Portland, OR - A Model City
On this edition of Earthbeat, host Daphne Wysham takes a road trip to one American city that many environmentalists call nirvana. Portland, Oregon is on track to meet the Kyoto Protocols, has a land use policy that stops sprawl, miles of bike lanes and even has a plan for Peak Oil.
Recording Earthbeat from the studios of KBOO in Portland, Daphne gets an overview of Portland's policies with city commissioner Erik Sten and the Oregon Environmental Council's Teresa Huntsinger.
Taking a in-depth look at Portland's Peak Oil program is Michael Armstrong with the city's office of Sustainable Development, and David Cohan. David is a project manager for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and a member of the grassroots group that put Peak Oil in Portland front and center.
Finally, Daphne talks about the main reason why so many people move to Portland -- its astounding natural resources. Steve Pedrey the spokesman for Oregon Wild discusses so-called 'salvage logging' after forest fires and how it damages the environment and the CEO and President of the Wild Salmon Center - Guido Rahr, discusses the effects this fish has on the economy, and the psyche, of the Pacific Northwest.
This edition of Earthbeat is dedicated to Dr. Donald Wysham, a man whose love of the great outdoors remains an inspiration.
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Image used courtesy of Bill Harvey via Flickr.
Music used in this edition of Earthbeat: Portland, Oregon by Loretta Lynn & Portland by The Replacements.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
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