is especially fond of capturing wildlife and nature scenes that surround his vacation home on the Long Beach Peninsula. Tom frames his camera lens to visually mirror his bountiful Pacific Northwest natural environment. His images also serve as a visual inspirations for paintings by […]
PHOTO CREDIT: travelportland.com Portland’s art scene features downtown art murals (photo above) and three regular celebrations, held in different neighborhoods around town: First Thursday First Thursday, in the Pearl District and downtown, has been going strong since 1986. On the first Thursday of each month, galleries and businesses, including the Pacific Northwest College of Art […]
Al Gore may not be in the spotlight as much these days, but he’s been busy campaigning for climate reform and revolutionizing how the private sector invests. Dear Earthtalk: Whatever happened to Al Gore? He was all over the media around the time of An Inconvenient Truth but lately I haven’t heard anything about him. — […]
Blue and green succulents are versatile, easy to grow. Succulents are the ultimate easy-care plant: versatile, effortless to grow both indoors and outdoors, and drought tolerant. From Aloe and Agaves, to Senecio and Taciveria, SUCCULENTS by l garden expert Robin Stockwell, highlights 200 of the easiest, most useful, and gorgeous plants, and shares advice on care […]
