If you’re ready to resolve to spend more time outside, here are five creative, Portland-friendly ways to do so.
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Save Gas With Hypermiling
Gas-saving driving habits, called hypermiling, can help you achieve up to 40 percent more miles per gallon (mpg) than your car’s official fuel economy estimate. Take, for example, a 2005 Honda Accord, a best-selling sedan with a mpg rating of 24 (21 city, 31 highway). According to Wayne Gerdes — who coined the term “hypermiling” and is considered by many to be its leading expert and trainer — an Accord driver who is savvy to hypermiling can expect to get about 35 mpg. Dedicated hypermilers can achieve 50 percent or better improvement over their vehicles’ estimated mpg figures. Last year, Gerdes set a world record for distance in a gas-powered,…
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How to Beat Your Heat Bill in 10 Simple Steps
As the temperatures outside drop this winter, keep your home’s interior warm and comfortable with these effective heat-saving strategies. These tips will also help your household conserve energy and reduce utility costs throughout this season.
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Electric Living
How many of us give our washing machines a second thought? And why should we? They’re reliable, automatic, hidden away, and quietly serve us when needed, with little fuss or mess. It was not always so.
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10 Ways to Keep Your Heat Indoors this Winter
Despite your efforts to shut out the cold weather, sometimes warm air escapes through windows, doors and other openings, thereby causing temperatures to drop inside.
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Straw Bale: A Love Story
A storm moved over the campground. He offered me his coat. Lightning struck, sparks flew, and the rest is straw bale history.
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Book Review: Salt Sugar Fat
It reads like a research thriller, taking the reader through a nutritional crime scene. While some mysteries have unwilling victims – other victims are induced into the crime without knowing it.
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Pacific Crest Trail Days and Bridge Walk
August 28-30, 2015 - Free classes and activities, plus see all the latest trail gear. Saturday morning take a walk across the Bridge of the Gods.
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Planting the Seeds:
One of the gifts of childhood is an eager and natural curiosity of the young learner’s mind. The study of plants is one of the most interesting and accessible activities to engage learners of all ages.
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Is Your Garden Hose Toxic?
On a hot summer day, there’s nothing better than cold water. Whether it’s in a tall glass or straight from the garden hose, there’s nothing like a cool drink for both you and your plants.
