Though Portland has earned a reputation as a green
city, with its well-publicized parks, organic markets and
light-rail lines, even savvy locals find it challenging to connect
the city’s disparate venues. The search just got easier with the
Portland Green Map, a map with 800 resources and points of interest
for Portlanders who lean green.
The map covers
everything from fair-trade coffee shops to ecologically responsible
schools, and highlights places to avoid – like the city’s four
Superfund sites. “It’s a different approach to the issue of
sustainability,” says Jason King, a Portland landscape designer who
spearheaded the mapping effort. Portland’s Green Map is one of over
70 worldwide. Another 175 are in the works, including spreads of
Seattle and the Oregon communities, Forest Grove and
Sherwood.
To get a copy of the Portland Green
Map, visit www.portlandgreenmap.org.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Putting green Portland on the map.
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