A Town Called Freedom

Anna Garwood, Green Empowerment’s Latin American Program Manager, was recently interviewed about a Green Empowerment Project in Peru.
If you aren’t in the Peruvian Amazon, and thus are out of the listening area of my recent interview on “Radio Marañon,” I’ll give you the translated upshot. Juan Santos Chavez, the president of the 10 family agricultural [...]

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Megan Kerins and Double Panels

Megan Kerins, a recent 3-month Fellow with the Border Green Energy Team in Thailand, stars in a music video about energy efficient windows. Enjoy!

www.grassfedfilms.org
Green Buildings music video.
Stanford University,
CEE 176A – Energy Efficient Buildings,
Winter 2009,
Performed by: Megan Kerins, Nick Schlag, Will Bishop,
Lyrics by: Will Bishop,
Director: Matt Harnack,
Camera: Mike Attie & Matt Harnack
Thermal Imaging [...]

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Op-Ed in the Oregonian

A recent article in the Oregonian describes the relationship between Portland’s sustainable practices and Green Empowerment’s work globally.  This article is on a continuation of a theme from a Proclamation we recently received by both the City of Portland and the State of Oregon (blush).
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/from_portland_to_the_world.html
Have thoughts or comments?  Leave a comment on the O’s blog, [...]

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