Green Briefs • Better Living Show encores

Pamplin Media Group, Mar 11, 2010

JONATHAN HOUSE / Pamplin Media Group

Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers perform green-themed songs at the 2009 Better Living Show.

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The Northwest’s largest sustainability-oriented trade show returns to Portland March 26 to 28 – the third-annual Better Living Show at Portland Expo Center.

The free three-day show features exhibits on sustainable homes, gardens and lifestyle, including renewable energy systems and other resources. There’ll be live music, children’s activities, an “eco-fashion show,” plus workshops and presentations by culinary experts, horticulturists, artists and others.

Food offerings include organic wine, local beer and spirits. New features this year include Veg Village, a vegan potpourri of food samples, cooking demonstrations and other products, and a flower show highlighting native plants.

Show hours are Friday from noon to 9 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Portland Expo Center is at 2060 N. Marine Drive.

For a schedule of events, green-friendly transportation tips and other information, visit www.betterlivingshow.org .

Nike greener than people think

Nike isn’t getting the credit it deserves for its environmental initiatives, according to an investigation by New Scientist magazine.

The study compared the green images of several corporations with actual performance, and found that public perceptions are often out of kilter with reality.

Earthsense, based in Syracuse, N.Y., polled U.S. consumers on their perceptions of “greenness” of several dozen companies. Trucost, based in London, scored the corporations for their global environmental impact.

Of 18 large corporations in the personal and household goods category, consumers ranked Nike 13th-best for its environmental practices. But the company actually scores best among those companies for its actual environmental impact, according to Trucost.

Other companies in the personal and household goods category include Avon, Clorox, Colgate-Palmolive, Kodak, Electrolux, Liz Clairborne, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Timberland, and Whirlpool.

To see a summary of the study: www.newscientist.com/special/ green-companies .

Candidates debate green issues

Three contenders for Oregon governor will discuss their views on environmental issues in a candidates’ forum at the end of the month.

The debate features former Gov. John Kitzhaber, former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Allen Alley, the former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

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