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XOXO Festival by Andy Baio — Kickstarter
"Hey Kickstarter! We're organizing XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon this September 13-16th.

XOXO is a celebration of disruptive creativity. We want to take all the independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love — the makers, craftspeople, musicians, filmmakers, comic book artists, game designers, hardware hackers — and bring them together with the technologists building the platforms that make it possible. If you have an audience and a good idea, nothing’s standing in your way.

XOXO is in three parts:

Conference (Saturday – Sunday). Talks from artists and creative technologists around the country that are breaking new ground.
Market (Saturday – Sunday). A large marketplace with a tightly-curated list of the best of Portland's arts and tech scenes, sharing and selling their work, with food supplied by the best of our thriving food cart scene…"
via:caseygollan  togo  oregon  interdisciplinary  multidisciplinary  crosspollination  crossdisciplinary  technology  arts  collaboration  hackerspaces  hackers  hardware  design  2012  events  andybaio  kickstarter  disru  disruptive  conferences  portland  xoxo  from delicious
9 days ago by robertogreco
YALE UNION (YU)
"YALE UNION (YU) is a center for contemporary art in Southeast Portland, Oregon. It is led by a desire to support emerging and under-acknowledged contemporary artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate the ongoing public discourse around art."

"A center for contemporary art in South East Portland. It is led by a desire to support emerging and under-acknowledged contemporary artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate the ongoing public discourse around art.

We are a small organization in a large building. At this point in our development stage, it would be disingenuous to say that our building, a handsome brick block, isn’t as much an albatross as it is an instrument. While still in renovation (see PLAN section) Yale Union will demonstrate that a contemporary art center does not need to be architecturally complete to foster culture."
lcproject  glvo  oregon  design  art  portland  from delicious
9 days ago by robertogreco
Abra Ancliffe
"Abra Ancliffe is an artist working primarily in printmaking & drawing, and is based in Portland, Oregon. She is interested in how language and architecture intersect, the beauty in gaps & voids and translations of translations. She received her MFA in printmaking from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and her BFA in printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Abra teaches in the BFA and Continuing Education programs at PNCA."
glvo  architecture  language  pnca  libraries  printmaking  iceland  translation  translations  oregon  portland  artists  art  abraancliffe  from delicious
24 days ago by robertogreco
Personal Libraries Library
"The Personal Libraries Library is a specially-curated lending library located in Portland, Oregon. The Library is dedicated to recreating the personal libraries of artists, philosophers, scientists, writers and other thinkers & makers. The collection has commenced with the personal libraries of Maria Mitchell, the 19th-century astronomer, librarian, educator and suffragist and Robert Smithson (1938-1973), the influential artist, writer and thinker. Recent additions to the Library are the personal libraries of Italo Calvino & Jorge Luis Borges. Subsequent personal libraries of interest to collect belong to: Buckminster Fuller, Hannah Arendt, Lady Bird Johnson and Yoko Ono.

Members can check out books for an initial three-week period, with additional renewals possible. The Library resides in NE Portland, and has Reading Room Hours monthly. Please see Membership and Reading Room information below."
presonallibrarieslibrary  personallibraries  books  writers  lcproject  literature  philosophy  philosophers  yokoono  ladybirdjohnson  abraancliffe  mariamitchell  robertsmithson  italocalvino  borges  buckminsterfuller  hannaharendt  science  art  oregon  portland  library  libraries  from delicious
24 days ago by robertogreco
GPS presentation pre-intro
"Hi! Here you will find slides from a short presentation on GPS tracks that I gave at Portland’s sixth dataviz meetup, 19 October 2011. They may be a bit hard to understand as-is – to emphasize internal patterns and relationships, I deliberately left out things like basemaps and axis labels. You might want to try following along with this video of excerpts from the talk, in which I attempt to break the world’s record for saying “like”. I want to make a more complete, coherent, and rigorous showcase of this data and the ways I like to work with it, but sadly I’m embedded in a manifold where time is at a high premium."

[Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiXJRqm6BSc ]
geodata  data  2011  dataviz  walking  oregon  portland  quantifiedself  mapping  maps  gps  charlieloyd  from delicious
9 weeks ago by robertogreco
Newspace Center for Photography
"Newspace Center for Photography is an educational and cultural nonprofit that is dedicated to promoting photographic education and appreciation to the public as well as providing a space and building a community where photo enthusiasts can learn, create, discuss and show their work."
via:charlieloyd  oregon  galleries  education  art  portland  photography  from delicious
9 weeks ago by robertogreco
portland: projections
"For two months in a basement, I lived in Portland. With me, I had my camera, a slide projector, and hundreds of found transparencies of people and homes, decades old, and blue with age. I spent my days in darkness illuminated by children and families, interiors and landscapes, events and narratives (patterns and densities) automatically processed, cast out and lined across the cracks and textures of foundational walls. Daydreaming, repeatedly, in passing, these photographic remnants — summer vacations, birthday parties, holiday dinners, reunions — I sensed my memory shift upward, flatten out and onto my eyes. Like this, I watched, in time, my camera, recollect everything."
recollection  oregon  portland  memory  jamesluckett  dreaming  seeing  photography  from delicious
february 2012 by robertogreco
Next American City » Buzz » Sympathy for the Suburbs
"But Foreclosed seethes with disdain for the suburbs, and the lack of an empathetic understanding of how the suburbs function and are changing, ultimately makes the exhibit look less visionary than ignorant…

These radical visions that are so insensitive to the suburbs remind me of the Modernist public housing projects that were once foisted on inner cities. Created by well-intentioned but essentially ignorant architects and planners, those buildings made sense in theory but not in practice. They didn’t respond to the rhythms and needs of the people who would be housed there, because the architects didn’t really respect or understand the lives of poor people. MoMA should have found some architects who could love and live in the suburbs, showing us the way to make the most of suburban housing instead of wishing it didn’t exist."
hilarysample  michaelmeredith  losangeles  oregon  illinois  california  florida  newjersey  templeterrace  theoranges  cicero  keizer  rialto  cities  edglaeser  misregistration  repurposing  revitalization  infrastructure  jeannegang  WORKac  foreclosed  barrybergdoll  housing  andrewzago  buellhypothesis  moma  design  planning  poverty  urbanism  urban  architecture  suburbia  suburbs  2012  foreclosure  housingbubble  housingcrisis  from delicious
february 2012 by robertogreco
Village Home Educational Resource Center
"The Village Home community learning environment is best suited for self-directed, intrinsically motivated, lifelong learners who actively participate in their educational plans with their families. All learners are welcome at Village Home regardless of race, age, religion, creed, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disabilities, or education philosophy. Village Home is currently located on church property, but is an independent, secular organization."
homeschool  education  portland  beaverton  oregon  lcproject  freeschools  from delicious
december 2011 by robertogreco
Oregon Is Awesome: Your Almanac of Wonderful Oregon Things
"Ever get to the end of summer and think to yourself, “Oh! I meant to go to the State Fair this year! And I really wanted to go morel hunting! I missed it!" Or, do you ever find yourself on a dark day of winter dreaming of the coming spring renewal: Wildflowers! Festivals! Salmon!

