Boulderganic
Five years in two months’ time
The most challenging part about spending nine weeks traveling 6,400 miles on a catamaran may not be the sea sickness, but the boredom of...
Faith in going carbon free
For many people, religion offers a path to a better life. Mt. View United Methodist Church has developed a different kind of path that...
One millimeter at a time
Through a window in the Arts Longmont Gallery sits a garden. Lush with a variety of plants, the space is bright and full of...
No dry kibble here
It was nearly 20 years ago when Sandy Bosben walked into a Santa Fe, New Mexico, coffee shop for a cup of joe and...
The union of science and art
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is much more than a place for the most prestigious climate scientists in the world to work;...
A high-powered mom
Heather Bailey is Boulder’s new czar of municipalization, and she knows a thing or two about regulatory agencies and cities running their own electric utilities...
A quarter-century of environmental reporting and no end in sight
Boulder Weekly has always made environmental reporting a top priority. Looking back through our archives paints a striking picture of just how much has...
Traverse the great outdoors without leaving your seat
"You can’t be an outdoor enthusiast and not be a lover of nature. Or someone who is concerned about the environment,” Richard Paradise tells...
Opening doors
There’s a new set of doors cut into the side of the Eco-Cycle warehouse in Boulder, the region’s most comprehensive center for hard-to-recycle materials....
Buying local
Southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley is as rugged as it gets. It’s bordered by the Sangre de Cristo and the San Juan mountains; anywhere...
Drifting toward answers on lost crops
If you shop with any regularity at the Abbondanza stall at the farmers’ market, you might have noticed some gaps in their inventory this fall. Dried beans and winter squash are mostly what Shanan Olson, co-owner, says people have commented on missing. They ask why, ...
Innovating investments in soil
"Is the sky really falling this time? It has fallen before — after the Holocaust and Hiroshima, the assassination of JFK, RFK and MLK,...


















