HOTLIPS has done a lot with the money you spent there almost 6 months ago (and they did so quite a while ago). These are just a few of the bigger changes they’ve made:

1. Replacing the bay door in their commissary (which is behind their Hawthorne location, where the event was held). The old bay door was very inefficient at holding in heat and allowed a draft.
2. Installing a variable speed control on the heating system, so the fans circulating air won’t run any faster than they’re needed.
3. Adding a coil to the main oven that uses the oven’s heat to heat their water.

It’s quite impressive how much they were able to do with our money (considering a lot of the big things they’d already done, being a company that cares about the environment).

For now, we’re on hiatus, since a lot of the people involved in Carrotmob Portland went off to college in different parts of the country. If you’d like to take up the mantle and carry on the Carrotmob Portland tradition, please email me! I’ll give you what tips I can and connect you with a few people still in P-town who might want to help out. carrotmobpdx at gmail dot com

EDIT: To motivate you to start another Carrotmob, I uploaded a bunch of pictures from the event. You can find them all on my Carrotmob Flickr set.

Here are a few of the better pictures:

Tim

If you missed out on Carrotmob at HOTLIPS Pizza yesterday, here’s a brief overview:

WE MADE $6316, AND ALL OF IT IS GOING TO MAKE THE STORE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT!

Consider that on an average Sunday, they make about $2000-2500. Sundays are normally slow, and most of the business comes in the evening. At 3 or 4 in the afternoon, the employees were saying that they had about four times the business they ordinarily have by that time.

This is what HOTLIPS will try to do with the money:
Install a new gasket for the door to the commissary
Seal the envelope between the commissary and the prep kitchen
Install an additional copper loop in the front oven at the Hawthorne location
Install a copper loop for the 33rd and Killingsworth location
Install motion sensors for lights
Install variable speed controls for exhaust and ventilation system

More coming soon…

In case you need a reason beyond pizza, energy efficiency, and entertainment to come to HOTLIPS on the 21st, HOTLIPS already does a lot of sustainable and socially-responsible things. They’ve been recycling and composting almost everything for a long time. They buy almost all of their ingredients locally. It seems like just about every other charitable event or cause is sponsored by them.

Also, HOTLIPS Soda will be sold for only $30 a case! That’s $10 less than usual. It’s definitely worth it to get a whole case of local, real fruit soda while helping the environment for a discount.

Check out our coverage in the Oregonian’s PDX Green blog, too, by the way.

1. The Glyptodons
2. The Central Catholic Jazz Band
3. The Angry Orts
4. Hey Lover
5. Ben Ballinger

The event is all ready to go. We’re very excited! Spread the word! The event is at HOTLIPS Pizza on Hawthorne from 11 AM to 7 PM.

Remember: 100% of the revenue from this event goes directly to making the store more energy efficient. (Compare that to the 22% the San Francisco Carrotmob got!) We can make a huge impact simply by buying delicious pizza.

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Download it! Print it! Post it! Have a party with it!

We also made tiny fliers that you can print out in 8.5″x11″ and cut up into four pieces. It’s more-or-less the same as the big one… but tiny to save paper. Download it and pass it out!

It will be updated in not too long with the details of the bands and booths who will sign up, hopefully.

See you Father’s Day!

Based on the enthusiasm of other pizza stores, too, we want to hold another event later in the summer if this first one works out. Portland has always had a reputation of loving the environment. No city in the US has had multiple Carrotmobs yet (as far as I know). There is a lot that has to go right, but Portland could be the first one to do so.

Keep on mobbing!

Keep on the lookout, though, for a Carrotmob within the next month! We’re really excited. In the meantime, join the mailing list (to the right), join the Facebook group, or follow our Twitter.

Also, Food Front on NW 23rd and Thurman is, on its own, using all its profits on April 25th, the Saturday after Earth Day, for energy efficiency improvements. Go support them!

Thanks for working with us, Alberta Coop and People’s! Sorry it didn’t work out.

We’ll be back on the hunt for good stores to Carrotmob soon!

Be at Carrotmob April 25th! More details (such as the date and the percentage put towards environmental improvements) will come soon. For now, spread the word!