GEC Green Team

May is Portland Bike Month which means it is already time for our second Bike More Challenge! This annual contest sponsored by the Street Trust runs from  May 1-31  and is intended as a fun way to increase bike ridership. You can register  here , join the Green Electronics Council team, log your trips (there’s even an app so you don’t have to sign in every day), and contribute to GEC’s bike stats for GLORY! They’ll even enter you to win cool bike-related prizes for each trip you log. If you participated last year, your information is already saved and you can begin logging miles starting May 1st with no need to re-register. Check out their FAQs  here  for more info. In addition to the Bike More Challenge there will be a lot of biking events throughout the month put on by the Portland Bureau of Transportation. You can find a list of other events here . My personal favorite is every person who bikes to a Multnomah County Library branch will receive a free bike light throughout the mont

Thursday, April 19th the Brown Bag Lunch and Movie will show the movie Tomorrow  I just wanted to share with you a little trailer before the movie to make sure you come and watch it! (or watch it later...)  Tomorrow is a documentary s howing solutions, telling a feel-good story… this may be the best way to solve the ecological, economical and social crises that our countries are going through. After a special briefing for the journal Nature announced the possible extinction of a part of mankind before the end of the 21st century, Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, together with a team of four people, carried out an investigation in ten different countries to figure out what may lead to this disaster and above all how to avoid it. During their journey, they met the pioneers who are re-inventing agriculture, energy, economy, democracy and education. Joining those concrete and positive actions which are already working, they began to figure out what could be tomorrow's world…

Hi Team, As we head into the second week of our Drawdown Ecochallenge, I wanted to share a few learnings from my own challenges. I have challenged myself to keep a food waste journal and find new opportunities to reduce my food waste. So far, things are going pretty well. But, it wouldn't be a challenge without a few challenging components! For me, those are: 1. Tea bags! I drink a lot of tea. You can compost your tea bags, however I'm struggling with what to do with the little staples that keep the tag on. Also, we do not have food compost at work, so I am currently collecting these at my desk and bringing them home at the end of the day to put in my worm bin. 2. Containers! I know the challenge is to reduce food waste, but I'm realizing just how much waste is also produced just in serving and keeping food. I've recycled multiple takeout containers this week, and would love to figure out a way to not need these in the first place if I'm going to go out for