12 Wins for Oregon’s Environment in 2014
Across the state, Oregonians worked together in 2014 for the benefit of our environment. Here are a few of the many wins Oregon can celebrate as we reflect on the past year. We congratulate the great work of so many people and organizations that made this work possible. Well done, Oregon and cheers!
Congrats to the many organizations who made these wins happen!
Safer products guideline adoption: Oregon Environmental Council
The People's Climate March: 350PDX and environmental, social justice, faith and peace organizations across Oregon
Oregon Business ...
It’s Your Oregon Profile: Rob Nathan
I moved to Oregon in 2007 because I wanted to live, learn and love in a state I could be proud of. The place I came from was sunnier, warmer, but it was a place where my spirit was bogged down by overt discrimination laws, municipalities with no environmental stewardship ethic, massive urban sprawl, and some of least forward thinking water management practices in the country. It was a state with a lot of work to do that was not, and is not now, setting any trends for the future! In contrast, I believe Oregon is a leader in the sustainability movement and, as a global ...
Sorry About Locking Your Keys in the Trunk
by Chris Hagerbaumer
Goodbye, trusty old Toyota Tercel. Built in 1991, purchased by me in 1996, you served me well for 18 years. I had made it to my thirties without owning a car, but—ironically—when I landed my job as a transportation reform advocate for Oregon Environmental Council, I needed you to ferry me back and forth between Salem and the office and all across the state, at least till OEC got a company car a few years later.
Sorry about locking the keys in your trunk on a Forest Service road. We may have had to bond with Sasquatch had we not figured out ...
Oregon Companies Who Offer Matching Gifts
If you work for, or are retired from, one of the community-minded companies listed below, your contribution to Oregon Environmental Council is twice as valuable. Your employer will match your gift dollar for dollar, and some companies even double or triple the amount of your gift — at no cost to you!
Simply ask your human resources office for a Matching Gift form. Fill it out and mail the form to:
Oregon Environmental Council
222 NW Davis Street
Suite 309
Portland, OR 97209
Below is a partial list of Oregon companies who offer gift matching. If you'd like ...