Clean sweep

GL2012 GreenIdeas CleanSweep01Pick up a broom and be swept off your feet. Feel the love that goes into each of these handcrafted brooms made in Eugene with sustainably harvested wood and natural broomcorn fiber.

Lifestyle: Erika Polmar

 GL2012 ErikaPolmarThe founder of one of Oregon’s most enduring farm-dinner series celebrates 10 years of giving and receiving from the land.

Digital design

GL2012 GreenIdeas DigitalDesign03Matt Kennedy produces ceramics using unique digital tools under his Portland studio Port Rhombus Design.

Good wood

GL2012 GreenIdeas GoodWood01When Portland artist and designer David Laubenthal of DJL Studio would drive to his workshop, he would often notice wood pallets dumped on the curb. He began to collect them.