How do leaders become leaders? By attracting or creating followers. (As Steve Balzac likes to say, “A leader without followers is just a guy taking a walk.”) How can you reliably build a following? You do it by being a follower — by following a set of values, and modeling followership to others.
The Oregon Senate voted unanimously to ask Congress to renew federal aid to the state’s timber-dependent communities.
Roseburg Forest Products says it plans to lay off over 200 employees from three Oregon plants.
Standing Stone Brewing Company wants to run its own humane livestock operation as part of the business’ efforts to be sustainable.
Bonneville Power Administration officials turned wind turbines off to focus on water power for five hours, to compensate for high river levels.
Since Clackamas County voters shot down a $5 annual motor vehicle registration fee, Multnomah County commissioners are forced to look for new options to replace the Sellwood Bridge.
Editor Robin Doussard muses on green portals and regional economies as we finally head into summer.
This month’s Input asked readers about their organization’s green practices.
Leatherman is the only manufacturer of foldable, all-in-one multi-tools to build all of those products in the U.S. Its CEO plans to keep it that way.
When the Sendai quake and tsunami hit last March, many Japanese residents took refuge in “vertical evacuation structures,” reinforced concrete buildings that were strong enough — and tall enough — to withstand the force of the waves. Now officials in Cannon Beach aim to build a similar tsunami-resistant structure — the first in the United States.