Get ready Spokane: The South Perry Farmers Market begins tomorrow in the parking lot of The Shop, 924 S. Perry. It will run every Thursday from 3:00-7:00pm until October 28th in one of our favorite neighborhoods, the South Perry District.(Full disclosure: This blogger is on…
"Don't GO: BP Amoco. Don't GO: BP Amoco" (warning: a few cuss words from the crowd." That was the theme of our weekend on the road and why shouldn't it be. We grew up learning not to support Exxon for their culpability and lackluster response…
DTE is on the road this weekend, going out west. We’ll resume posting on Tuesday. A favorite read is the Jack Kerouac classic and we found this fitting quote in Scott Weiland’s review of John Leland’s Why Kerouac Matters: What matters about “On the Road”…
"We're doing damage as big as the Gulf oil spill every day, and there's no fixing it. Humanity has grown in power, wealth, and appetite to the point that there is no more margin of error anywhere. We're on a knife's edge, facing the very…
We post this image not to boast or stir up jealous emotions (especially those unfortunate folks who have never seen this sight), so we apologize if that's the outcome. But can you feel it ladies and gentlemen?! The summer musical festival season is upon us!…
Interested in seeing the oil spill in action with your own two eyes? Plus how much actual oil continues to leak all day long, then take a peek at:
Switch out the plastic for something less drastic.The below image comes from Erika Vela, a student at Eastern Washington University. Erika contacted us saying that she and some fellow classmates were working on a project on Plastic Bag awareness. The project, for her ITGS 400…
We're not scientists, or food experts, or gardening gurus - but we know what's good and we know what's bad. And this is what we know for sure: reducing the toxins we put in our body has worked well for us up to this point,…
That’s all you can say about the gusher in the gulf because walruses are mentioned in BP's response plan for the area. And of course, this mess stopped making sense a long time ago.Thanks to Grist for offering the seven dumbest things in the BP…
We continue our look at wind power with our second consecutive Tuesday Video focusing on our favorite form of alternative energy, wind power. Like last week's video, we look at a Boston-based company called First Wind. This week's installment focuses on the great state of…
DTE recently traveled to New York and walked through the madness of Times Square at 5pm. On the way there, near Madison Square Garden and Penn Station on the always busy 7th avenue, we captured a gigantic Carbon Counter billboard. The counter towers seventy feet…
Coming off Bike To Work Week, we’ll let Ezra Klein do the talking this morning.The debate over auto ownership is unfortunately moralistic when, in my experience, the realities of auto ownership are almost entirely decided by infrastructure. Left for LeDroit, an excellent blog covering my…
Not in a million years could we have known when we hatched an idea for a local environmental issues blog some three years ago that we'd be boasting about having a DTE representative reporting on-site from the worst oil spill in US history. That said,…
In case you haven't heard - tomorrow evening's Robert F Kennedy Jr event is postponed. Stay tuned to DTE for further details about a rescheduled date. In the meantime, now that your Thursday night is free, DTE is thinking about drowning our sorrows with a…
Where will you be this beautiful sunny afternoon? If you can, swing by the Millwood Farmers’ Market Opening Day, today May 19, from 3-7pm.
In news that ought to keep Mike Fagan and his minions chasing their tails for a bit, "the UN warned on Monday that 'massive' loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the…
Hopefully you've all had wonderful morning commutes the last two mornings. Monday's commute to start Bike to Work Week was easy thanks to the pancakes and coffee courtesy of Mountain Gear and The Roasthouse, And in case you left the Kick-Off breakfast early (work, what…
You never know what you'll get at the DTE inbox. Lindsey Campbell, the Account Coordinator at Captains of Industry, the communications firm for First Wind is pretty excited about wind energy. Here we get to see old timers in the sleepy town of Cohocton, New…
Hopefully one of these two scenarios are accurate: you're A) sitting in front of you computer at work tired yet happy that you rode your bike today AND you're in a bit of a sugar coma from the pancake feed this morning in Riverfront Park…
With this afternoon's Bicycle Education Fair (Riverfront Park 11-4, get down there!) officially kicking off Bike to Work Spokane, we couldn't think of a better video to get you prepared for your morning commute tomorrow. Enjoy!
Maybe it's been a while since you've visited the Main Market co-op grocery store downtown. Maybe it's been a while since you volunteered. Maybe you're in the mood to spend a little time getting to know fellow owners/members. Whatever the reason, you'll find an answer…
"What's important about Bobby Kennedy is that he challenges each of us to become personally invested in protecting our waterways,. It's our elbow grease and our willingness to fund and be part of projects like the Spokane Riverkeeper and the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper that…
Yes, there's still time to register...but do it NOW!In the meantime, check this video from Bike To Work Spokane that serves as an excellent overview of events and how you can get involved today.
“I was - enchanted—overwhelmed—with the beauty and grandeur of everything I saw. It lay just as nature had made it, with nothing to mar its virgin glory.” James Glover 1873, upon first seeing the Spokane River. Things are a bit different now with 7 dams…
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