Aug. 3-4, 2019 Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Linn County Expo Center 3700 Knox Butte Rd. E, Albany, OR The Mother Earth News Fair is your passport to money-saving hacks, health-boosting remedies, and environmental strategies from leading experts and entrepreneurs around the country. In addition to presentations and hands-on workshops, you’ll encounter a vast marketplace abounding with innovative resources and products to enrich your life. For more info: www.motherearthnewsfair.com/oregon
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Tigard Company Produces Jet Fuel from Plastics
Agilyx, the leader in converting waste plastics to fuels and chemicals, recently announced a collaborative agreement with, Monroe Energy, to supply up to 2,500 barrels per day (bbl) of Agilyx’s synthetic feedstock. Agilyx Synthetic Crude Oil (“ASCO”) is produced through a proprietary waste plastics recycling technology. Agilyx has agreed to supply ASCO to Monroe Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. Monroe will refine the ASCO into jet fuel for Delta. Agilyx plans to locate a production facility near Monroe’s refinery, which is located just outside of Philadelphia. “This is a capstone achievement for Agilyx,” said Joe Vaillancourt, Agilyx’s chief executive officer. “We are very excited to be…
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The JUNK FOOD Effect
A new and important strain of research on CO2 and plant nutrition is now coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair
The Building Industry in Oregon is experiencing a worker shortage. Oregon Tradeswomen, a Portland nonprofit organization, produces our annual Career Fair to connect career seekers with job openings, ap-prenticeship, and other training opportunities with local companies and organizations.
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Sustainability Symposium
Join GPSEN and Portland Community College for their 2019 Sustainability Symposium: “Building Bridges to Sustainability.
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Stream Team Earth Day Fest
Looking for a fun opportunity to make your world a little bit greener, connect with community members and help your children learn about the environment?
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The Natural End Pledge: Preserving Natural Values
Natural End Map as a way to help people find providers who would help them have a more natural end.
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Sage Center Wine and Chocolate Gala
Celebrate Portland's Alternative Health Community.
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What’s Your Plan B?
I spend a lot of time talking to people about their End-of-Life plans. My coffin and cemetery business has a way of making that an easy topic of discussion for me
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Journey
“So I propose that small cumulative steps do make a difference especially when combined with those of others doing the same thing. Choosing one action to focus on makes it simple. After a while, this becomes a habit and you can move on to the next action.” A few years ago I presented my class “Less is More: Getting to One Can of Garbage a Year” at Northwest Natural Gas over four lunch hours. At the first session, one of the participants said ,“I just don’t know if what I do matters” to which I blurted out, “You’ll feel differently at the end of this class.” Then I thought to myself,…
