Boulderganic
Hurdles of hemp plastic
The current demand for eco-solutions to modern waste issues has generated a swell of green business opportunities.
Companies like The Hemp Plastic Company (THCP) in...
Big cats in Boulder
It’s easy to forget that there are mountain lions lurking in Boulder’s backyard, in the hills just beyond the city. That is, until there’s...
The new bison deal
The City of Denver has maintained two herds of genetically pure bison, descendant from the last wild bison in North America, in Genesee and...
What’s the greenest way to heat your home?
Every winter since 2011, when Ross Williamson bought his south Boulder home, he’s struggled to keep warm.
“I couldn’t get it above 65 in here,...
Is water Colorado’s earthship-limiting factor?
Earthships aiming to land in Colorado pour on a slew of questions about rights to the rain. Permaculture-minded and rather postmodern, the gridfree homes are designed to catch rainwater for consumptive, gray water and black water use. But in most parts of the state, ...
Requiem for a digester
Neat rows of tanks, each with a capacity of 1.7 million gallons, tower above the plains. Three lagoons border the site to the west...
Gardens of the Sun
Among the rolling hills and sprawling neighborhoods of south Fort Collins, a new solar energy installation will not only provide renewable energy, but also...
Wolves return to Estes Park (for the weekend)
After a massive wolf eradication effort in the United States, the last remaining wolf in Colorado was killed in 1930. But for decades since,...
Just an icefield
The air was thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit, and wind swept across the mountains at thirty miles per hour. A thin layer of snow covered the...
2016 could be the year for industrial hemp
In 2015 U.S. consumers bought over $500 million in hemp products, buying everything from food, cosmetics, fabrics and paper to construction material, insulation and...
Plastic roads?
At the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus, there is a 250-foot stretch of road that’s unlike any other in the U.S. It’s...