Boulderganic
A reason to act
Human activity has a long-established negative ripple effect across the globe, impacting plant, animal and marine health on devastating levels and stripping the planet...
A passive house takes an active stand for the environment
About an hour’s drive north from Boulder’s city center, a small cabin-like structure sits nestled tightly between three healthy Ponderosa pines. Its south face,...
A green city works to save a blue planet
While Boulder will always be better known for its mountains...
Meet the recycling queen
Marjie Griek came to Colorado for the first time when she was 15 years old. It was the ’70s, and the recycling movement in...
First Nations Families Exposed to Industrial Chemicals
Mothers and children of a First Nations tribe living in one of Canada’s most industrialized regions are highly exposed to estrogen-blocking chemicals, according to a new study...
Last minute thrift
At this point in the holiday season you may have more green intentions than green in your wallet, but if you still need to pick up some last-minute gifts, consider a quick expedition to some of Boulder County’s “resale retail” shops...
Media coverage misleading on Stanford’s organic vs. conventional food study
If you only read the national newspaper headlines or caught the discussion on the Today Show or its other morning peers, you probably came away with the impression that a new Stanford University study released on Tuesday concluded that there are no health benefits to...
We’re all gonna die
If you’re keeping track at home, the current administration’s list of budget priorities ranks “the president playing golf” a few small light years ahead...
Powering Puerto Rico with solar microgrids
During the weeks following Hurricane Maria, the category 4 storm that wiped out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, dozens of messages flooded the email server...
Saving bees in trees
On a gray January morning, Chad Street stands in the dry Allen Ditch along 88th Street in front of what will soon become the...
Report criticizes EPA oversight of injection wells
Federal environment officials have failed to adequately oversee hundreds of thousands of wells used to inject toxic oil and gas drilling waste deep underground, according to a new congressional report...
