Well, the earth continues to exist and in turn we do, so the ecochallenge never really ends.

Oh my goodness, we're almost done saving the earth!

Another wonderful day to ride to work. The streets are still a little damp with leaves. After the downpour on Saturday, today felt like a respite. I enjoy having that five or ten minutes of silent pedaling. 

We filled up and exceeded our bike parking at work again. I like that. 

I've been writing emails to elected officials regarding the cleaning of the Portland Harbor Superfund site. The last several days I worked on encouraging parties who would generally be friendly to pushing forward with that process, such as Sen. Merkley, Rep. Blumenauer, Gov. Brown, Mayor Wheeler, and Commissioner Fish. Today I wrote to Donald Trump. I hope I become the subject of a mean tweet, or even better yet, I hope he stops obstructing the clean up and instructs the EPA to cooperate with the process. 

Did you know that Chrysler sells a plug-in hybrid minivan that gets an average of 50+ mpg? (reviewer tested number, 80+ advertised)

Even this time of year, though it may be wet in NW Oregon, there is incredible beauty outside. A short walk each day reminds me of this.

Had an installer measure for our new HVAC system today, so l got 75 points for that! We are going with a super efficient all electric system and we pay for the PGE Green Energy option, so l am very happy about that impact. We also have a high efficiency heat pump water heater, so we'll   pretty low on our home energy consumption! 

Got some good stuff in this weekend, including led bulb replacement. 60watt equivalent bulbs are going for $1 each at Ace! I might have gotten 15.