Boulderganic
In the name of freedom
Carol Walker of Longmont can tell a wild horse by the look in its eyes, an expression of the untamed vastness of the once wild West. For Walker, the author of Galloping to Freedom, a photographic documentation of the plight of wild horses in Wyoming, there is a sense...
Unsubstantiated organic health claims
It´s been almost a year since USA Today broke the story of yogurt giant Dannon’s overzealous marketing of its product as a miracle health food. The makers of Activia and DanActive yogurt had to pay a whopping $21 million fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC...
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 ...
Interview: Pete McBride, director of ‘Water Tower’
National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, known in his...
20 years behind Europe
The increasing demands for clean energy, along with concerns over waste management, decreasing land space, the environmental impact of pathogens and the growing use of compost have sparked interest in the application of anaerobic digestion (AD...
How to save the economy and climate together
The warnings are stark. With the COVID-19 crisis wreaking global havoc and the overheating atmosphere threatening far worse in the long term, especially if...
Questions remain with Denver’s new Green Roof Initiative
Denver’s skyline is picturesque, with downtown buildings framed by snowcapped mountains and sunny skies. But a measure that went into effect Jan. 1 requiring...
Colorado grappling with greenhouse gas inventory
Tallying up greenhouse gas emissions may not be quite as easy as counting your fingers and toes, but it’s a necessary step toward taming the global warming beast, according to experts who have been working hard to complete an updated greenhouse inventory for Colorado...
One community at a time
Like an increasing number of parents these days, Harriet Shugarman, mother of two, often worries not only about how climate change will affect us...
Of mountains and molecules
Arlene Blum, Ph.D., has crossed mountains and conquered mountainous obstacles...
