Yes, that’s me on a beautiful (almost) Spring day in Portland with Murray. Isn’t he handsome?

Ok, so yesterday, my darling, dear, loving, beautiful and eco-conscious friend Jen and former editor of Green Living Magazine…(whew! that’s a lot of adjectives)…but yes, you get the idea…Anyway, Jen came over with yummy goodies from Sweetness Bakery Cafe (love them!) and had driven over in her electric car, whom she loving calls Murray. Oh look, there she is now in the photo below…

That’s rosemary in Jen’s hand from my garden…We’re at beautiful Mt. Tabor going for a walk…

So anyway, we’re driving in Murray to the park for a walk in the sunshine and I notice that people in cars and on the street are extra friendly, smiling back at us. Now this is not a regular occurrence when I’m in my regular gas drinking car….Maybe it’s because we’re really cute!….or it could be that everyone here knows what an electric car is and that it doesn’t take any gas to run it…And that puts a smile on everyone’s face.

Ok here are some more details on this eco-chic car. Murray runs on a battery that is charged while at home and each charge lasts for 30 miles. He goes up to 37 miles per hour. So what if Murray doesn’t go on the freeway, my grandmother didn’t drive on the highway either….but this handsome car can take you shopping, driving around town, errands, friends houses, even to the mall…And that is very eco-chic.

Ok so here’s the bonus: Murray is so super quiet, you don’t even know that he is running….Love that….As Jen said to me as we got into the car, “Imagine if all cars were this quiet, how that would change the energy of the planet.” I hear you baby and it’s very healing…

Murray, we name you honorary citizen of Planetpinkngreen. Jen, I love and adore you!

For more on the electric car, visit Ecomotion.

Yes, that’s me while filming a vlog episode at EWF Modern….Watch it right here next Wednesday March 5th, bright and early…

Such decadence…It’s not every day that a girl such as myself gets to truly indulge her Highness “ness” in such a fabulously eco-chic modern furniture showroom like Portland’s EWF Modern…while promoting some serious sustainability. It’s a planetpink girl’s dream come true.

Renee Russo (not the actress, but, yes the Goddess) owner and eco-connoisseur of EWF Modern has created one of my favorite shopping destinations in Portland. I’m not alone in this. Many of my friends, admit to feeling week in the knees while perusing the store….Those faint of heart, beware… Oh my…

Renee and I admiring this gorgeous glass chandelier which by the way is now hanging in my dining room…I couldn’t help myself. My friend Linda and I just stared at it for hours….

The store is located in the fabulous Pearl section of town (very Greenwich Village) at 1122 NW Glisan.

We will aire the vlog episode in all of her glory next Wednesday, March 5th, right here.

Calling on all citizens of Planetpinkngreen to mark your calendars….

 

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Join eco-savvy designer Cheryl Janis — founder and editor-in-chief of PlanetPinknGreen on a visit to chic-boutique Ten Thousand Villages–where beautiful and fairly traded home furnishings live in perfect harmony. Get ready to fall in love..

Ok, one of my favorite anti-war groups, CodePink, ran a Valentine’s Day campaign this year ‘08 in major cities called, “Don’t Enlist, Stay and Kiss, That Way Everyone Makes Out.”

Anyway, I just saw this video posted on U-tube and had to share it with you…And yeah, I’m not a total Bob Dylan fan but I do love this song and believe he is a true poet.

Watch it and love it!

May we all kiss for peace and spread the love…Honoring all you peacemakers out there.

Happy Tuesday!

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Meeting people on the bus can be totally eco-fabulous and save precious resources in the process…

Ok, so I saw this story on Treehugger this morning and it put the biggest smile on my face. How eco-adorable is this? Read on…

“Bus-riding is for lovers. So proved Amanda Hodson and Brendan Miles, who were both taking the bus one fateful day in Calgary about five years ago. Amanda, who got on first, was riding with her friends when they bet her $40 to kiss the next person who hopped aboard. That person was Brendan, and she won the bet.

“I walked on the bus, she walked up to me and all of a sudden she was kissing me,” Brendan said. “And I just said, ‘this is great!’, and so I kissed her back.” She offered some of her winnings to take him to coffee, which led to more dates and, finally, a wedding last week. Of course, their wedding pictures were taken in a bus. Just something to keep in mind the next time you consider climbing behind the wheel (alone) of your car; maybe not as conventional as Green Singles or the like, but equally effective, for sure. The happy couple have certainly embraced the ideals of our How to Green Your Public Transportation and How to Green Your Wedding guides; we’ll now refer them to How to Green Your Sex Life and wish them all the best. Next stop: honeymoon”

So next time you think about getting in your car, consider the bus. It may be your destiny…

I’m loving this….Happy Monday!

This gorgeous eco-beauty is a holiday home perched atop a Spanish cliff…

Ooohhh beauty Divine. Imagine your vacation home here overlooking the blue sea in Spain and totally designed green. Ok, so let’s visualize….

Located in Cantabria, Spain (that’s in the gorgeous Northern part of the country)…and designed by Madrid-based Nolaster Architects, Casa OS, this home integrates green building techniques to create high-end, low-impact accommodation. Source: Inhabitat

Daytime view….Imagine the view from inside this baby…

Ok, so here are some of the green details…

“The front of the home looks out over the sea with the back end supported by stilts over a cavern in a dug-out hill. Combining this wind protection with insulating grass roof means that temperature is much easier and less energy-intensive to control and the building’s visual impact is much less imposing. Other features include an inner yard to provide an open space protected from wind and rainwater collection for reuse fushing toilets and watering the roof and garden in summer.”

Love the aesthetics. Very Euro-modern but peaceful….

One last photo:

Is that the most perfect spot for a picnic?…and some snuggling with a good book…Yes, sign me up…By the way, this is their grass roof…I’m loving this….

This is seriously like one of those guilt free pleasures in life, knowing that we can be eco-glam while living in harmony with the planet.

Estoy enamorada….(I’m in love..) Vamos? That’s Spanish for let’s go?