Month: April 2015

    If you missed President Teddy Roosevelt’s most recent visit to Portland—back in 1903—you have another opportunity to catch the Rough Rider in action at PDX on Wednesday, April 29. Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand will be at the Pendleton Woolen Mills store in the Oregon Market tomorrow from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The appearance—part…

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Triple-Bottom-Line, or TBL, is a tool for measuring the health of an entity in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. In the spirit of Earth Day, we’re calling out a few things you might not know about how the Port is leading the way in caring for our planet. 40,000 pounds of carbon. Did…

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      For most people, economics and global warming are no laughing matter. Yoram Bauman isn’t most people. Billing himself as “the world’s only stand-up economist,” he travels the country presenting his unique mix of comedy, economics and climate change activism. Some of his YouTube videos have garnered more than one million views, and…

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  When it comes to saving money through energy efficiency, it pays to learn from the experts. That’s why the Port of Portland is participating in the Energy Trust of Oregon’s Strategic Energy Management program. The cohort-based, two year program has helped organizations such as Intel, the City of Portland and Nike identify energy use…

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