Reduce your Carbon Footprint…
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Myth: You shouldn’t keep turning your computer off because you will wear it out.
Computers purchased in the last 10 years will not be damaged by lots of powering on and off. Today’s PCs are designed to handle 40,000 on/off cycles before failure, and that’s the number you likely won’t reach during the computer’s typical five-to-seven year life span.
Most alkaline batteries collected through household battery collection programs are disposed of in hazardous waste landfills; even stores that have take-back programs admit they often end up in the trash. Ideal Bite recommends buying re-chargeable batteries, which can be used dozens or even hundreds of times (depending on the type of battery), but they can also be recycled.
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Portland Community Gardens
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The Community Garden program has provided gardening opportunities for the physical and social benefit of the people and neighborhoods of Portland since 1975. There are 30 community gardens located throughout the city, developed and operated by volunteers and PP&R staff, offering a variety of activities.
If you are interested in becoming a Community Gardener, please email or call the Community Gardens office with the following information: your full name, complete mailing address, current phone number(s), and which one or two gardens you are interested in. They will notify you if a plot is available; if no plots are available, they will add you to the waiting list.
Community Gardens Office
6437 SE Division
Portland, OR 97206
503-823-1612
Portland Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
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What is Community Supported Agriculture?
A CSA farming operation is a combined effort between a farm and a community of supporters (“harvest shareholders”, “members”) that creates a direct relationship between the production and consumption of food: Each season the harvest shareholders provide the money (and sometimes other resources) needed for the farm to operate by purchasing a “harvest share” of the season’s harvest. Operating costs include seeds, labor, growing supplies and soil-building amendments. By making this commitment a harvest shareholder assumes with the farmer the risks and the rewards of growing the food they will eat. In turn, the farm distributes to the harvest shareholders the entire production of the farm: a wide variety of seasonally harvested fresh produce, usually on a weekly basis, throughout the growing season(s).
The CSA model is an economically viable way for small scale farmers to produce a small amount of a wide variety of high quality vegetables in an earth-friendly way. CSAs foster responsible relationships between the grower, the consumer, the food, and the land on which the food is grown.
