Tagged with Portland 
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An Ice-cold Reception 0
Posted 6 years, 3 months ago -
Ecotopia on the Hudson
Lessons in environmentally friendly living from New York City 0
Posted 6 years, 3 months ago
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Gutter Politics 0
Posted 7 years, 1 month ago -
Ecotopias, Part II
Umbra on environmentally friendly communities, again 0
Posted 7 years, 2 months ago -
Arresting Development 0
Posted 7 years, 3 months ago -
The Answer, My Friends
The Answer, My Friends 0
Posted 7 years, 6 months ago -
Vera, Vera Good 0
Posted 7 years, 6 months ago -
Alien Invasion!
Meredith Hall reviews Tinkering with Eden and Nature Out of Place 0
Posted 7 years, 10 months ago
I love my hometown, but I have a bone to pick with a few of its inhabitants -- especially the green ones. It's not the lively Nader supporters of Portland, Ore., that I have hard feelings for, but rather the guileful botanic creepers that go by the common name English ivy. Botanic enemy number one is a luscious green forest dweller, a lazy gardener's groundcover, a symbol of old-world garden sophistication -- and, in Portland, an insidious invasive species. English ivy (Hedera helix, for the botanically savvy) infests more than half of the city's forests, choking out trees, ferns, and any other struggling forest undergrowth.
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Flexing Their Muscles 0
Posted 8 years, 2 months ago -
Oregon Trailblazers 0
Posted 8 years, 2 months ago -
Mike Houck, Audubon Society of Portland 0
Posted 8 years, 9 months ago -
Giant Sucking Sounds II 0
Posted 8 years, 10 months ago -
Mon Share 0
Posted 9 years, 1 month ago -
When Al’s Said and Done ... 0
Posted 9 years, 1 month ago -
Hot Dam 0
Posted 9 years, 10 months ago -
Take Those Jobs and Shove ‘Em 0
Posted 10 years, 5 months ago