This calendar covers all* the seasons and events that occur throughout Oregon. It’s organized by date, top to bottom (solstices and equinoxes are marked), and geographically, left to right. Coastal events are on the left, Eastern Oregon on the right. The raindrops represent events or seasons that occur over a period of time. It is designed to give you a sense of the ebb and flow of life here in Oregon; to connect you with where we’ve been and where we are going. You may discover some events and seasons that are new to you!"
oregon  calendars  gifts  infrographic  design  events  from delicious
december 2011 by robertogreco
Oregon Field Guide — Fishing Quotas · Oregon Public Broadcasting
"Join a trawler on the high seas as he makes the worst catch imaginable: highly restricted canary rockfish. He must handle the unwanted haul under a brand new set of rules imposed on the industry in 2011. Catch shares now give out individual quotas of fish and hold those trawlers accountable when they catch too many. It's the biggest change to west coast trawling in 50 years."
fishing  friends  oregon  warrenton  economics  quotas  2011  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
Know Your City: Portland's Social History App by dill pickle club — Kickstarter
"Know Your City will be a free phone app and Website providing a tour of downtown Portland's cultural heritage. The program utilizes mapping and smart phone technology to create greater awareness of Portland's history, culture and diversity through video, audio, photos and text. The project aims to provide a holistic view of how neighborhoods change over time to deepen our understanding of place."
portland  oregon  history  socialhistory  ios  applications  katebingamanburt  dillpickleclub  open  2011  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
PICA | ArtPlace
"Building on years of popular success with its itinerant programming, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) is developing infrastructure that will allow it to relocate on a frequent basis, so it can play a role as a civic collaborator in ways that fixed institutions cannot. PICA’s lightweight solutions will spark revitalization in a series of neighborhoods, while demonstrating an approach that is particularly suited to mid-size cities and younger organizations."
pica  portland  oregon  artplace  mobility  place  relocation  pop-ups  pop-uporganizations  pop-upculture  2011  portlandinstituteforcontemporaryart  art  lcproject  glvo  popup  from delicious
october 2011 by robertogreco
Chuck Klosterman on Amherst, Maine Maritime Academy, and innovation in college football - Grantland
"Watch a major college game, and the action gets weird. You immediately see plays that simply can't happen1 in a pro game. At the subdivision and Division II tiers, things get stranger still. And by the time you hit Division III, you begin to see football games that are more philosophical than technical. With no athletic scholarships and extremely limited resources, football becomes a game in which the system matters more than the play calling or the personnel. The polarities become acute. This is where you find the most extreme versions of contemporary football: This is where you find teams that still live in the 1950s and teams trying to play basketball on grass. This is the level where football changes — and also where it doesn't change at all."<br />
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[Relates, from 2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/magazine/05Football-t.html?pagewanted=all ]
sports  football  collegefootball  via:lukeneff  2011  mainemaritimeacademy  cv  chuckklosterman  tactics  strategy  amherst  oregon  ncaa  has:via  from delicious
september 2011 by robertogreco
36 Hours in Portland, Ore. - NYTimes.com
oregon  portland  travel  cities  2011  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
museum of contemporary craft : :
art  design  craft  portland  oregon  glvo  museums  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Community of Writers :: Every kid's a writer.
"Community of Writers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the writing/literacy skills of elementary and middle school students throughout Oregon by raising the standard of writing instruction.<br />
Community of Writers (COW) was started in 1999 by author and teacher Larry Colton, a Pulitzer Prize nominee. In the last eight years, over 1,160 teachers have participated in our program, and over 30,000 students in five districts have been impacted."
education  writing  portland  oregon  professionaldevelopment  literacy  lcproject  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Write Around Portland
"Through a unique model of writing workshops, published anthologies and public readings, Write Around Portland helps people transform their lives and our community.

Our traditional workshops are held in partnership with social service agencies. They are offered at no charge to people living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of domestic violence, adults and youth in addiction recovery, low income seniors, people in prison, homeless youth and others who may not have access to writing in community because of income, isolation or other barriers.

