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The small footprints of craft brewing
Brewing beer has the potential to be pretty wasteful. Without mindfulness in brewing practices, it would be easy to cause harm to our environment. Although most beer is brewed with natural ingredients (water, malt, hops and yeast), it is not naturally occurring. The ...
Personal healing and preservation: An herbalist’s manifesto
Boulder herbalists aren’t doctors, and they don’t claim to be. Their mission is to listen to people and to educate them on options — on centuries-old remedies...
Best of Boulder 2022 — Retail
LIQUOR STORE
HAZEL’S BEVERAGE WORLD
1955 28th St., Boulder, 303-447-1955
Silver: Boulder Wine Merchant
Bronze: North Boulder Liquor
Whether you’re drinking casually at home, hosting a holiday party, getting...
The pros and cons of industrial-scale solar
It’s an undeniably gruesome image: A bird soars over the Mojave desert, and suddenly, revoltingly, catches fire, streaks momentarily like a small meteor, and then seems to disappear, leaving only smoke. Seen from afar, some are calling them “streamers...
The plentiful bounty of fall
The evenings are getting cooler, the aspens are beginning to dapple the mountains in vibrant yellow and equally yellow buses carry students to a new school year — fall is here...
Hate your bank?
Banks have been in the news a lot since the Wall Street meltdown of...
Critter Classifieds: Jan. 12, 2023
Longmont Humane Society, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, longmonthumane.org
Critter Classifieds is a column where you can meet furry, feathered and four-legged friends who need your...
The buzz about bees
During summer, Boulder resident Julie FinleyRidinger is busy. Her vegetable, fruit and flower gardens are overflowing, and she awaits honey from her 14 bee colonies...
2012 Student Guide | Tasting the local restaurant scene
A new school means new people, a new home and a lot of new restaurants to choose from. While eating at a new restaurant isn’t the most heart-pounding exploration, it’s an adventure that can be taken every day. Here’s a guide to help you get started exploring the vast...
Community involvement comes naturally in planning green spaces
Just when you thought Boulder couldn’t get any greener, Boulder Parks and Recreation is planning to do just that...
Learning to live with beetles
For the 10th year in a row, the spruce beetle is Colorado’s most deadly forest pest, but forest managers can slow their spread
