Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Resolve to contribute to a healthier planet

  Thursday, December 29th, 2011

  by Elizabeth Miller It’s that time of year. The resolutions fly back and forth, the company incentive packages and community weight loss programs are rolling out. Your gym is about to become a lot more crowded with people looking to burn off the holiday pounds and jump into the new year leaner and meaner and [...]

• Repurpose Compostables launches compostable hot beverage cup

  Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

  Repurpose Compostables announces the debut of One Cup, a biodegradable insulated cup made from renewable resources.

• Waste-to-energy or zero waste?

  Thursday, November 10th, 2011

  by Blair Madole The recently completed gas-to-energy project at the Front Range Landfill in Erie is raising some questions about which approach is better: waste-to-energy programs, or zero waste. While Front Range Landfill and the town of Erie have decided to follow the waste-to-energy path by trying to convert the gas from the landfill to [...]

• Boo! World population expected to hit 7 billion by Halloween

  Monday, October 24th, 2011

  Next Monday will be a big day for humanity, and not just because it’s Halloween. The U.N. predicts Earth’s human population will reach 7 billion on Oct. 31, a historic milestone for our species — yet one that also feels hauntingly familiar. It took about 200,000 years for modern humans to reach the 1 billion [...]

• Unsubstantiated organic health claims

  Thursday, October 20th, 2011

  by Mischa Popoff It’s been almost a year since USA Today broke the story of yogurt giant Dannon’s overzealous marketing of its product as a miracle health food. The makers of Activia and DanActive yogurt had to pay a whopping $21 million fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for claiming their product could [...]

• Going local to grow jobs

  Friday, September 30th, 2011

  by Theo Romeo The end is coming. Famine, war, the horsemen and their antiquated and inefficient means of transportation — whatever you believe in, there’s an apparent solution. United Way, trees, not eating shellfish. But what about the unromantic catastrophes like blizzards, floods and the occasional E. coli outbreak? What can we do about those? [...]