We also offer special workshops designed for new and seasoned writers who want to participate in a Write Around Portland workshop and support the communities we traditionally serve. We offer two workshops with an associated fee: Prompt at Powell's City of Books and monthly workshops at HOTLIPS Pizza."
teaching  writing  community  literature  portland  oregon  lcproject  education  learning  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
BUNK sandwiches
food  portland  oregon  restaurants 
august 2011 by robertogreco
Portland Built: Design, Architecture, Art, Green, and Sustainable...a Portand Blog, made in Oregon
"Portland Built is a site dedicated to the great things being built in and around Portland, Oregon. We’re writing about smart development, sustainability, design, architecture, and the outstanding businesses and artisans of the region.
Portland Built is divided into three main focus areas: Products, Design+Build, and Partners."
design  architecture  sustainability  portland  oregon  cascadia  making  building  construction 
august 2011 by robertogreco
Jelly Helm Studio
""We are a communication studio in Portland, Oregon.<br />
We work with purpose-driven people and companies to authentically and powerfully express their stories.<br />
Our work builds community.<br />
Clients include the Portland Timbers, Chinook Book, Oregon Humanities, Wikipedia, Imperial Woodpecker, Infectious Diseases Research Institute, Forest Ethics, Nike, Red Hat, Dell, University of California and Youth, Rights & Justice.<br />
Jelly Helm is formerly Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy in Portland and Amsterdam, Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University Adcenter, Group Creative Director at The Martin Agency, and Founder/Director of W+K 12, Wieden+Kennedy’s experimental in-house school.<br />
I’m interested in story, artisan values, and the open/free/sharedknowledge movement.I’m interested in the role of story in the emerging culture."
design  art  film  advertising  portland  oregon  jellyhelm  wk  wk12  wieden+kennedy  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Caldera
"…started as a summer camp in the mountains. The idea was to bring kids w/ limited opportunities, both from the city & country, together to make art. Turns out it was a pretty good idea. Kids who said they couldn’t draw found out they were artists. Students who were at risk of dropping out of school kept w/ it, graduated from high school, won college scholarships & came back to work at Caldera.The artists who worked w/ the kids found the experience made them better artists, so we invited them back during the winter to work on their own projects. & because art isn’t just for summertime, we started working w/ students every week, expanding our activities into their schools & communities in Portland & Central Oregon. Today, we work year-round w/ thousands of students, & we invite artists from all over the world for month long residencies at our arts center near Sisters. Caldera’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation through innovative art & environmental programs."
residencies  oregon  portland  sisters  wk  wieden+kennedy  lcproject  education  art  writing  youth  teens  srg  edg  glvo  caldera  creativity  arts  expression  learning  apprenticeships  mentorships  danwieden  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
tiny houses | pdx : rlingard.com
"This project provides an affordable, infill development alternative for entry-level Portland, Oregon home buyers. On a single 50'x100', 4 compact single family houses share the space of a typical, single family residence. The operable fence partitions and interior layout of these homes allows each living space to open either to the communal garden space, the private courtyard or both. Modular construction is used to minimize construction waste, increase quality and performance, and maintains the project's tight budget goals."
ryanlingard  portland  oregon  architecture  homes  housing  tinyhouses  small  design  architects  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Nau : The Thought Kitchen » The Signal Shed
"If you look for it, you might not see it. Rising high above Wallowa Lake…Eastern Oregon sits the award-winning Signal Shed—a 130-square-foot modern mountain outpost. Built with mostly recycled materials, the outbuilding is simple in detail, yet beautiful in design: recaptured wood siding is stained dark to help the shed blend into the natural landscape. Cedar shutters protect the windows and secure the interior in the winter. A large, sliding barn door opens to create an outdoor living space. And the entire structure is built on floating piers to lessen its impact.<br />
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It’s the ultimate expression of minimalism…Its simple beauty, low-impact design and effortless utilitarianism…<br />
To get a closer look, we decided, with some stealthy sleuthing, to track down its mastermind—Ryan Lingard. The Portland architect was more than willing to sit down with us and share his insight into his process of sustainable design, off-the-grid building, and how he did it all for under $10k."

[See also: http://www.rlingard.com/ AND http://www.rlingard.com/index.php?/build/signal-shed/ AND http://signal-shed.com/home.html ]
oregon  homes  houses  tinyhouses  glvo  ryanlingard  architecture  design  wood  signalshed  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
The Blogfather
"I’m OK with this lifestyle business. It’s a put-down for a lot of people, especially in Silicon Valley. I think it’s the best thing in the world. You don’t have to kill yourself…

I never got that message anywhere in the tech community. Like, what is wrong with making a decent living in doing something you love forever? And then people put that down as a “lifestyle business.” Or ask, “How are you going to change the world or make the next Facebook?”

It’s like nobody sings unless they want to be Britney Spears. That’s stupid—we should all sing in bars three nights a week if we like it and get paid as professional musicians. Who says you have to be a superstar? I hate the whole “rock-star programmer” thing where you have to make the next Facebook. 

