Archive for the ‘Event’ Category

• 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 [...]

• 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.)

• From blight to bike

  Friday, November 11th, 2011

  There are potential bike frames growing alongside the New Jersey Turnpike.

  No, that’s not some Salvador Dali-inspired hipster painting; it’s the truth, in a matter of speaking — you just need to know how to build a bike out of bamboo.

  On Nov. 17, Boulder will get its chance to learn.

• Peeking in on priceless plants

  Friday, November 4th, 2011

  The doors to a prized collection of plants are opening to Boulder — for just a few people and only briefly. On Nov. 8, the CU greenhouse on 30th Street will allow a few people in to tour the greenhouse and develop a better understanding of the work that happens at the greenhouse and the work plants do in our daily lives.

• Beyond green homes

  Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

  Prepare to be amazed. Or surprised. Or jealous. This year’s Tour of Sustainable Homes, formerly the Tour of Solar and Green Homes, has planned a day of programming designed to let you get acquainted with more than your neighbors’ solar panels.

• Creatively building community

  Friday, September 16th, 2011

  Though the general rule is not to play in the street for fear of cars, the pedestrians of Boulder will have the opportunity to take over a vehicular domain and do just that this coming weekend.

• Spring brings green events

  Thursday, March 24th, 2011

  From classes to festivals, there’s plenty going on in Boulder County by Charmaine Ortega Getz New vegetation is starting to poke out of the tundra, and upcoming events in Boulder County are heralding a spring full of green interests. There’s a boatload of ways to recycle stuff that might otherwise wind up in a landfill, [...]

• Thorne’s bright future

  Friday, July 30th, 2010

  Thorne Ecological Institute celebrates new solar energy system On Thursday, July 29, a dozen local youth participating in Thorne Ecological Institute’s Renewable Energy Summer Camp hosted an event to celebrate Thorne’s new 10kw Solar Photovoltaic system. Each summer, Thorne hosts a week-long camp on renewable energy. This year, Thorne’s students, ages 5 to 11, have [...]

• 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.

• 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.