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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dung Beetles Orient via the Milky Way: Celestial Navigation
Long before the advent of Google maps and hand-held GPS devices, humans had to rely on natural landmarks...
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Quinoa in the Pacific Northwest: Ancient Grains in Oregon?
According to OSU Today, the Pacific Northwest could have its first local crop of quinoa (keen-wah) growing locally...
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Salmon May Navigate Using Magnetic Fields
Salmon have one of the most arduous life strategies in the animal kingdom. Hatched in freshwater streams, young...
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Muddy Waters: Will Oregon Ban Suction Dredge Gold Mining?
Wild, vast, and rugged, the West has always attracted individuals looking to turn its rich natural resources into...
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Parkour to the People: Evasion Training Catches On in Oregon
Parkour, a non-competitive embodiment of sport, discipline, and philosophy, has been around for more than 20 years but...
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New ‘Super Hot’ Nuclear Facility at OSU: Testing Safer, More Efficient Technology
OSU recently began construction on a $4.8 million test facility for a new “super hot” nuclear reactor that...
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