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It’s a Nice Day for a Green Wedding

Green Weddings

In honor of the impending wedding season, The Nature Conservancy offers tips to make your special day one Mother Nature will celebrate. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something … green? It’s really not a...

Backyards Go Green: Environmentally Conscious Tips For Your Landscape From The Green Scene

Backyards Go Green

There are many ways to weave environmentally conscious elements into your landscape, from the initial design to the building process to the products you use. Here are just a few steps you can take to be kind to the environment and...

The Guide to Being Green at Home by GreenEnergyChoice

Being Green at Home

Top 10 Light Green Home Tips GreenEnergyChoice.com, a site dedicated to helping consumers live green by providing renewable energy information and the ability to shop and order eco-friendly green energy plans, has compiled a list...

Portland's Green Accolades
Weddings and Engagements
  • "Most eco-friendly big cities in America" - SustainLane.com
  • "Top 25 Green Cities in America" - Country Home
  • "America's 10 Cleanest Cities" - Forbes.com
  • "Greenest City in America" — Popular Science
  • "10 Greenest Cities in America" - MSN.com City Guides
  • "...so green you could serve it as a side dish." — Outside
  • Portland Parks

In Portland, the reducing our impact on the environment is a way of life.  Know throughout the world as one of the cleanest, most sustainable and ecologically-friendly cities in the world, we want to help others make this world a better place.

Green Articles, Tips & News

It’s a Nice Day for a Green Wedding

Green Weddings

In honor of the impending wedding season, The Nature Conservancy offers tips to make your special day one Mother Nature will celebrate. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something … green? It’s really not a...

Backyards Go Green: Environmentally Conscious Tips For Your Landscape From The Green Scene

Backyards Go Green

There are many ways to weave environmentally conscious elements into your landscape, from the initial design to the building process to the products you use. Here are just a few steps you can take to be kind to the environment and...

The Guide to Being Green at Home by GreenEnergyChoice

Being Green at Home

Top 10 Light Green Home Tips GreenEnergyChoice.com, a site dedicated to helping consumers live green by providing renewable energy information and the ability to shop and order eco-friendly green energy plans, has compiled a list...

America’s Cleanest Cities

Cleanest Cities

Forbes recently selected Portland as one of the cleanest cities in America. In the article they said of Portland: “Portland has spent $2 billion over the last decade cleaning up the Willamette River. Adding light rail and mo...

Portland name “Greenest City in America”

Greenest City in America

In a February, 2008 article, Popular Science named Portland, Oregon, the “Greenest City in America.” Their ranking included cities that have over 100,000 person population and ranked them according to a multitude of fa...

Walking Maps

Portland Walking Maps

Whether you want to take a lesisurely stroll around town, or you prefer commuting to work on foot.  We have compiled some of the best maps out there to help you get from A to B. Click here to see some of Portland’s walking ...