It’s very Portland to do sustainable things that are here for a long time. You can do sustainable things and not have to slash and burn and sell."
sustainability  blogs  blogging  matthaughey  portland  oregon  business  glvo  lifestyle  lifestylebusiness  2011  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Does health coverage make people healthier? A new study provides a compelling answer to the vexing question underlying the health care debate. - By Ray Fisman - Slate Magazine
"There are limits to what you can extrapolate from one, single-year study of 10,000 Medicaid recipients in Oregon to health care reform more generally. If millions of poor Americans were enrolled in Medicaid tomorrow, it might overwhelm the system's capacity. And while the program might have longer-term effects not seen in a 1-year study, as preventive care starts to have an impact, it's also possible that the benefits of Medicaid may lessen with time…We'll have more information on these long-term effects as researchers survey participants in the Oregon Medicaid lottery in future years. They're also collecting data on physiological measures like cholesterol levels and blood pressure to measure more objectively participants' well-being.<br />
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For now, though, the study represents the best evidence we've got. & based on its findings, Medicaid seems like a very cheap way of making Americans better off, and the goals of the Affordable Care Act well worth fighting to put into practice."
health  healthcare  medicaid  us  policy  stress  well-being  oregon  2011  research  medicine  healthinsurance  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Finns in Astoria, Oregon
"There were other organizations in Astoria involving Finns. There were the churches, the newspapers and the socialist club. The most unfortunate involved those members of the socialist club who had not found the totally classless society they had hoped to find in the new world. Members planned to set up a new community according to their own special design and decided that the most congenial place for this community would be a remote fishing village in northern Russia. It was anything but congenial. In the 1920's and 30s over fifty people left to fulfil their dream. It became a nightmare as they discovered the difficulties of working a beaurocracy that was not interested in their ideas of a new community. Disillusioned and defeated, some of the luckier ones returned to the U.S. Some simply disappeared in the night with Soviet soldiers never to be heard from again."
finland  astoria  oregon  history  russia  socialism  socialists  finnish  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Oregon History Project: Finnish Socialist Club Picnic, Astoria, 1922
"This photograph shows members of the Finnish Socialist Club picnicking in Astoria in 1922. The Finnish Socialist Club was one of Astoria’s most prominent ethnic organizations during the first decades of the twentieth century…<br />
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Finns tended to be more radical than other Scandinavian immigrants. Historian Paul George Hummasti notes that “while the Finns were one of the smaller immigrant groups in America, they were one of the largest (and at times the largest) ethnic groups in twentieth-century socialist parties of this country.” Astorian Finns formed the Finnish Socialist Club in November 1904. Although the leading members sought, as one expressed it, “to remove the yoke of wage slavery from the shoulders of the working class,” others were more interested in a social organization that could act as an alternative to the sometimes stifling atmosphere of the Finnish churches and temperance societies. The Finnish Socialist Club remained active until 1940."
finnish  finland  astoria  oregon  socialism  socialists  wageslavery  labor  radicals  radicalism  1922  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Self Enhancement, INC.
"We are Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI), a nonprofit organization supporting at-risk urban youth. In 29 years, SEI has grown from a 1-week summer basketball camp to a flourishing agency serving thousands of students each year in the greater Portland, Oregon area, with plans to replicate across the country.<br />
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Whereas others see only statistics, we see strong individuals, tomorrow’s business owners and leaders, teachers and citizens. We help our students see themselves and their potential the same way. Then we help them find their strengths, ignite their passion and identify the plan that will move them in the direction of their dream. And we stay with them every step of the way, 24/7, 365 days a year from age eight through 25."
education  schools  services  porland  oregon  youth  partnerships  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
What did we learn from the Oregon HIE? - PNHP's Official Blog
"Although innumerable studies have shown that health insurance provides both health security and financial security, some have contended that insurance is not necessary, especially for low income individuals, since they can find care through our safety-net institutions. As President George W. Bush stated, “After all, you just go to an emergency room.” This study, the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (Oregon HIE), puts an end to that contention. Low income Oregon residents who were selected by a random lottery to be enrolled in Medicaid fared significantly better than those who were randomly excluded."<br />
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[See also: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/health/policy/07medicaid.html ]
health  healthcare  research  oregon  oregonhie  healthinsurance  medicare  medicine  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
ADX / Portland, OR / Building a Community of Thinkers & Makers
"Equal parts workspace and incubator, our membership-based community unites multiple creative disciplines within a 10,000 square-foot facility that is accessible, collaborative & affordable."
portland  oregon  coworking  community  art  design  work  collaboration  incubator  lcproject  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
Summa Institute | Dedicated to the Wholeness of Children and Families | Portland Oregon
"The Summa Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit established in 1985, launching a new vision in Portland Oregon. We use Natural Learning Relationships to change the world through authentic relationship based education, conscious parenting, research and professional development."
summaacademy  summainstitute  portland  oregon  holisticapproach  holistic  education  teaching  learning  children  unschooling  deschooling  parenting  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
Summa Academy | An Extraordinary School for Children 5-12 and Their Families | Portland Oregon
"The Summa Academy is a unique educational environment for students age 5-14 and their families. Using the holistic approach of a Natural Learning Relationships, the Academy nurtures the physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual development of its students in multi-age classrooms that have a low teacher-to-student ratio."
portland  oregon  schools  education  learning  holistic  holisticapproach  teaching  tcsnmy  lcproject  unschooling  deschooling  summainstitute  summaacademy  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
YouTube - Audubon Society of Portland: Marmot Cabin on the Joe Miller Wildlife Sanctuary [See also: http://www.flickr.com/photos/audubonkidspdx/5759352809/ ]
