Ecotrust in the News
The Oregonian
December 12, 2008
By Abby Haight
Lincoln City crimps its carbon
Organic has become big business, so more shoppers wonder whether to just buy local
LINCOLN CITY — Mayor Lori Hollingsworth knows that this coastal community is a tiny player in the complex drama of global climate change.
But she is pushing to make Lincoln City the state's first to negate its greenhouse emissions, ahead of municipalities with greener profiles or more progressive personalities. From simple energy savings to a trail-blazing partnership with a carbon cooperative, the town is taking the lead among sustainable municipalities — in its own way.
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"Our vision is to transform the health of those coastal watersheds," says Bettina von Hagen, vice president of forestry programs for Ecotrust, which is working with the co-op. "Our forests, our west-side forests and particularly our coastal forests, store more carbon than most areas. To manage these only for fiber is to not manage them for their true and full value."
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Abby Haight: abbyhaight@news.oregonian.com
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