Looking for some tasty vegan recipes to try? Our own Portland MOGO member Chelsea L. has started her own blog, FlavorVegan, to promote and celebrate “flavor — in food and in life.”
Recent tasty recipes include sugar cookies, pumpkin pie with an almond crust, blueberry bundt cake and Soyrizo empanadas. Yum!
And Chelsea definitely knows her recipes, [...]
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With less than a week to go until the election, most people are focused on the presidential race. (I know my stomach is clenched tighter than a clam, and I wince and peek with only one eye when I check the latest polls and speculations.) But the Proposition 2 race in California will have an [...]
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Stop for a moment and think about how you felt the last time someone — especially a stranger — did something kind for you. It might have touched you, inspired you, surprised you…even made you a little suspicious. When we reach out to people with acts of kindness, no matter how small, they can make [...]
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If you’re concerned about issues such as peak oil, water and food shortages, the global climate crisis and other systems whose decline will have a major impact on humanity’s way of life, you might be interested in knowing about Transition PDX, which is an initiative beginning here in the Portland area to help move our [...]
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With green being the new black and ethical consumption one of the hottest trends, people are putting their dollars to work supporting green businesses, products and services. While buying ethically is an excellent and important step on the way to a humane world, consumption is still consumption. In order for that compassionate, sustainable, just world, [...]
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If we focus on the realities of the world — the poverty, injustice, destruction, suffering, cruelty — it’s easy to want to dive into bed, throw the covers over our heads and hide, or to give a big sigh, give up on trying to make a difference and shrink our circle of concern to our [...]
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Part of choosing MOGO (Most Good) means reducing waste, eating locally-produced foods when possible, eating healthfully, and building community, so I was excited to discover a group here in Portland called the Portland Fruit Tree Project. The group’s mission is to:
“…increase equal access to fresh, healthy food and foster stronger communities by empowering neighbors to [...]
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John and I have never been rich by most American standards, though we’ve gotten along fine — especially because we’ve always been careful with our money, and because we apply MOGO (Most Good) principles to our spending habits (and thus don’t buy a lot of stuff we don’t need). In fact, in recent years we’ve [...]
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Once again Portland has taken home the coveted #1 spot for SustainLane’s “2008 U.S. City Rankings” of the most sustainable large cities. SustainLane uses 16 benchmarks to rate cities, from air and water quality, to transportation, to green building and land use, to waste management and agriculture.
After Portland comes San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, NYC, Boston, [...]
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At our house, the arrival of the mail is always eagerly anticipated (I know; kinda sad, huh?). Will there be a note from a friend? The newest edition of one of our favorite magazines? Or, even, hope of hopes, a check?! Usually, though, opening the little door reveals either nothing, or a couple bills and [...]
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