Seven Planet

June 11, 2009 EVENT DETAILS HERE

Watched a brief talk on TED this morning regarding the storing of seeds:

If you live in Portland I encourage you to visit the Portland Farmer’s Market
Or, plant your own Tomato Tomato

Go to Portland Farmers Market or plant my own?

Naturally Knotty is your source for the world’s finest cashmere, stylish handbags and apparel. By using recycled materials and gorgeous fabric remnants that would ordinarily be swept into landfills, they are doing their part to help the planet. Naturally Knotty is committed to environmentally-friendly manufacturing practices, integrating components of factory scrap, factory overstock or recycled materials whenever possible. They are very careful to insure our products are made in factories that treat their employees fairly because they believe in the end we are all in this together.

With our seven planet store in Idaho up and running, we are now making preparations to open/launch our Portland flagship store location. Below are images from a recent tour we took of the soon to be seven planet PORTLAND GENERAL STORE – specific address to be announced anon:

1 door or two?

Latter or Ladder?

Greenprints

What to do about lighting? What to do with old?

What do with X waste?

Considering Memorial Day is nigh, I thought I’d throw out a camping tip for today’s post: years ago I was reading a book titled The ABC’s of Backpacking – this book provided me loads of helpful tips all surrounding (and taking into account) Accessibility, Balance and Compaction – aka the ABC’s of backpacking. One tip in particular that I found a bit odd yet interesting, was their idea of taking old dryer lint, cramming it into an old used film canister… and then, when starting your fire out in the woods, you just open your little can up, pull a pinch of lint out, place it in your kindling, light a match, and boom, you have fire!

Below is a picture of my new firestarting kit:

Dryer lint, empty film canister, lint filled canister, fire...

It is shown that we can live just as effectively in a sustainable environment as we can in a less mindful sustainable environment, and that sustainable is better for all of us.  The dry cleaning industry has a long history of not being eco friendly.  The original founders of eco drycleaner recognized sustainable dry cleaning as an opportunity to make a difference in both consumer’s and employee’s lives with a result that provides profits that sustain the effort to make a difference.

Ching Liu built his vision of a vertically integrated manufacturing and marketing company and out of this Pacific Cornetta was born.  Initially the company launched a line of insulated beverage ware, Liquid Solution, which still exists today.  Ching and his family Alex, Kitty and Kwan continue to own and operate the family business, always striving for perfection and innovation.  That’s why a major focus for the Liu family has been the environmentally friendly aspect of their business.  They are continually searching for materials that are recyclable or renewable for use in their products as well as ways to make their practices more eco friendly.   As PCI continues to grow so does it’s commitment to the environment and sustainable practices.

Great discussion I heard on the topic of GREEN WASHING back on February 12, 2009 – let us be careful

Timely Portland writeup in The New York Times – READ Frugal Portland ARTICLE HERE

Source Frugal Portland - NYTimes.com