As Public Works Director and City Engineer of Oregon City, Nancy Kraushaar, P.E. directs a

As Public Works Director and City Engineer of Oregon City, Nancy Kraushaar, P.E. directs a dedicated top-notch staff who are well-trained and committed to serving customer needs when it comes to public infrastructure and facilities. Their job is to deliver safe and reliable sewer, storm water, transportation, and potable water systems to their users. The Public Works staff plans, constructs, and maintains these systems with a close eye on high quality, progressive practices, controlling costs, and customer service. Oregon City was the first city in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon.

Interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv at the APWA Sustainability conference in Portland, Oregon, June 27, 2011.

Julia Anastasio is Director of Sustainability for the American Public Works

Julia Anastasio is Director of Sustainability for the American Public Works Association (APWA).  She was interviewed at the start of the APWA Sustainability in Public Works Conference, June 27-29 in Portland, Oregon. She discusses what the term Public Works can include and how as a city -wide department it can span different services, depending on the city. 

Julia was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability.

Sustainable Today takes a look at a different sort of co-housing venture, that of housing for the homeless. Dave Samson , chairman of Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon and reporter Nicole

Sustainable Today takes a look at a different sort of co-housing venture, that of housing for the homeless. Dave Samson , chairman of Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon and reporter Nicole Lasage take a stroll through the Village and show us how 60 people can live together with little or no impact on the environment. Other related terms:

• homelessness, co-housing, sustainability,housing, habitat

Sustainable Today visits the Peninsula Park Commons in Portland, Oregon. This Co-housing project was

Sustainable Today visits the Peninsula Park Commons in Portland, Oregon. This Co-housing project was designed and built by Eli Spevak and Mark Lakeman (better know as the leader of City Repair Project),We see the actual living spaces and how they are laid out and constructed not only for energy efficiency but for privacy while existing in a community atmosphere.

In this interview, Dr. Sharif Abdullah talks about the issue of criminality and morality in terms of five economic systems, color coded markets, easy to remember when you are confronte