Earth Day Oregon makes it easy to choose how to help.
Author: Nina Mehlhaf
Updated: 6:37 AM PDT April 20, 2021
PORTLAND, Oregon — It's KGW Sustainability Week, looking at ways we can all be a little greener and help the environment for Earth Day on Thursday.
Earth Day Oregon pairs up hundreds of local businesses to give a portion of their sales to sustainably minded nonprofits. They started doing this in 2019, and even through the pandemic, it's grown like crazy every Earth Week, raising a total of $160,000.
One of those businesses that's taking part is called Thunderpants USA.
"We're Portland's most comfortable underwear brand," said Celestial Sipes of Portland, owner of Thunderpants USA. "We have a wedgie-proof underwear that are made with organic fair trade cotton."