Boulderganic
A picture worth a couple thousand dollars
Just as farmers in the past traded their plows for tractors, today’s farmers are trading old methods for new. With the advent of modern technology, fresh possibilities have grown. The newest method is called precision agriculture and it uses drones...
Seize the day
This Saturday, May 20 marks the first-ever Colorado Public Lands Day, a holiday created as a non-political celebration of public lands, but whose meaning...
Banning uranium mining; Dropping grid-use fee
Colorado rally adds to voices calling to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon
On Aug. 23 in Fort Collins, environmentalists from Environment Colorado joined...
Eco-briefs | Boulder engineer competing for grant to jumpstart water reserve...
There are only five finalists left from a field of thousands of competitors in the GQ and Ketel One “A Gentleman’s Call” competition, which is handing out $100,000 to the winning business concept. Tom Rachlin, a 27-year-old engineer from Boulder, is one of the ...
U.N. calls lethal Brazil dam burst a crime
The latest Brazil dam burst happened on Jan. 26 in the town of Brumadinho in the central state of Minas Gerais, less than a...
‘Knee Deep’ chronicles community after Boulder flood
When filmmaker Aly Nicklas watched the rising waters of the Boulder flood in 2013 wash away the homes of her friends, she needed to...
What power poets hold
"I was noticing recently how loud the birds are,” says local poet Samantha Albala. “And I don’t know if that means that there are just...
Not so fast, EPA
Amid mounting criticism against a proposed copper mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, a group of independent environmental scientists are crying foul at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessment of the prospective project...
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...
Never more important, never so dangerous
“It’s difficult to reconcile yourself to the fact it may be your last day, your last moment, you know? But my spirits are up...
First Nations Families Exposed to Industrial Chemicals
Mothers and children of a First Nations tribe living in one of Canada’s most industrialized regions are highly exposed to estrogen-blocking chemicals, according to a new study...
