Archive for January, 2010
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Copenhagen’s moment of truth
Friday, January 29th, 2010
On Sunday, we will learn if world leaders meant what they said when they agreed last month to act collectively to stabilize Earth’s overheating climate.
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Clean line of products from Martha Stewart
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Martha Stewart is coming clean, and she wants other housekeepers to do the same.
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Do your part: Green travel
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Planning a getaway? Now is a good time to lock in the dates and destination for any travel plans this year. But planning a vacation is not the time to forget how to lessen your impact on our planet. Deciding where to go, where to stay, how to get there, and what to bring all provide opportunities to make smarter choices.
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Coloradans are smoking less but eating more and it’s showing
Monday, January 25th, 2010
DENVER – Coloradans are like most Americans in that they have been smoking less over the last 15 years, which has resulted in longer life expectancy and improved quality of life. But a study recently published in the “New England Journal of Medicine” warns that those benefits could be wiped out by the growing obesity rate. Smoking rates are down 20 percent but obesity rates are up 48 percent – offsetting health gains made by reducing tobacco use.
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Can the Eastern U.S. get a fifth of its power from wind by 2024?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
LOS ANGELES — Major upgrades to the transmission infrastructure and a sizable chunk of cash from private investors and the government are necessary for the Midwest and East Coast to move to 20 percent wind power by 2024, according to a new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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2009 BOULDER GREEN LEADER AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The Boulder Green Building Guild (BGBG), a building trade organization focused on advancing the craft of sustainable building in Boulder County, has announced the 2009 Awards for the local green building community. The 500-plus-member organization awards local leaders who have shown exemplary performance in the field.
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Send money to Haitian orphanage via Olomomo
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Justin Perkins, founder of Boulder’s Olomomo Nut Company and contributor of Care2.com, is helping gather funds for his friend’s AIDS orphanage that collapsed from the earthquake in Haiti last week. Justin is raising money to help send his friend Luke Montgomery down to Haiti with supplies to help children at his orphanage. “Please consider donating [...]
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Winter bike to work day
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
If you’ve been in Boulder for more than five minutes, you probably realized that it’s a huge biking community. Spandex-clad bikers are ubiquitous year round. When I moved here a little over two years ago I was startled by how many bikers were on the road, but now after acclimating to the Boulder lifestyle, I feel comfortable with sharing the road. So next Wednesday, Jan. 20, on GO Boulder’s second annual Winter Bike to Work Day, I will dust off my bike and head down the road to work. Hey, maybe this event will convince me to bike to work more often. Hope so. It’s the Boulderganic thing to do.
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Energy executive: Power grids need upgrades to handle plug-in cars
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
DETROIT — Preparing America’s neighborhoods to handle the additional power load that electric vehicles are expected to require is among the challenges facing the utility and automotive industries as plug-in electric vehicles are introduced, DTE Energy Chairman Tony Earley said Wednesday.
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Civil dialogues about food can lead to understanding and change
Monday, January 11th, 2010
One of the more pleasing developments of the last decade has been the long-overdue beginning of a national conversation about food — not just the arcane techniques used to prepare it and the luxurious restaurants in which it is served, but, much more important, how it is grown and produced.
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