"Experience an unforgettable overnighter at our rustic cabin in the foothills of Mt Hood, Groups will meet our Naturalists at the "Marmot Cabin" (near Sandy) & have the site to themselves as they explore a remote Wildlife Sanctuary. Children will seek out signs of Beaver, Deer & Elk as they venture through the lush vegetation of a pristine riparian zone. Students learn to read animal sign, identify plants & interpret the landscape, honing their own naturalist skills along the way. After dinner, students will venture into the darkness in search of bats & owls, & return for an educational program on these nocturnal creatures. In the morning, children will get to learn even more about our native animals via a hands-on study of pelts, skulls & specimens. We will design a program that builds, expands & enhances your environmental curriculum."<br />
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[More at: http://audubonportland.org/trips-classes-camps/school-programs/overnight AND http://trackerspdx.com/youth/outdoor-school.php ]
portland  outdoors  outdooreducation  audubon  oregon  marmotcabin  sandy  mthood  naturalists  nature  education  camps  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
PNCA : programs  ce  youth  [Youth Programs at PNCA]
"PNCA Continuing Education offers a comprehensive program of art courses for children and teens (ages 4-18) including Saturday classes during the fall and spring. YOUTH CLASSES provide artistic skill building and exploration for students, ages 4-18. Courses offer a wide variety of media, each providing basic skill and vocabulary. During the fall and spring semesters, classes are held on Saturdays with an exhibition of student work at the end of each semester. During the summer, classes are one and two week workshops." [via: ªªhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pnca_youth/ via:ºº ªªhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lizettegreco/5512468824/ ]ºº
education  art  lcproject  portland  oregon  pnca  children  teens  youth  from delicious
march 2011 by robertogreco
Flavorwire » Artist Conquers Wikipedia, One Image at a Time
"From December 2010 to January 2011, Brooklyn-based artist David Horvitz drove up the West Coast from Mexico to Oregon, stopping to take pictures of himself staring off into various vistas as a part of his latest project, Public Access. Horvitz took each of his images — a collection of pensively photobombed beaches, bridges, lighthouses, and creeks — and uploaded them to their proper Wikipedia pages, adding to and sometimes replacing the images already there."
art  internet  photography  california  wikipedia  washingtonstate  oregon  sandiego  borderfieldstatepark  2010  from delicious
march 2011 by robertogreco
Streetsblog.net » Is Driving on the Decline in the Pacific Northwest?
"Driving on the Decline in the Pacific Northwest? Orphan Road offers a set of data showing that traffic volumes throughout the Northwest are declining, at least according to a local news source. Data show a reduction in traffic in Seattle and Portland, and statewide in Washington and Oregon. Earlier reports showed a decline in metro Seattle, but this is the first news we’ve seen pointing to a regional trend. And Orphan Road adds that in at least one case the decline precedes the 2008 recession or the rise in gas prices. Sightline Daily, which first reported the data, said it’s important that traffic engineers take note. “It may not make sense anymore — and might, in fact, be financially risky — for transportation planners to assume that demand for car travel will rise in the future the way it did in the 1950s.”"
cars  transportation  pacificnorthwest  cascadia  trends  driving  2011  seattle  portland  oregon  washingtonstate  from delicious
march 2011 by robertogreco
Daily Kos: I Don't Want to be a Teacher Any More
"Maybe it’s that for the first time, our school didn’t meet AYP…  <br />
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When I heard this, I instantly thought of the 2 ELL in my class who hadn’t passed their reading tests last year & how unfair I thought it was that they even counted on our test scores when they came to our school in January & were absent at least twice a week from that point on. I was wondering how I could possibly have gotten them to benchmark level in 3 days a week for 3 months. I was thinking how if only those two students hadn’t counted on our scores, we would’ve met AYP as a school. When I mentioned it to my principal, she just said there are no excuses. We aren’t allowed to have any excuses… I thought of the little boy I had with an IQ of 87 who could barely read. I thought of the little girl in a wheelchair who’d had 23 operations on tumors on her body in her 11 years, & the girl who moved from Mexico straight into my class & learned to speak English before my eyes, but couldn’t pass the state test…"
teaching  education  us  policy  rttt  nclb  frustration  unions  oregon  testing  standardizedtesting  standardization  teachingtothetest  respect  2011  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
Gaia University
"Gaia University is a unique un-institution for higher learning. We offer access to accredited degrees and diplomas arising from your work in personal and planetary transformation. Through action learning you pursue a pathway of your own design - in the location of your choice - while supported by a global network of skilled advisors and mentors. Come join our vibrant international community and learn and unlearn with us through an integral blend of residential intensives, online exchange, digital documentation and hands-on project work."
sustainability  permaculture  education  activism  agriculture  unschooling  deschooling  gaiauniversity  via:steelemaley  the2837university  agitpropproject  lcproject  highered  highereducation  learning  mexico  chile  porland  oregon  international  puertorico  tennessee  germany  austria  california  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
John Francis walks the Earth | Video on TED.com
"And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me, and that I was going to have to change. You know, we can do it. I was going to have to change. And I was afraid to change, because I was so used to the guy who only just walked. I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop. I didn’t know who I would be if I changed. But I know I needed to. I know I needed to change, because it would be the only way that I could be here today. And I know that a lot of times we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to, but there’s another place for us to go. And we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become, and go to the place of who we are becoming. And so, I want to encourage you to go to that next place, to let yourself out of any prison that you might find yourself in, as comfortable as it may be, because we have to do something now."
environment  walking  sustainability  ted  change  johnfrancis  yearoff  growth  self  identity  gamechanging  cv  earthday  responsibility  earth  communication  listening  talking  thinking  reflection  learning  conversation  perspective  banjo  music  ashland  oregon  cascadia  porttownsend  washingtonstate  storytelling  writing  classideas  education  pedagogy  teaching  tcsnmy  discussion  socraticmethod  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
History Hinders Diversification Of Portland, Oregon : NPR
"Oregon is one of only a dozen states where the majority of its residents aren't from there. Each year thousands of 20-somethings move to Portland.

