4 Reasons Why Polluted Air Can Have An Impact On Your Career
By Natalie Wilson There is a lot of talk these days about just how bad air pollution is for us. Whether you suffer from asthma or even work on a farm, it seems that no one can escape the effects of air pollution. Office workers may believe that, because they work indoors, that they can […]
Back in the Blog Saddle
Hello Blog Readers, I’m happy to be back on the blog after being ousted by Fiona! But now I’m back, and first off, I would like to congratulate Jesse and Fiona Yun on the birth of their daughter, Avani, the newest Yun! I would also like to congratulate William Sampson and his wife Elizabeth on […]
Organic Beer Blog
Hola Blog Readers! As I write this and look out at the rain-soaked landscape here at ecoShuttle, I can’t help but pine for those days of sunshine and beer that are just around the corner in Portland. While the weather isn’t here just yet, I would like to list some delicious ORGANIC beers that are […]
Rainbow Wedding Blog
Hello Blog Readers, Happy Friday! How the days are just flying by, it’s unbelievable. I just recently attended Basic Rights Oregon’s LGBT Wedding Expo on behalf of ecoShuttle and I had a great time (http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/Portland-hosts-same-sex-wedding-expo-139657403.html). We had a drawing for 6 hours of free wedding transportation and the lucky winner was Christoph Long. Christoph and […]
Thanksgiving Weekend Wine Tasting
Happy Fall Season blog readers! I don’t know about you, but I’m already excited about tearing into a massive Thanksgiving Day feast! But lo and behold, there is much more to Thanksgiving Day than just eating and watching football (at least for some of us). If you are trying to change things up this coming […]
Sustainable Wine Tasting This Thanksgiving
Hey Everyone! If you’re wondering what to do this Thanksgiving, you ought to consider checking out some sustainable wine tasting options at Sokol Blosser (http://sokolblosser.com/) and Willamette Valley Vineyards (http://wvv.com/), our good friends in wine country!
Standing Room Only?
Hey Gang! Mark is back on the blog this week. Fiona did a great job last week with her account of picking up garbage from the Willamette River, thanks Fiona! One part of my job involves mapping things out on Google maps. Like most people, I prefer the hybrid map that shows street names […]
What’s Trending in Trashion?
What’s Trending in Trashion? Hey Gang! This week I’d like to focus some attention on an interesting effort to reuse junk and make it into fashionable clothing, otherwise known as “Junk to Funk” (http://junktofunk.org/index.php). Junk to Funk is part visual/performance art, part fashion, part sustainability education, and part entertainment.
Waterfront Blues Fest
This year’s Waterfront Blues Festival will mark ecoShuttle’s 5th year sponsoring the event (http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/). The company is sponsoring headliner Maceo Parker (http://maceoparker.com/), which means someone from the company will get to introduce his set! Maceo started out playing with James Brown, and then he played with George Clinton’s Mothership. After that collaboration, he teamed […]
Summer-y bike blog
Greetings blog readers, On behalf of ecoShuttle and GrowingGardens I would like to say thank you to all those who came out to our event on Sunday. I hope you all had a good time, I know I did! I also got my first sunburn of the year and probably gained 5 pounds.