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tagged: Green technology

April 17, 2013 · By Cassandra Profita

PSU Contest Aims To Take Green Ideas To Market

Portland State University and Wells Fargo are challenging university faculty and students to invent greener products, processes and services. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Environment, Green technology

Dec. 21, 2010 · By Cassandra Profita

Kitzhaber: Sunrise for natural resource industries

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Filed under: Forestry, Green building, Green technology, John Kitzhaber

Nov. 29, 2010 · By Cassandra Profita

Prize-winning idea: Using light to clean toxic water

Beaverton-based water-purification start-up Puralytics won a $250,000 grand prize last week in the fifth annual Cleantech Open, a competition promoting green innovations. Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Green technology, Toxics

Nov. 23, 2010 · By Cassandra Profita

R2B2: Pedal power for kitchen appliances

Check out these pictures of the pedal-powered kitchen center from FastCompany Design. The concept, from Christoph Thetard, is to power kitchen appliances such as a hand mixer, food processor and coffee grinder with a manual pedal. It could reduce a kitchen's carbon footprint and lower a home's electric bill. Does this retro reinvention have a a place in the modern ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Land, Sustainability, Energy efficiency, Green technology

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In the Pacific Northwest, the environment is personal - it's where we live, work and play. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Ecotrope will bring you news and insight on the region’s environmental issues. Site curator Cassandra Profita is an award-winning reporter with degrees in journalism and environmental studies.

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