Willamette Partnership Gets Nod From President Obama: Annual Report
The Willamette Partnership, formed in 2004 but originating from the 1996 Governor’s Willamette Basin Task Force, released its...
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Palm Oil: Swapping Rainforests for Cooking Oil
Palm oil—it sounds pretty innocuous, right? According to the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), more than half of the...
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Hey Corvallis – Get Your St. Paddy’s On!
Are you Irish? Or maybe just Irish one day of the year? Well get geared up for March...
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The Strange State of Oregon Property Taxes: March City Club Recap
Property taxes, and the difficulties of funding services within the current Oregon tax system, were up for discussion...
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UFOs, Tentacles, and WalMart: Monsters in Thrift Store Paintings
If you’re a hip cat like me (*adjusts beret*), you may already be familiar with a new trend:...
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Brewing Beneficial Bacteria: Soilsmith Services’ Compost Tea
One of the fundamental tenets of organic farming is that the farmer should feed the soil, not the...
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Culture Fail: The Oxymoron of the EcoMansion
Thanks to advances in technology, new homes can be built more energy efficient than ever. Unfortunately, our cultural...
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Corvallis Sustainability Fair: Reusable Diapers and Green Lawn Care
Sustainability has become a buzzword in recent years, and has come to encapsulate everything from recycling to free-cycling....
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Brave Julius’ Music Video Debut: March 16th Concert at the Whiteside Theatre
This March 16, the Whiteside will premiere Brave Julius’ The Wind Kept music video, filmed at the Whiteside...
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Corvallis’ Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: No Renouncing, Denouncing, or Converting Required
Whether you identify as an atheist, an agnostic, a humanist, or a theist; a monotheist, a naturist, a...
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Picks of the Week!
PaperFest, March 8 – 9, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. This festival of paper arts and crafts Benton...
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Portland on the Cheap: A Day of Fun in the Big City
I moved to Portland about a year ago but I have kept one foot in Corvallis, coming down...
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Have a Delicious Bug! Edible (and Sustainable) Insects
There’s absolutely no doubt that raising your own animals is the most sustainable and functional way to provide...
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Wolves Return to Oregon and California: But Protecting Them May Prove Difficult
Twenty-five wildlife conservation, education and protection organizations in California, Oregon and Washington have formed an alliance committed to...
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Feeling Stuffy? Local Cold Remedies for the 21+ Crowd
Forget the saying, “Starve a fever, feed a cold.” If you’re feeling icky this season (and who isn’t?)...
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New Issue: March 7th, 2013
In this week’s Corvallis Advocate… Corvallis Sustainability Fair: Reusable Diapers and Green Lawn Care Quinoa in the Pacific...
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Growing Your Own Meat: For the New, Sustainable Omnivore
Interested in producing your own food? How about your own meat? The inspirations for raising animals for consumption...
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