The city's entire population is growing, but Portland is still about 80 percent white, making it one of the most homogeneous metropolitan cities in the country.

Many of the migrants don't have jobs, kids or a mortgage. So why do they keep coming?"
portland  oregon  economics  cities  us  npr  race  diversity  migration  employment  unemployment  whites  homogeneity  livability  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
p:ear [via: http://www.theonepercent.org/Projects.htm?projid=167]
"p:ear builds positive relationships w/ homeless & transitional youth through education, art & recreation…<br />
To truly exit homelessness, kids must develop the internal strength, skills & foresight to make healthy choices. p:ear provides a safe, non-judgmental environment in which youth are trusted to outgrow unproductive & harmful behaviors. We offer individualized mentoring & education programs in a safe, reliable setting designed to foster trust, build self-esteem & to teach…kids – who all too often are regarded by society as disposable, "hopeless cases" – that they are valuable individuals w/ a future who have something vital to contribute to this community.<br />
p:ear staff & volunteers serve as mentors, friends, & role models, while p:ear's unique programs create opportunities for young people to grow intellectually, express themselves constructively, communicate in positive ways & engage in meaningful interactions w/ the larger community of Portland."
portland  oregon  education  lcproject  homeless  homelessness  mentoring  art  arts  learning  openstudio  community  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Dove Vivi | Cornmeal Crust Pizza
See also: http://www.facebook.com/people/Delane-Hamik/100000620033096
portland  restaurants  pizza  food  oregon  delanehamik  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Oregon’s Speed-Freak Football - NYTimes.com [This reminds me of the system I used when coaching six-man flag football.]
"Kelly has transformed football into aerobic sport…style is particularly of moment because it is apparent football, at least in short term, will become less violent. Kelly's teams have found new way to intimidate, one that does not involve high-speed collisions & head injuries. "Some people call it a no-huddle offense, but I call it a no-breathing offense," Mark Asper, an Oregon offensive lineman "It's still football. We hit people. But after a while, the guys on the other side of the line are so gassed that you don't have to hit them very hard to make them fall over."...point of a play sometimes seems to be just to get it over w/, line up & run another. The play that preceded last touchdown was a 1-yard loss—setback in traditional offensive schemes…But "3rd & long" is not as difficult a proposition for offense when opposing defense can barely stand. "Obviously, all of our plays are designed to gain yards. But our guys understand cumulative effect of running them really fast."
college  football  ncaa  oregon  cv  sports  collegefootball  via:kottke  soccer  americanfootball  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Mapped historical photos, film, and audio | SepiaTown
"SepiaTown lets you view and share thousands of mapped historical images from around the globe. Search the map to view images or...<br />
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We welcome historical images from collections of all sizes, from libraries and historical societies to individuals with a boxful of cool old photos."
via:javierarbona  archive  photography  geography  mapping  maps  history  images  cities  moscow  boston  london  sanfrancisco  paris  amsterdam  losangeles  buenosaires  valparaíso  sandiego  local  portland  oregon  googlemaps  from delicious
october 2010 by robertogreco
Jonathan Harris . Oct 21, 2009 [Sisters, OR]
"Sometimes I think about moving to a new town. I mean, leaving behind my old life and opening up shop in some new place, if not for the rest of my life then at least for a long time and in earnest. Big cities make this daydream easier to imagine and small towns harder — because, just as all happy families are alike but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, Tolstoy might agree that all big cities are alike, but every small town is strange in its own way. … I wondered what it would be like to move here, for the people in that coffee shop suddenly to become my friends, my potential future spouses, my future kids' teachers, my drinking buddies, my neighbors. Until you commit to a place, you can inhabit the anonymous nether-regions of ghostliness, floating into and out of coffee shops and communities without any compulsion to talk, tell stories, charm, make nice, or make friends. … I wonder how you finally learn to settle, and what that takes."
jonathanharris  place  sisters  oregon  smalltowns  cities  tolstoy  belonging  families  urban  urbanism  cv  glvo  meaning  strangers  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Jonathan Harris . Oct 25, 2009 [Los Angeles]
"By anybody's count, I was having what one might call a Very Good Time. But as the day bore on, the tug of nature grew stronger and stronger on my heart, and all I could think about was getting back up into the mountains. I guess you could call my ailment escapism, but I wonder whether that tired quasi-Buddhist maxim of needing to learn to exist happily in any setting isn't at least a little bit bullshit. Places exert a stabilizing or stultifying energy upon us, and the force of that energy seems proportional to our sensitivity. Life is short, places abound, and some of us are sensitive, so why not find places that provide the kind of energy we need?"<br />
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Also: "I prefer the housekeeping philosophy of keeping only those things that provide essential utility or essential nostalgia. It can make for a sparse house, depending on your sentimentality."
jonathanharris  place  nature  losangeles  oregon  buddhism  energy  utility  minimalism  nostalgia  memory  homes  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Those Awful Texas Social Studies Standards
"all this Texas bashing implies that standards everywhere else are good and fair and true. In fact, other states’ social studies standards have their own conservative biases (and occasional silliness) and deserve the same critical scrutiny that Texas’ new standards are receiving. Other states may not celebrate Jefferson Davis, but neither do they encourage teachers to equip students with the historical background and analytical tools that they’ll need to understand and address today’s social and environmental crises. …<br />
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Social studies should help students grasp knowledge and tools of analysis so as to make the world a better place. Social studies should help students name and explain obstacles to justice, peace, equality, and sustainability. Instead, social studies standards like Oregon’s are simply about covering material."
standards  us  history  curriculum  bias  2010  texas  oregon  california  breadth  teaching  schools  billbigelow  socialstudies  tcsnmy  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Tile we Meet Again - Longbored Surfer - Blog
"The other day, Cabel Sasser (@cabel) (of Panic, fireworks displaying, and snack hunting), tweeted about some tile work uncovered in a building undergoing renovations (I'd love to know the building's name). Five days later, he tweeted again showing the unfortunate destruction of that same tile work. I thought it'd be a shame if that tile didn't get more attention/rememberance, and spent the time to digitize it.<br />
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Here is the base hexagonal pattern, and a modification using Panic's (and their awesometastic FTP application Transmit's) colors: [image]<br />
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Additionally, I've gone and created a full-sized desktop picture (perfectly fits my 27" iMac)."
tiles  digitization  cabelsasser  portland  oregon  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
High School Homebuilders Get More Than An Education : NPR
"The sports teams at Forest Grove High School are called the Vikings. And every year, some students build what they call a "Viking house" in the surrounding neighborhood. It's a real house that the school sells to raise money...
handson  projectbasedlearning  homes  housing  construction  tcsnmy  classideas  via:lukeneff  forestgrove  oregon  practicalknowledge  senseofacheivement  actualtangibleresults  make  making  do  doing  fundraising  homebuilding  shop  carpentry 
july 2010 by robertogreco
New Visions of Home: Change Observer: Design Observer
"The world is tumbling over the precipice of a major demographic shift. By 2030, it is estimated that 25 percent of the developed world’s population will be over 65 — an unprecedented proportion in human history. A century ago, that number was a mere 3 percent. In the U.S., the population over 65 is expected to double to 71.5 million in the next 15 years. Investment firm T. Rowe Price now advises retirement savings until age 92. ...
