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Where sustainability is business as usual
- The Oregonian
- Jake Cohen
- 30 Jul 2009
When owner Angel O’Brien learned her shop, Ladybug Organic Coffee Co., was named a co-winner of Portland’s BEST Award for Sustainable Food Systems in the spring, she wasn’t content to stop with the award.
“I called (the BEST Business Center) and said, ‘I want someone to come out and see what else I can do to be more efficient,‘“ she said.
The 2-year-old coffee shop has already left its mark, or lack thereof, on St. Johns and Portland by donating, recycling and composting nearly everything its customers don’t consume.
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Case study: championing a cause
- Daily Journal of Commerce
- Christy Love and Amy Jarvis
- 28 Jul 2009
Portland is unquestionably a city to watch as related to sustainability. The unique combination of the city’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, in conjunction with its Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Business Center, allows Portland’s leadership to offer a variety of resources for businesses and citizens wishing to “green” their operations and their lives.
One of the fruits of this partnership is the newly launched Portland Climate Change program, through which the engineering consulting firm we work for, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB), was awarded the first Portland Climate Champion Award.