Boulderganic
With new carbon farming project, Boulder County could become massive greenhouse...
The education room of the Boulder County Recycling Center filled up quickly for the Research Conservation Advisory Board meeting. People trickled in, shaking the...
Breakthrough in magnesium processing could revolutionize the auto industry
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a more efficient spin on an old method of processing magnesium, and it could have...
A road too far
The November election presents plenty of hot-button issues. But amid the fuss about the economy and health care and other social issues, questions of how to handle our public lands and how to protect our environment also hang in the balance...
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...
Just an icefield
The air was thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit, and wind swept across the mountains at thirty miles per hour. A thin layer of snow covered the...
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...
Bacteria bricks
Concrete is by far the most utilized building material around the world. But it’s also responsible for 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, according...
Palm oil is the worst—could old bread be the solution?
The beignets, eclairs and tartelettes at Ludovic Gerboin’s bakery in the small village of Moosinning, Germany, glow in vibrant shades of red, blue, green...
In Wyoming, fences are coming down to make way for wildlife
Article originally published in National Geographic.
On a warm July morning, roughly two dozen volunteers gathered at a ranch outside Cody, Wyoming, carrying wire...
Permaculture puts humans in nature’s scale
Permaculture is one of the greenest buzzwords in sustainable living these days. It’s about land design, urban or rural, that mimics nature’s patterns of achieving environmental balance...
Colorado forests, they are a-changin’
The heat of climate change has been felt with intensity here in Colorado. This summer, fires like the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs and Boulder’s Flagstaff Fire ravaged the state. According to Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) fellow Tim ...
Rivers in wintry cities remain salty year-round
As winter sets in across the northern United States, the road salt that keeps people out of ditches is flowing into rivers at levels that could harm fish and other creatures...
