admin | July 27, 2009
A short but busy day in the Ashland-Central Point areas of Jackson County. During my trip here, I now know that Jackson County is an active county – when it comes to many things! From Shakespeare to Recyclables – there is a lot of active participation, and it shows! I did one interview today, with [...]
admin | July 27, 2009
Today, I went to the fair. Not to see who won the best-in-class or blue ribbon for their cow, pig, or goat (the horse competition was finished); instead, and to no one’s surprise here, I wanted to see how the trash was handled. This event definitely contends for a ribbon of some color, for a [...]
admin | July 25, 2009
More pictures, videos, and maps are now posted! I am still gathering interviews, over 24 now, for my eventual podcast… yes, it’s taking a lot longer to get to it. I am rushing my way to L.A. these days, to get there in time for the RAM L.A. Clinic which starts August 11th. Otherwise, I’d [...]
admin | July 25, 2009
Today I got in two interviews: Jil Zilligen at Zero Waste Alliance and Alison Briggs at Free Geek. Before, in between, and after, I got lost and discovered parts of Portland! I got a tidbit of statistics from the Free Geek bulletin board, which I found interesting. . . 2008-2009 Statistics 15,000 total refurbishings 1,000 [...]
admin | July 24, 2009
The other day, I was looking for a pouch to use for holding my receipts. While walking the aisles in Target, I ended up in the “Going Back to School” section, where they had a display of pencil holders – of all types, shapes, and colors. That’s where I found the “TerraCycle Chip Bag Pencil [...]
admin | July 21, 2009
I noticed in the news last week and today that the pay-per-bag debate has hit another high: opponents to the $0.20/bag fee have pumped an additional $500,000 into their campaign efforts to stop efforts to “ban the bag.” Well, actually, it’s not banning the bag – it’s having people take direct/financial responsibility for their impact [...]
admin | July 20, 2009
Well, I had other plans for the last few days, which did not include 2 days of recovering from a corrupt hard drive(!) In short, it was techno-resuscitation. I saved all of the files and I am mostly back on track – a couple of days later than desired. Then, today, I received my final [...]
admin | July 16, 2009
Todays travels took me to one transfer station, one university, and one e-cycle drop-off station. In all, a good day! I also stopped to search for the WA Adopt-a-Highway program. In total, I have one more interview in the mix, ten more pictures, and three silly videos to watch (of the transfer station, mostly) – [...]
admin | July 15, 2009
Another tour and interview today – at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Wally gave me a one-hour tour of the facility, where he’s worked since 1993 (his father worked there before him). As Wally said, “It’s in the family.” This was my first time seeing a new cell being “born.” They were still digging it [...]
admin | July 11, 2009
Fresh off the press, in internet terms at least, is a contribution I made to Celsias.com. Thanks to the Fairbanks’ Daily News-Miner article, the publicity prompted a request for a guest-article on this website, where “Climate Change is Not a Spectator Sport.” I was asked to share a few highlights from the trip so far, [...]
