Boulderganic
Slowing the flow
Lavender and lilacs — what Alice Hartman dreams of planting in her backyard next spring. Lavender, fresh and soothing; lilacs, ornamental and sweet-smelling. The...
eco-briefs
Katharine Hayhoe is an anomaly in the science world. She is an atmospheric scientist who studies climate change and its effect on humans and the natural environment, and she is also a conservative Christian. Hayhoe is coming to Boulder on a campaign to bridge the gap...
Burning down current wildfire management
The message behind the results of new wildfire research is clear: It’s time for a new approach to managing wildfire in the West...
Geo-engineering can stop global warming, at least in theory
Climate scientists now know that geo-engineering — in principle at least — would halt global warming and keep the world at the temperatures it...
Bill McKibben leads divestment campaign to Boulder
Three figures were all author and environmental activist Bill McKibben needed to fuel his national roadshow. Do the Math, put together by McKibben, president and co-founder of 350.org, will follow up on McKibben’s breakthrough Rolling Stone article “Global Warming’s ...
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...
New Colorado wilderness held hostage in partisan congressional gridlock
After the budget battles of the last few years, it’s clear that Congress is fiscally dysfunctional, but our elected lawmakers also face challenges in other areas — including finding the political will to support public land preservation bills that have local ...
From seed to harvest
It’s late April and Polly Ruff pulls a few weeds growing from the outside edge of her raised bed at Living Harvest Garden. The 30 plots surrounding her are in various stages of preparation for the first season of this freshly minted community garden...
Developer dips in wetlands
A Boulder-based developer building a new shopping center in Frisco — to be anchored by a Whole Foods grocery store — has run afoul of federal regulators with unauthorized construction in a wetlands area...
A CLIMATE JUSTICE REACTION TO THE COP21 AGREEMENT
What is the most important thing you’ve done in your life? Be a good parent to your kids? Adopt an abused animal? Be a teacher...
