Sustainable Lifestyle articles:

Protein in a Veg Diet

Formerly plus-size vegetarian Jaime Berube explains why you don’t have to eat meat to get your protein needs met

Earth Facts for Earth Day

How far is Earth from the sun? What’s the deal with those pesky leap years? How about daylight savings? All those fun Earth facts from grade school might be buried beneath the perils of tax season, but Earth Day’s nigh approach provides a special opportunity to think anew (or in this case, old) about the […]

Falling in Love with Portland

Fresh energy, great outdoor access and sunny summers By Teresa Bergen Portland is one of those cities visitors fall in love with and immediately start packing to move, with or without a job in sight. Artists, musicians, bike culture enthusiasts, yoga teachers, writers and idealists all are magnetized by the Rose City. When they can’t […]

What’s Wrong with LEEDs

LEED is largely (but not totally) a distraction from a crisis that has the potential for wiping out mankind.

Film: Solar Mamas

Jacquelin Sonderling reviews “Solar Mamas” from the PBS Independent Lens series, “Why Poverty?”.

Farmers Market Leftovers

Share the Love by Sharing the Food By Kat Thomas Growers can estimate, but it’s difficult to predict how many people will actually show up at the farmers market on any given day. Thus it’s not unusual to have leftovers when the last of the customers have trundled off home with their bursting bags of […]