EcoMetro

When I blog every other week or so, I try to sort through my daily routine and pull out observations and ideas to help make my life a little greener. Usually, it's little things. Digestible portions and easy goals; nothing too bothersome for the average person to try themselves. But, in the words...

G'day & Happy Holidays! Hopefully we get some snow tomorrow as forecasted by our favorite local weather guys, man alive they have a tough job! I am a West Coast guy and my is wife from Iowa... We both agree that, the only thing we would change about our climate here in the Pacific Northwest is...

I was planning a post today about testimony given by the director of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on methods of reducing carbon emissions. I was struggling though with how to tie it to local issues. After all, a discussion on federal legislation doesn't feel like something you can...

Once you’ve made your home as energy efficient as possible you can purchase power generated by wind farms, geothermal, or biomass. PGE customers can purchase 100% clean wind power for $3.50 per 200kW, or renewable power from wind, geothermal, and biomass for $ 0.008 per kW. Small businesses have the...