en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Solutions headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Often when food prices increase, the first items that grocery shoppers leave out of their carts are the healthful foods, fruits, vegetables, fish and lean meats, says Adam Drewnoski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington in Seattle. People can use these difficult times to their nutritional advantage though by buying locally grown produce, growing some of their own food or brushing up on their cooking skills. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-07-food-prices_N.htm Economy Food & Farms Human Health Solutions United States Washington 07/08/2008 USA Today While growth can be a burden to neighborhoods where plans are outdated or inadequate, it is also a chance to create a vibrant, livable urban environment. The challenge for all neighborhoods is to address the growth that is coming, and make certain it brings benefits to the community. Good transit service is a key component in ensuring thriving, livable neighborhoods. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008038020_fuseop08.html Environment Population Solutions Sustainable Living Washington 07/08/2008 Seattle Times With gasoline hurtling past $4 a gallon, Sacramento has become one of the nation's most-watched experiments in whether urban planning can help solve everything from high fuel prices to the housing bust to global warming. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538754733231043.html?mod=residential_real_estate Environment Solutions Sprawl & Transportation California 07/07/2008 Wall Street Journal There will always be someone who will tell you climate change is someone else's problem to solve. But we all know that isn't true. We are all part of the problem, we must all be part of the solution. But if we mean it, it means taking action now. That's what we have done. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/archives/story.html?id=372831ca-67de-4361-934b-09fb4160765d&p=2 Climate Environment Solutions British Columbia Canada 07/05/2008 Vancouver Sun People will not cut their emissions unless their basic needs are met. The expansion of low-carbon economic development opportunities should become the top priority for all economic development agencies, and entrepreneurs. Reduce emissions, prepare for climate change, educate everyone, and grow sustainable industries. These are the pathways to the future. http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=121550&sid=5&fid=2 Climate Environment Solutions Oregon 07/07/2008 Eugene Register Guard British Columbia has signed up four U.S. states for its Pacific Coast Collaborative initiative. The group, which also includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, will focus on clean energy, regional transportation, research and development, a sustainable economy and emergency management. Most parties to the new collaboration are also core members of the Western Climate Initiative. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080702.BCPACIFIC02/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/ Energy Environment Policy Solutions Sustainable Living Alaska British Columbia California Canada Oregon US Northwest Washington 07/02/2008 Toronto Globe and Mail British Columbia has partnered with four U.S. states in the Pacific Coast Collaborative, an agreement to co-operate on green strategies along the West Coast. Premier Gordon Campbell announced the project on the second day of the annual Western Governors' Association conference, held this year in Jackson Hole, Wyo. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/07/01/bc-us-green-strageties.html Environment Green Business Policy Solutions Sustainable Living British Columbia Canada US Northwest 07/02/2008 CBC BC Woodland Creek water quality and the salmon that spawn there should benefit from a just-completed stormwater-treatment system installed on the Saint Martin's University campus. The three stormwater ponds carved out of a tree-lined meadow just northwest of Old Main are a joint project between the city of Lacey and Saint Martin’s Abbey. http://www.theolympian.com/environment/story/491378.html Environment Pollution & Toxics Solutions Washington 07/02/2008 Olympia Olympian Washington's prisons are making some changes in an effort to both trim costs for taxpayers and be kinder to the environment. In the last four years, the state's 15 prisons have sent 23 percent less waste to dumps, used 18 percent less vehicle fuel and increased recycling by 40 percent, according to state officials. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_PRISON_CONSERVATION_WAOL-?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Environment Solutions Washington 07/01/2008 AP