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About This Website
Business and civic leaders, experts, teachers, students, and citizens from all walks of life contributing to the leadership of Portland, Oregon as the most sustainability conscious city in the United States.
Curated by mokiethecat
Spongy Parking Lots by Ruth Ann Barrett |
This is an overview of the solution for reducing the pollution, water wasting, unattractive properties of surface parking lots in Portland, Oregon It builds on a January 22, 2015 story on NPR's Morning Edition entitled, Building Sponge City: Redesigning LA for Long Term Drought. Published on Jan 23, 2015. Curated and annotated by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv. Updated June, 2015. Print Proposal is here. Summary website is www.spongyparkinglots.com. Websites of team members: Mary Vogel of PlanGreen:Regenerating Communities Kelli A. Grover, Firwood Design Group (FDG): Surveying, Engineering, Planning Maria Cahill, Green Girl Land Development Solutions: Cost Effective Storm Water Infrastructure Suenn Ho, Resolve Architecture: Architectural and Urban Design Marianne Zarkin: Landscape Architects Ruth Ann Barrett, EarthSayers.tv: Voices of Sustainability EarthSayer Ruth Ann Barrett |
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Healthcare & Homelessness Panel at Portland City Club
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Deep Green
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Why Don't You Do Something About It? by Sarajoy Pond
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Raw Faith: Marilyn Sewell
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The Walkable City by Jeff Speck
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Minority Entrepreneurs in Technology with James Pritchett
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Local Efforts to End Homelessness
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Growing Awareness Into Action by Barbara Ford
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The Metropolitan Revolution: Selling Sustainability
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Negotiating Portland's Development Projects with John Russell
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Oregon Governor on Coal and Cars- Kate Brown
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Marcelo Bonta of the Center for Diversity & the Environment
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All About Kiva: Matt and Jessica Flannery
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Energy Conservation and Social Equity 2 of 2: Kate Miller
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Ozzie Gonzalez, LEED A.P
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The Necessity of 'Action Ecology' by Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
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Eliminating Homelessness in Portland: Deja vu All Over Again? (2005)
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Spongy Parking Lots by Ruth Ann Barrett
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The Story of "U" by Ruth Ann Barrett
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What Is Community Rights Movement by Paul Cienfuegos
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Fostering Relationship between Committee and Community by LeRoy Patton
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Science Friction by Charles Welden and Prakash Chenjeri
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On Being Eco-minded by Lorie Wigle
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The Triumph of the Commons by Kim Smith
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The Carrot Zone Presentation by Ruth Ann Barrett
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Portland Oregon's Bold Climate Action and Sustainability
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Rehabilitation of Old Town/Chinatown Neighborhood
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Sustainability: EarthDay for All and the Challenge of Inequity: Ron Sims
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Albina Community Bank and Sustainability
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Do We Have to Choose? Clean Air, Good Roads, Smart Choice?
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Sustainability Used To Be A Lot More Work:Portland Center Stage
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Community-driven Culture of Portland, Oregon, 1 of 2: Rob Bennett
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Can a Private Business Model Work for Public Universities?
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Old Town/Chinatown Revitalization: Winning Solutions through Restorations
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Portland Architecture: How Good is Good Enough?
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A Clear Vision: An Equitable Planet 2 of 2
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State of Our Equity: Equal Pay, Income Inequality, & the Minimum Wage Debate
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What Do Oregonians Care About in 2013 with Adam Davis
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Susan Anderson and Jill Kolek: Portland, OR: Solarize Portland Campaig
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Respect and Equality for All by Ramon Ramirez
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Social Sustainability and Social Work: John Ossowski
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When the Ordinary Just Won't Do by Renee Ward
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Neighborhoods: One Size Does Not Fit All
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