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2012 Student Guide | Women´s tennis
FRI, JAN 18-SUN, JAN 20—Long Beach State Invitational at Long Beach, Calif. All day, no team score...
Power use and marijuana: Where the grass isn’t greener
Indoor marijuana grow operations aren’t as green as the weed they produce. According to data from Xcel Energy and estimates from those familiar with indoor growing, a single light used to grow 16 square feet of pot consumes about half as much energy as the average ...
A new shock to an old system
The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado is located in the world’s first LEED certified historic building, but the nonprofit isn’t stopping there — the century-old building will soon convert their electricity system from pure alternating current (AC) to also include...
Digging in to organic gardening
Ask four experts about how to make a garden grow, and you’ll get four different pieces of advice. What the experts have to say about cultivating healthy soil and when and where to water varies, but then, so do backyards. Familiarize yourself first with the term “...
Food, and food for thought
This time of year, a lot of people are spending time thinking about what they’re going to eat. They’re planning and planting gardens that will yield produce all summer long, providing directives on whether it’s a week for salads, or one for zucchini bread, BLTs or ...
Getting the most out of local flavor
The French concept of terroir is generally taken to mean a...
Playing hurt
A few years back, I broke my left thumb during an ultimate Frisbee game. Four days later, I broke my right thumb playing volleyball. Ever try turning a key in a lock without your thumbs? I genuinely felt less evolved with my opposable digits temporarily out of ...
Postscript
Covid – year two. I no longer live within myformer parameters.Sleep comes in waves per night as does dream.
Some days the sun sings I’m...
National parks push for sustainable food services
New federal rules will encourage use of local meats, produce and dairy...
We’ve all got to go some how, so why not go...
Religion and tradition aside, the idea of my fully dressed dead body spending eternity in a sealed wood-and-metal box lined with fabric has always...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do . . .
EVENTS
Celebrating Community: Art + Science + Action Partnerships. 5 p.m. Thursday, November 4, Arbor Institute, 1708 13th Street, Boulder
The six projects featured in this...
Intelligent irrigation: using less water for lawns and gardens in Boulder
Despite recent storms in the mountains, snowpack around Colorado is still below average, raising the possibility that watering restrictions will force local homeowners and gardeners to pay more attention to irrigating intelligently...
