Author Archive

• Planet-friendly fashions

  Friday, February 3rd, 2012

  by Blair Madole CU’s INVST program and Un Mundo are hosting an eco-friendly, sustainable clothing fashion show at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Absinthe House.   The proceeds from this event will help students in the INVST community studies program travel to Managua, Nicaragua, this summer to learn about the effects of economic globalization. Proceeds [...]

• Precociously conquering chapped chickens and animal welfare standards

  Friday, January 27th, 2012

  by Blair Madole Shelby’s Happy Chapped Chicken Butt Farm is an Animal Welfare Approved farm based in Broomfield that produces chicken eggs. Though the name certainly raises eyebrows, the more intriguing aspect of the farm is its founder, 12-year-old Shelby Grebenc of Rocky Top Middle School. Shelby began her education about chickens when she was six, performing basic [...]

• Polluted canvases

  Thursday, January 26th, 2012

  Sometimes we need the most literal of images to open our eyes. So it is with Kim Abeles’ art — she creates art with smog so viewers can see the dirty tracks of the way we live in clear outlines. She has enlarged often-overlooked lichen and given them eyes.

• Primped potholes

  Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

  by Blair Madole Potholes may seem like a small problem, but if you have ever happened upon one with a cup of hot coffee in hand or a pair of minimally-supportive shoes strapped on your feet, you understand the dangers that surround them. Pete Dungey, a self-described “guerrilla gardener” in London, spends his time decorating the [...]

• Jumping the power lines

  Thursday, January 19th, 2012

  CU engineers install renewable energy systems in Haiti by Elizabeth Miller Forget the grid. For the developing world, forget the power lines and the coal-fired electricity they deliver. In developing countries, renewable energy sources are their the answer to getting people online, powering up their cell phones and running computer labs in schools. The University [...]

• Hail pulling a Houdini

  Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

  Small, summertime hail storms in the Colorado Front Range could disappear by 2070, according to a recently published study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

• Sustainable parent: Cry baby cries

  Monday, January 16th, 2012

  by Jessie Lucier Babies cry. And some babies cry a lot. Almost all new parents experience a few weeks to a few months of sleepless nights, mounting anxiety and possibly some hair loss due to their infant child’s newly formed vocal cords working at full blast. Some call this colic (properly defined as at least [...]

• A greener MLK day

  Monday, January 16th, 2012

  Across the country today, Americans are honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by participating in community service projects. (Even the president and his family are doing it.)

• No environmental regulations in this House

  Thursday, January 12th, 2012

  Though Congress this year may be better known as the session that failed to accomplish anything, a report commissioned by three ranking members of the House shows this year’s collection of Representatives has cast more anti-environment votes than any other in history. The total averages out to one anti-environmental vote for every day in session in 2011. The votes were split by party, with 94 percent of Republicans voting anti-environment and 86 percent of Democrats voting pro-environment.

• Envelope, please

  Friday, January 6th, 2012

  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.