Tag: Oregon

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  Why Was the Reusable Bag Blamed for a Norovirus Outbreak?

  Recently, a reusable bag was blamed for the spread of a highly contagious virus. But it was just bad luck.

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  Is This Really The World's Largest TreeHouse? It Doesn't Actually Matter

  The creator of an Oregon Ewok Village lives in his own, carefully constructed treehouse. Here's why he thinks treehouse construction should be taken seriously.

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  Is This the Highest Concentration of Treehouses in the World? Man Builds Ewok Village in Oregon

  A pioneer of treehouses reveals some of his secrets, and takes us on a tour of his real-life ewok village.

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  Stick Hut Sculptures Built by Volunteers Evoke Peace and Simplicity

  Artist Patrick Dougherty led a team of volunteers in building hut sculptures; the process is captured in a video from Shwood Eyewear.

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  How to Start a Tool Library: Just Do It

  When I posted a video about Portland's tool libraries, one commenter wished that he had something similar in Boise—and I am sure he was not alone. The idea of being able to borrow tools you rarely

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  Got a Slug Problem? Dig a Moat. (Video)

  As my plan to transition my garden into extreme Lazivore mode for a couple of years takes shape, I am sure others are planning on ramping up production next year. And as part of those plans, many will be dealing with that

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  Study Finds Falling Trees Make Sound Even if No One is Around to Hear It

  It's a riddle that's been twisting brains for generations: If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer, at least according to a comprehensive study of nature's noises, is

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  Private Permaculture Garden Includes a Public Bus Shelter (Video)

  From an awesome tour of a permaculture allotment to a 20-year-old forest garden there are, of course, many fabulous video tours of permaculture projects and gardens available online. Many of these plots have incredible

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  Building a Backwoods Getaway, Open to Anyone Who Can Find It (Video)

  Whether built ten stories tall or to fit in a Brooklyn loft, tree houses are great getaways, where you can hide among branches and leaves, above the rest of the world. They're usually private places, but in the woods of Oregon, a

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  Positive Child Labor: Learning Business & Life Skills on a Farm (Video)

  From demanding an end to child labor in cocoa farming, to iPhone apps that help you spot brands that use abusive child labor practices, we've seen plenty of initiatives that seek to end the exploitative use of

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  On Sheep Dogs, Farming, and the Ethics of Eating Meat (Video)

  I asked before whether sheep dogs would return for post-peak oil farming, but that question presupposed that they have already gone away. The fact is that while all terrain vehicles, enclosed pens, and other methods

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  Should This Ugly Rock-Sucker Be Saved?

  Nearly everybody knows about Pacific salmon and the billions of dollars and massive human effort that has gone in to pushing the species back from extinction. But what about the not-too-pretty,

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  Portland, Oregon Becomes Latest City to Ban the Plastic Bag

  Oregon's largest city has just joined a growing list of municipalities that are fed up with plastic bags -- It has just adopted an ordinance that will ban plastic bags from major grocery stores, as well as some big box

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  California Vineyards Face Massive Climate Crunch By 2040 - Up To 50% Loss of Premium Growing Land

  Will this get more people to care about climate? Fingers crossed.

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  Oregon Legislators Vote To Protect Both Wolves & Livestock

  The Oregon legislature has passed a bill that will establish a program under which wolves are protected and livestock owners whose cattle are killed by wolves will be compensated. A deadlock over the law was

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  Sweet Skins Organic Apparel on Sale This Month Only

  To celebrate summer style Oregon-based organic fashion label Sweet Skins is offering up a deal for sale-hungry shoppers. If you've been eying their Rasberry Scoop Tank Dress or their Slate Blue Spring

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  Portland Drains 8 Million Gallon Reservoir After Man Is Caught Peeing In It

  The Mt. Tabor Reservoir Number 1 holds 8 million gallons of treated drinking water, which it provides to the residents nearby Portland, Oregon. A human bladder, at its fullest, holds around 16 ounces of urine. So, when a young man was caught on a

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  Keen On Home Grown U.S. Footwear Production

  Technical footwear manufacturing in the USA? It's hard to think it could fly these days. But Keen, a company with a eye towards reducing the environmental impact of the line of footwear and bags, have done just that. In