This episode features Shane Endicott, Founder and C.E.O. of Our United Villages, the organization that runs Portland's environmentally sound The Rebuilding Center.\nThe Rebuilding Center recycles used building and remodeling materials\n(everything from a door knob to the kitchen sink to church pews to\nsiding) by re-selling them to builders for up to 90 percent less than market value.
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The show is guest-hosted by intern Alicia "Lish" Ng, who is leaving\nthe Portland Idealist office for graduate school at the the London\nSchool of Oriental and African Studies.\xa0 Lish and Shane talk about the value of having such a innovative resource in\nthe community, his early years, what it means to be a community leader,\nand how The Rebuilding Center will benefit the community as greening\nbecomes ever more mainstream.
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Lish, we thank you so much for your sound editing on this year's
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