Here in Portland, we have an office in city government called the “Office of Sustainable Development.” It’s located in a LEED-certified building and is on the list of things that make Portland “green”, that people who live outside Portland point to as proof of Portland’s, well, greenness.

Reading their website, I learned that the OSD’s misson […]

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The Oregonian recently published an op-ed piece I wrote on making rainwater collection and associated technology development a priority. You can find the original article here.

One of Portland’s best opportunities to be “green” is going down the drain.
Over three feet of rain falls on Portland’s buildings and streets every year, flowing across millions of square […]

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