Boulderganic
Rooting for change
When Elizabeth Black was a kid growing up in Hawaii, she spent her days running without shoes between the banyan trees, sometimes as large...
A fitness tracker for the planet
For 26 years the Earth Guardians have been working to amplify the voices of the world’s youth in the environmental and social justice movements....
A not-so-grand experiment
With the passage of Senate Bill 19-181 at the Colorado State House this spring, Dana Bove from Front Range Nesting Bald Eagles (FRNBES) was...
Degrading biodegradable products
For compostable cups, plates, silverware and to-go containers to biodegrade in a way that reduces greenhouse gases, they must be disposed of in commercial composting facilities — a backyard pile won’t do the job. When those products get dumped in landfills, they ...
RYSE youth council takes action
On April 8, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin in Eugene, Oregon handed down a victory for young environmental activists. Twenty-one young people from across...
From beetle-kill pine to pellet stove fuel
It was sorrow that compelled Rosalie Bianco to act...
Light pollution; Fracking regs shut down
Night sky becomes light sky
A new map of the sky reveals that light pollution is so prevalent, most Americans can’t see the Milky...
Getting to ‘zero’
Despite initiatives aggressively geared toward making Boulder earn its green reputation, the new Universal Zero Waste Ordinance, which got universal approval during a first reading in front of the Boulder City Council on May 5, suggests the community may need an ...
Envelope, please
Fueled by federal grant dollars and powered by a team of advisors, the EnergySmart program is proving catalytic in the way it helps people take action after receiving an energy audit...
Too much of a good thing
Environmental legislation often masquerades under other banners...
Colorado tops the list for e-cigarette use among youth and the...
Out of 37 states, Colorado students rank at the top of the list for e-cigarette use.
That’s according to a 2018 Centers for Disease Control...
New ocean energy plan could worsen global warming
One of renewable energy’s more outspoken enthusiasts has delivered bad news for the prospects of developing ocean thermal energy. His prediction is that although the technology could work for a while, after about 50 years it could actually exacerbate long-term ...