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The Old McCracken Warehouse

We were looking for a place to call home, and in 1998, we found it in a turn-of-the-century warehouse ready for renewal.

Spencer B. Beebe
March 26, 2015 27 April 2015

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Meet a Sundown sponsor: Portfolio 21

Portfolio 21's founder, Carsten Henningsen, answers our questions about the company and Portland.

Courtney Moss
June 11, 2014 01 October 2014

Viridian revives old wood

The wood—Jakarta Market Blend—arrived as shipping crates from Japan. It was reclaimed within a mile of the Natural Capital Center, milled in North Portland, and eventually crafted by furniture designer and Ecotrust building engineer Joel Miller into four tables and …

Emma Deans
September 3, 2013 01 October 2014

Creating Portland’s green design atlas

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August 1, 2013 01 October 2014

Crystal Bowersox will take the stage at tomorrow’s Sundown concert

Green Hammer and Ecotrust are excited to welcome Crystal Bowersox with Wayward Vessel tomorrow evening (Wednesday, July 24) as we continue the 2013 Sundown series. Join us from 5:30pm-8:30pm and learn more about the night’s theme of Treasuring FORESTS. The “Sundown Kid’s …

Emma Deans
July 23, 2013 01 October 2014

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A quantum leap in green building

By Dennis Hayes Sometimes, incremental innovations can’t produce quantum change. You can tinker with carbon paper forever without producing a photocopier. The quill pen did not lead to a typewriter, and not a single typewriter company evolved to personal computers. …

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January 18, 2013 29 July 2016

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Ecodistricts Summit will work on smarter, more resilient cities

The Portland Sustainability Institute will host the 2012 Ecodistricts Summit October 23- 26, as part of the ongoing effort to build smarter, more resilient, and more livable urban districts across the world. Policymakers, planners, developers, business leaders, and financers from around …

Emma Deans
October 11, 2012 07 May 2020

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