Boulderganic
The long shadow of a decade of loose enforcement
Pennsylvania and Colorado may be a nation apart, but they’re side-by-side when it comes to having recently seen explosive increases in oil and gas development, specifically through the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale formations that are often drilled ...
Boulder prepares for global work party
Work party” sounds like one of those deals where an afternoon of labor for a friend results in a few pizzas and beer...
Therapy and better eating
Boulder-area seniors are soon gaining another way to get involved with the community, eat better and improve their quality of life: taking organic gardening classes...
Bike share pedals into Boulder
A city that has more than 300 miles of bikeways is a cyclist’s dream. Now the bike-friendly city of Boulder has decided to create a bike-share program that gets people out of their cars and on the seat of a bike. According to Marni Ratzel, bicycle/ pedestrian ...
Fire mitigation tangles with marketplace
Some 9,000 homes sit just west of Boulder city limits in Boulder County’s fire zone number one — the area most vulnerable to wildfire...
Hands-on help for gardening, beekeeping
Didn´t you resolve that this would be the year you’d finally give vegetable gardening a try, maybe even do a little beekeeping? Or maybe it’s your kids who have been campaigning for one of these projects...
Head in the cloud
In April, Greenpeace released a report showing that the United States led the world in electricity consumption in 2007, with 3,923 billion kilowatt hours (kwH). Following the U.S. are other industrialized countries; China is second, followed by Russia and Japan. The ...
Pitching ideas for a new planet
"I ask people what level of intimacy they’re interested in,” Chris Davies says...
Who’s heard of HERS?
Walk onto any car lot and you’ll find every vehicle’s fuel economy rating plastered to its window, just like you’ll see a yellow EnergyGuide tag on every large appliance in any department store. Whether for cars or fridges, these tags showcase simple numbers that ...
A green city works to save a blue planet
While Boulder will always be better known for its mountains...
