Boulderganic

Can the state water plan bridge the gap?

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When Colorado’s earth cracked open in the great drought of 2002, it may have also cracked open a new corner of consciousness about the finite nature of the state’s water supplies. Spurred by the drought, Gov. Bill Owens and Department of Natural Resources chief Russ ...

eco-briefs

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AIR POLLUTION 101...

El Nino and the Colorado; India’s solar program

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Colorado River below average despite strong El Nino Water levels and rainfall for the Colorado River basin were below-average in January and February, and will...

4-H: It’s not just for farm kids anymore

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Although most of my life was spent in a California valley where the term “agribusiness” was coined, I didn’t live on a farm and I assumed that the 4-H organization was only for kids who did...

Heating up alternative energy

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Colorado is primed to be powered by solar thermal energy, but one big challenge stands in the way: No one seems to know about it...

ONE WOMAN, ONE FARM

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Audrey Levatino is a self-sufficient farmer — she has to be since, she runs it singlehandedly. So when it came to using a chainsaw, she knew she had to overcome her trepidation...

Solar thermal offers alternative to natural gas

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You might call it “the other solar power” — the kind that won’t be affected no matter what happens with Xcel Energy’s debated rebates for photovoltaic panels...

Homegrown and recycled

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There`s something special about innovative products made of recycled materials that are created by people challenged to turn their eco-convictions into a business. Especially when those products are Colorado-produced goods, because that kind of industry supports...

In the name of freedom

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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...

Global warming meltdown in the Rockies?

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Anyone who tackles a tough summit like Tenmile Peak, above Frisco, probably is already tuned in to the risks of the high alpine zone — rockfall, changeable weather, equipment failure. But a snowboarder who was injured in a May 2010 avalanche on the peak may add a new...

Local author personalizes sustainability

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From the outside looking in, there is a lot to learn from centenarians, people who live to be one hundred years old or older....

eco-briefs

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EXXON VALDEZ RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUED COLLAPSE OF ALASKAN FISHERIES, STUDY SUGGESTS...