Boulderganic
Spring is here
Spring in Colorado comes with melting snow, precipitation and rushing stormwater. But impermeable surfaces like driveways, sidewalks and streets prevent the runoff from soaking...
Putting your money where your meal is
Many people in Boulder already invest in the development of the local food economy by participating in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, frequenting the Farmers’ Market and shopping at grocers that carry goods, produce, meat and dairy that are produced ...
Bank of the West and Doconomy partner to offer first-of-its-kind carbon...
"We don’t have a jacket,” Mathias Wikström’s boss told him several years ago at his previous job at the Finnish Bank of Åland, headquartered...
Conserving water, energy and food on campus
Trayless dining in university dining halls: a simple idea, but one with few case studies and fewer reliable metrics...
Eco-briefs | Bag fees not just for airlines anymore
In an effort to reduce the amount of paper and plastic bags used in the city, Boulder City Council approved an ordinance that requires shoppers to pay a 10-cent fee for each paper and plastic bag they use at the grocery store. The fee includes paper and plastic bags ...
Wheels, willpower and Way to Go
Twenty-five regional companies are competing to be this year’s first annual Go-Tober smart-commuting winners. At stake: cleaner air, happier employees and $10,000 in congratulatory advertising for the top three companies...
Refill revolution
Taking care of our bodies results in an exorbitant amount of trash. Hand soap, lotion, deodorant, body wash, sunscreen, shampoo and conditioner are just...
Vulture lookout
They can be kind of disgusting,” Wildlife Ecologist at City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Heather Swanson says with a laugh, before admitting, “I like them. They are cool...
A batty battle
Near dark iron gates that cover cave openings in the Flatirons, a sign explains that the caves have been closed because white-nose syndrome has already killed more than 5 million bats. Local author and cave expert Richard Rhinehart informed the City of Boulder’s Open...
Curing cancer; Plant diversity decreasing
Cell division research could stop cancer
According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each...
Stirring the dust at Rocky Flats
When the 23-year-old Joe Daniel was assigned to cover the Rocky Flats protests in 1978 as a reporter and photojournalist for the Colorado Daily, he didn’t realize the story he was sitting on. He couldn’t foresee that a one-day protest would turn into an anti-nuclear-...
