"Come on, Barry; you’re from Chicago. Why didn’t you bust out a variety of Chicago’s own Goose Island brews for your new homies to choose from? Or you could have gone with Bell’s, a fantastic brewery from across the lake in Kalamazoo. Or you could…
One of the earlier stories we did for this Down To Earth blog back in 2007 was a tour of the newly renovated historic Saranac Building on West Main Avenue - a state-of-the art "green building" which to us at the time was a fairly…
2008 was a big year for wind power development in the United States having added 8,558 megawatts of new capacity and investing $16.4 billion - making it the most productive year to date, and moving us ahead of Germany for for total wind capacity. According…
The Center For Justice just sent us a press release regarding the notice of intent to sue the Federal Highway Administration for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act at the Fernan Lake Road Project, a beautiful spot just east of Coeur d’ Alene. “Protecting…
Laws - been there, broke thoseRules of the road - yep, broken those tooBro code - hey, sometimes a ride home, no matter who you're leaving behind, is too good to pass upMoral of the story, there aren't many laws or rules, unspoken or not,…
The Lands Council has an opportunity to win a $5,000 grant from the River Network to support their work protecting and restoring the waters of the Inland NW. If you think that The Lands Council is doing a great job, show your support for their…
Now this is our kind of super hero.
Sustainable Song ContestFrom Community Minded Enterprises:Create a song with a sustainability theme, enter the contest, and you or your band could win a custom music video produced by Black Swan Productions (check them out at: www.myspace.com/blackswanproductionsspokane). Enter the contest by September 1st by contacting jaimenesdahl@ymail.com…
What is The Beaver Solution?Simply put, it is allowing beavers to do what they do naturally; build dams and store water, which slowly releases to increase flows in the late summer. After hearing that the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) was investigating several locations…
...join the lively discussion on Twitter. We’ve been pumping it up lately but entries shift from serious---hebalYODA@BarackObama-STOP THE MISSION REPOSITORY- silvervalleyaction.com--- to informative recycling tips for lids on bottles. And yes, the Beaver Solution is a dam good idea. Check us out: http://twitter.com/DTE_Spokane.
Where did we go wrong? That was the question posed last week by The Inlander for their cover story that allowed local writers, politicians, scientists, artists, teachers, conservatives, liberals, etc to answer the question from any angle, field or point of view they desired. We…
Just a quick weekend post to let you all know of two upcoming oppotunities to check out two films about food. First, this Sunday (tomorrow) at Sante's, an exclusive sneak peek of the movie FOOD INC. This is short notice, and you must RSVP today.…
One never quite gets the spiritual vibe when visiting Portland - in fact - Oregon has the fourth highest percentage of people identifying themselves as “non-religious” in the United States. But passion for peddling, well there's no denying that. So it came as no surprise…
They fly high in the CO2 friendly skies opting for party planes, seeing green. They have decent intentions but they are not smart. Usually we try to inspire with our selected quotes each Friday, and keep it local. Not today. However, it does remind us…
We could go on and on about local environmental attorney and Spokane Waterkeeper Rick Eichstaedt - and we have before - and the amazing work he does in helping protect not only the Spokane River but other environmental and social rights in the area, but…
Between Sustainable September and working with Project HOPE, Spokane non-profit Community Minded Enterprises is doing some great work in our neighborhoods to develop sustainable solutions. But have you heard about another initiative, Spokane’s very own Youth Sustainability Council? If you recall back in April, we…
Grant Wencel doesn't have all the answers right now---in fact, he doesn't have many answers at all. But he's curious about the city, the people, and the attitudes within, and he's full of questions and inquisitions. And after a month on the job as the…
Gabriel Brown's "Great Tasting Goodness" is running at the MAC until August 29, so you have plenty of time to get down to Browne's Addition to check it out. But don't let this opportunity pass. This is a fascinating exhibit, and we're lucky here in…
"In my view, after decades of taxpayer ripoffs and environmental destruction, it is long past time to reform the 1872 Mining Law." - Oregon Senator Ron Wyden to the Senate Energy Committee last Tuesday.Mining reform is back in the news following a hearing before the…
On the same day the Obama administration withdrew a Bush hail mary designed to increase logging in Northwest forests home to northern spotted owls and salmon, we watched a destructive contradiction pass: They approved the sale of timber in a roadless national forest in Alaska,…
Every now and then Spokane City Council chambers resemble a circus. The scary kind with delusions of civic fascism about sustainability and local news making pretensions by tactical citizens. (Congrats!) “Make the hard decisions you were elected to make. Don’t make the equivalent decision of…
If the title of this post looks funny to you, we might have already lost you. But for the rest of you tweeters, twitterers, twits, or twitterians – you get us and this is for you. And for the rest of you, forget about what…
We love lists because they give us something to argue about. This one is no different. In fact, it’s almost schizophrenic. A study by Smarter Cities looks at the efforts of larger sustainable cities in the nation that are making progress. The winner: Seattle. With…
“A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken—or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people; harnessing the…
We are a very visual people. While all of our senses are stimulated on a daily basis, our sense of sight is catered too and targeted more frequently. Which is why when someone explains something they've experienced they typically start by trying to place you…
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