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.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

When Loveland started to redevelop its downtown area a few years ago, city planners knew one of its proposed building sites, a dry cleaning facility called Leslie the Cleaner, should at least undergo a preliminary environmental assessment.

The results were to be expected, according to Tracy Turner-Naranjo, environmental compliance administrator for the City of Loveland. The city did a more thorough analysis and found soil and groundwater contamination.

With outbreaks of E. coli and a growing awareness that factory-farmed meat may be unhealthy, there is a growing movement for organic meat. But with grass-fed and hormone- and antibiotic-free meat too expensive for many consumers, more people are advocating hunting as a means of procuring top-quality organic meat.

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? [...]

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.

by Elizabeth Miller EnergySmart wants you to bundle up this winter. No, not with a coat and gloves. EnergySmart is running energy audits around the county, and advisors have found Boulder homes consistently under-dressed for the winter — in spots that surprise some homeowners. Boulder homes aren’t alone. Department of Energy officials estimate that more [...]