aging  architecture  housing  europe  trends  us  design  retrofitting  cohousing  multigeneration  vertical  density  denmark  small  smallhomes  lifelonglearning  seniors  affordability  world  population  urban  urbanism  switzerland  portland  oregon  leed  designobserver  australia  uk 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Olympic Provisions | American Charcuterie | Since 2009
food  portland  oregon  meat  via:frankchimero  charcuterie  pdx  restaurants 
july 2010 by robertogreco
How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? - Culture - The Atlantic
"Man listen--Negroes like Atlanta. Negroes like Chicago. Negroes like Houston. Negroes like Raleigh-Durham (another area that doesn't make the cut, for some reason.) Negroes like Oakland. Negroes have the right to like where they live, independent of Massa, for their own particular, native, independent reasons (family? great barbecue? housing stock?) Just like Jewish-Americans have the right to like New York--or not. Just like Japanese-Americans have the right to like Cali--or not.
cities  race  ta-nehisicoates  portland  atlanta  nyc  houston  dallas  progressive  urban  diversity  chicago  seattle  austin  minneapolis  denver  oregon  losangeles  raleigh  2009  gentrification  politics  policy 
may 2010 by robertogreco
Portland and “elite cities”: The new model | The Economist
"That is not to belittle Portland’s vision. It is a sophisticated and forward-looking place. Which other city can boast that its main attraction is a bustling independent book store (Powell’s) and that medical students can go from one part of their campus to another by gondola, taking their bikes with them? Other cities will see much to emulate. Minneapolis, for example, this month displaced Portland as Bicycling magazine’s most bike-friendly city (“they got extra points for biking in the snow,” grumble Mr Adams’s staff). Adam Davis of Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, a Portland polling firm, says that Oregonians like to consider themselves leaders but also exceptions. They are likely to remain both."
portland  oregon  cities  us  northamerica  helsinki  amsterdam  stockholm  vancouver  bikes  biking  transportation  publictransit 
april 2010 by robertogreco
The End of the Automobile Era? | Planetizen
"On a recent Thursday in February, two disparate incidents in cities on opposite coasts may have signaled the end of the hundred-year ascendancy of automobiles in American life. In Portland, Oregon, the city council voted 5-0 to accept a new bike plan with the ambitious goal of increasing the percentage of people riding bikes from 6% (the highest of any big city in the country) to 25%. Three thousand miles away, on the opposite coast, the New York City Department of Transportation announced that they would make permanent the closing of Broadway to vehicle traffic."
cars  transportation  transit  us  bikes  biking  newyork  portland  oregon  nyc  gamechanging  cities  urban  urbanism 
april 2010 by robertogreco
Study Partner, A Teaching Alliance & Idea laboratory
"We’re Study Partner, a teaching alliance and idea lab co-founded in 2007 by Jen Thomas and Shawn Petersen. We believe that design is for everyone and that designers can have a positive and significant impact on the world. ...
education  lcproject  schools  teaching  design  graphicdesign  portland  oregon  schooldesign  tcsnmy  processing  visualcommunication 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: Weblog: Ambient Recommendation
"I think the reasons these more casual recommendation and discovery methods work better for me are 3-fold: 1. They allow me to employ my fuzzy, intuitive perception of peoples’ broader personality and taste to determine how likely I am to like the things they like (I thought the person on Brightkite looked cool, so I trusted her taste; I think my Last.fm friends are cool, so I trust that new stuff I see them playing will be interesting to me). 2. They aren’t explicitly recommendation systems, but rather allow people to implicitly recommend things just by going about their normal business (someone likes a web page so they post it to Delicious to remember it later, the hipsters at Frankies like Gene Clark so they play his music while they work and I hear it incidentally). I think people are more likely to participate in this kind of system than one where they are expected to formally recommend things. 3. They don’t require me to narrow what I’m looking for by overly specific criteria"
del.icio.us  design  learning  social  recommendations  brightkite  yelp  flickr  ubicomp  iphone  community  portland  oregon  travel  taste  discovery  serendipity  seach  ambient  inspiration  perception  intuition  interest 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Why Portland’s Mass Transit Rocks | Autopia | Wired.com
"There’s no end to the things that make the system, called TriMet, awesome. Its customer interaction system is amazingly useful and includes a real live person to help plan trips if you call during business hours. Its iPhone app should be widely duplicated. The Fareless Square, which allows people to ride for free downtown or just across the Willamette River, lets people move quickly and easy around downtown. The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) rail system seamlessly transitions from inter-city streetcar to intra-city commuter rail and remains best method of transport anywhere. And the system actively looks for ways to improve, regularly handing out surveys to get feedback from riders."
portland  oregon  transit  masstransit  transportation  infrastructure  trains  buses  lightrail 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge on Vimeo
"29 entries. 77 miles of Oregon-style on-and-off road product testing. 1 extraordinary weekend.
bikes  biking  design  oregon  oregonmanifest  portland  bikedesign 
december 2009 by robertogreco
2005 AERO Conference: Start a School Workshop « Education Revolution
tcsnmy  lcproject  alternative  schools  startups  education  towatch  2005  matthern  villagefreeschool  portland  oregon  purplethistle 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Science & Environment Articles | Vermont On Cutting Edge of Flood Prevention | Miller-McCune Online Magazine
"America's rivers flood & in trying to protect against threat, Americans & governments actually make floods worse...each year billions of $ & several lives are lost, w/ many more upended. Though climate change is intensifying crisis, at its root are outdated science, leadership deficits, decisions that prize short-term profit & misguided belief that man can indefinitely restrain something as powerful...as water. Vermont...has become leader in effort to reduce costs of flooding through unconventional means: ripping out levees to let rivers flood naturally & providing towns w/ financial incentives to discourage building in floodplains. Cities from Charlotte to Portland, have taken similar actions & comparable concepts & percolating inside federal agencies...no shortage of people who know exactly what's wrong — & how to fix it. But once floodwaters recede, politics & the desire to live on waterfront trump sound thinking. Here's how...small group of people brought common sense to Vermont"
vermont  portland  oregon  policy  government  economics  flooding  rivers  us  money  floods  nature 
october 2009 by robertogreco
David Byrne Journal: 10.02.09: Bikes and Cities So Far
"The events in some towns, like Portland, well known for being bicycle- and public transportation-friendly cities (despite the frequent rain), were almost like little rallies; whereas LA, like Austin in a way, is so spread out that it has more obstacles to overcome."
bikes  biking  davidbyrne  losangeles  sanfrancisco  portland  oregon  austin 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Alex Payne — So You're Moving to San Francisco
"for a first world city, San Francisco is dirty. No, filthy. No, disgusting. Whenever I travel outside of San Francisco, I’m amazed at what a disastrous anomaly it is...There is, I’ve found, precious little to do here, particularly if you’re not inclined towards sports or the outdoors...When traveling, I’m again shocked at how much better people are to one another in other places, even in reputedly hard and unfriendly cities like New York...Once I’m able to work remotely with confidence, either for Twitter or another employer, I have every intention of moving with my fiancée and two cats to Portland, Oregon, a place which I feel/hope better reflects my values. Quite simply, I want to live somewhere that works, and San Francisco feels broken. Portland doesn’t work perfectly, particularly in terms of its high unemployment, but it feels closer to what I want in a place than any other city I’ve visited."
sanfrancisco  advice  travel  cities  culture  critique  urban  living  portland  oregon  alexpayne 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Pacific Ocean 'dead zone' in Northwest may be irreversible -- latimes.com
"Oxygen depletion that is killing sea life off Oregon and Washington is probably caused by evolving wind conditions from climate change, rather than pollution, one oceanographer warns."
environment  sustainability  climatechange  pollution  pacific  ocean  water  oceanography  cascadia  oregon  washingtonstate  via:javierarbona 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Oregon Manifest » Constructors
