Boulderganic

Growing tasteful turf

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When it came to his own backyard, Coulter Lewis went back to an old mantra: You have to meet people where they are, not...

Eco-briefs | Coffee production could be shaken by climate change

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The world’s most consumed coffee species, Arabica, could be pushed to extinction in the wild in 70 years by the hand of climate change, according to a new study...

Local farm loses the battle against local government

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After years of fighting Boulder County land use codes and regulations, Zia Parker is selling her farm and moving with her husband to Ecuador in hopes that running a permaculture farm will encounter fewer obstacles in the South American country...

Under pressure

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Fracking has no “widespread, systematic” impacts on drinking water, according to a draft of an Environmental Protection Agency study released June 4, but industry influence on the study invites skepticism...

Climate talks take a rocky road to Paris

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A deal struck in Lima between 196 nations on Dec. 14 leaves open the possibility of saving the planet from dangerous overheating. But its critics say the prospects of success are now slim...

Beware the brutality of the averted gaze

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For a successful investigative author, it’s tough to sell a book of stories about Denver’s urban food scene to a publisher...

Hurdles of hemp plastic

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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...

Slowing the flow

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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

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COLORADO RANKS EIGHTH NATIONWIDE FOR SOLAR CAPACITY...

Conservation through conversation

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Environmental documentary films have the power to raise awareness about some of the most pressing issues facing our planet. But, awareness isn’t the same...

How forest management prevented the NCAR fire from being more destructive

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Wind gusts blew up to 50 miles an hour the day the foothills near NCAR caught fire. Just a quarter-mile away from the flames...

CU researchers propose an orbital-use tax to help clean up space

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At any given point in time there are hundreds of thousands of particles of debris — approximately 6,000 tons — circulating the planet in...