GEC Green Team

I found this very interesting map helping people living in Portland to find resource to support a zero waste lifestyle. It is probably very hard to adopt the 100% zero waste lifestyle but I believe that only few changes could make a great difference!  Here is the Map   You can find various layers so that the map is not overcrowded. You can show them by clicking on the arrow on the top left of the map and selecting the ones you're interested to see. Then click on each of the locations to have more information about which products they sell in bulk, which items they accept for donation or what can be recycled there. Buy in Bulk: farmers markets, coops, supermarkets with a bulk aisle Eat Responsibly: restaurants with a mission (reduce food waste, local producers, organic products) BYOC (bring your own cup): bars, cafés and juice bar who encourage consumers to bring their own containers Homestead: Supply stores for arts and crafts (canning, candle making, hom...

Bioswales help filter water and slow run-off into Portland’s sewer system.  In areas of high density, pollution settles on the streets and sidewalks.  When it rains, the polluted water heads for our sewer system and our rivers.  Thankfully, the city of Portland has installed bioswales in many parts of the city.  The program is called the Green Street Steward program.  The Green Electronics Council (GEC) has adopted a bioswale at the corner of SW 4 th and SW Montgomery.  Three intrepid GEC Green Team members visited the bioswale for the first time and we were very glad we brought a bag for garbage!  The bioswale was quite large and while it wasn’t terrible, there was quite a bit of garbage to collect.  We were happy there were three of us.  The GEC Green Team plans to visit the bioswale every other week and we hope others will join us!  Below are some photos of our first bioswale visit.