"The Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge aims to inspire frame builders and designers to develop considered, integrated, and spectacular solutions for the everyday rider.
design  bikes  urbanism  transportation  steel  biking  oregon  oregonmanifest  via:adamgreenfield 
october 2009 by robertogreco
maps
"People I’ve met from Portland have a very ‘special’ way of orienting themselves, which is reflected in both maps that I’ve received from there. While taking for granted that the top of the page meant “North,” my first map has Southeast in the top right corner. Portlanders divide their city into quadrants, with the Willamette River, which runs North to South as the division between East and West, and a centrally located main street (Burnside Ave.) to be the other divider. This is all fine and good, except that I didn’t realize that when they draw maps, they portray the river to run East to West, instead of the direction that it ‘actually’ runs. As a result, for a solid five days I believed I was staying at a friends house in Northwest Portland when really I was in the Southeast. Imagine my disorientation when the sheet was finally pulled from over my head.""
portland  maps  mapping  behavior  regional  oregon  direction 
september 2009 by robertogreco
The Garden School» A Montessori Toddler Community in Portland, Oregon
"The Garden School opened in September 2008 in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Nestled inside a home, the school provides a warm, welcoming setting for children. Our intention is to create a natural and peaceful environment that allows the toddler to follow his inherent wisdom with gentle guidance. ... Beautiful outdoor areas - including a space for gardening and plenty of room for exploration - encourage children to interact with nature. In addition, the children participate in the preparation of an organic, communal meal each day."
schools  gardens  urbangardening  urbanfarming  montessori  portland  oregon  preschool  daycare  tcsnmy  csl 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Bike commuting surges in Portland, Census finds | Oregon Local News - - OregonLive.com
"Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey data showed 6.4 percent told the survey that they bicycled to work in 2008. This makes Portland No. 1 in bicycle commuting among the 30 largest cities in the country, the mayor's office said. The percentage of walkers and transit users also rose.
portland  oregon  bikes  biking  cities  us  infrastructure 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Cascadia (independence movement) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Cascadia (commonly called the Republic of Cascadia as a full name) is a proposed name for an independent sovereign state advocated by a grassroots environmental movement in the Pacific Northwest of North America. This state would hypothetically be formed by the union of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington. Other suggested boundary lines also include Idaho (all or parts), western Montana, Northern California, parts of Alaska, and parts of the Yukon. This type of "federation" would require secession from both the United States and Canada. The boundaries of this proposed republic could incorporate those of the existing province and states."
cascadia  canada  independence  alaska  us  secession  california  britishcolumbia  bc  politics  history  geography  activism  washingtonstate  oregon 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Smarter Cities
'When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems come first to mind. Less commonly thought about is the potential presented by cities, potential to rethink and reshape their environments responsibly. Today urban leaders—mayors, businesses and community organizations—are in the environmental vanguard, making upgrades to transportation infrastructure, zoning, building codes, and waste management programs as well as improving access to open space, green jobs, affordable efficient housing and more. If they succeed in making their cities more efficient, responsible and sustainable, what will result will be smarter places for business and healthier places to live. Smarter Cities, a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a non-profit, is a multimedia web initiative whose mission is to foster a little friendly competition as well as provide a forum for exploring the progress American cities are making in environmental stewardship & sustainable growth."
transportation  urbanism  green  environment  sustainability  cities  urban  rankings  sandiego  portland  oregon  losangeles  seattle  design  planning  resources 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Who Controls Data About Public Transportation? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
"How should city transit authorities treat independent software developers who make use of public schedule data? What approach results in the best experience for their passengers and customers? Two models appear to be emerging to answer this question. One, typified by NYC's MTA & DC's WMATA, sees schedule & related data as valuable intellectual property, to be zealously protected, licensed & monetized. So far, the results of this approach appear to have been bad press, irate passengers, wasted money & stymied innovation. The other model, typified by SF's SFMTA & Portland's TriMet, holds that encouraging independent developers to make free use of schedule information can both save the city money & foster innovative applications."
portland  oregon  sanfrancisco  nyc  washingtondc  transportation  opendata  government  transit  via:adamgreenfield 
september 2009 by robertogreco
depave.org
"Depave has been created to inspire and promote the removal of unnecessary concrete and asphalt from urban areas. Depave is a project of City Repair, a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, USA."
portland  activism  environment  green  gardening  community  oregon  depave  via:javierarbona  cities 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Half an Hour: Tax Credits: The Oregon Example
"Oregon, especially, has been the locus for numerous quality-of-life reforms over the years.
oregon  well-being  qualityoflife  people  policy  politics  economics  taxes  place  productivity  portland  reform  progressivism 
august 2009 by robertogreco
Ride Oregon
oregon  bikes  biking  travel  maps  community  recreation  portland 
august 2009 by robertogreco
NEPTL - Northeast Portland Tool Library
"Northeast Portland Tool Library works towards a future where Portland is vibrant, sustainable, and a thriving city for people of all income levels by providing homeowners, renters, and business owners of the Northeast with tools and the knowledge to use them."
portland  oregon  toollibrary  tools  community  libraries 
july 2009 by robertogreco
Frugal Portland - NYTimes.com
"I marveled again at how well Portlanders live on so little.
portland  oregon  food  travel  bikes 
may 2009 by robertogreco
portlandtechshop.com [via: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/04/techshop-portland/]
"TechShop is a 33,000 square foot membership based workshop that provides members with any skill level to have access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a creative and supportive community of like minded people so you can build the things you have always wanted to make.
techshop  portland  oregon  hackercollective  hackerspaces  socialnetworking  technology  tools  diy  make  lcproject  equipment  classes  learning  machineproject 
may 2009 by robertogreco
Seeing Portland as Residents Do - on a Bicycle - NYTimes.com
bikes  portland  oregon  travel 
april 2009 by robertogreco
Dr. Jim's Really Nice [via: http://www.dwell.com/daily/blog/39792687.html]
"If you're going to rent, why not design the space first? The guts are in place. You decide the rest. Get $10,000 toward your creative build-out and 3 months free rent to start using it. 16' celiings. Fabulous neighbors. Bike routes. Design it, build it, live in it. Sublease it if you want. Just don't get a giant mortgage."
architecture  design  hackingbyconsent  housing  retail  business  renting  portland  oregon  leasing  space  cascadia  non-project  unproduct  customization  usercreated  userdesigned  flexibility 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Portland's 11xDesign Home Tour - Dwell Blog - dwell.com
"It’s not every local homes tour that merits attention beyond a city’s borders. But the 11xDesign tour, scheduled for February 21, featuring some of Portland’s most inspired contemporary residential design, is not a traditional home tour. ... s the city has become infused with new talent, a small group of promising and accomplished designer-developers have banded together in a hybrid of traditional architectural or development practice. Small firms and sole practitioners here like Path Architecture, Atelier Waechter, and Building Arts Workshop still operate as individual businesses, and even compete for buyers. But they share research, marketing and design ideas; they’ve become a community."
portland  oregon  homes  housing  architecture  design  events  cascadia  community  cooperative  development  crisis  housingbubble  hometours  collective  architects  modernism 
february 2009 by robertogreco
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