Interns and volunteers learn about the land By Charmaine Ortega Getz It`s high noon at Frog Belly Farm near Longmont, and the interns are busy tending newly born goats, chasing escaped piglets, checking beehives, picking and washing herbs and vegetables — in addition to all the other daily chores, such as milking cows and goats, [...]
Grasshopper invasion? By Charmaine Ortega Getz Grasshoppers. Coming soon to a field, garden or yard near you. Eating everything of plant material, including cotton T-shirts on clothes lines. Or so rumor has it. It came up at my book club meeting, where a couple of members said they heard about it recently on Colorado Public [...]
As engineers work to stop oil’s flow, thousands offer their own proposals By Alana Semuels Los Angeles Times (MCT) BURAS, La. – Scientists, business owners and local citizens, some 3,700 of them, have phoned in tips to BP’s hot line offering fix-it ideas to stop the massive Gulf oil leak and to clean up slick. [...]
A better way to compost By Charmaine Ortega Getz Tired of having to turn that big ol’ pile of compost over and over?’Cause if you don’t, it’s going to stink worse than it does when you do? There’s an app for that. It’s called earthworms. Yep, those little red wriggly guys that surface after a [...]
Bill McKibben’s climate change By Charmaine Ortega Getz The crowd at Boulder’s First United Methodist Church on April 27 came to hear a missionary, but his exhortation was to put the change in “climate change.” And there was a whiff of hellfire as well. Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben says global warming has accelerated to [...]
Boulder Organic Pizzeria (BOP) has opened its doors to the public, providing the downtown area with delicious sustainable food and drinks in a relaxing atmosphere. Located conveniently at 1175 Walnut, BOP features affordable sustainable Southern Italian dining and drinks for eco-conscious Boulderites. BOP will be open for lunch, happy hour, dinner, late night, and the [...]
Boulderganic Weekly: Celebrating Earth By Charmaine Ortega Getz Time was when Earth Day in the United States was mostly marked by the K-12 crowd planting a tree on school property. Forty years after its debut, the official Earth Day Network’s web-site posts 696 diverse community events across the county. Of these, Earthfest Boulder might be [...]
For all of our readers who can’t stand to wait months between Boulderganic special issues, check out our new weekly – that’s right, weekly – Boulderganic column in our regular Thursday paper. We kick off our new offering this very week with a story about Earth Fest 2010. Be sure to pick up a copy [...]
Public Relations Firm Unveils List of Best Sustainable Items in Honor of Holiday’s 40th Anniversary When U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson declared April 22, 1970 the first official “Earth Day,” he envisioned it as a means of inspiring awareness and appreciation for the earth’s environment. What he couldn’t foresee is how ardently that flicker of an [...]
By Bill Daley Chicago Tribune Susan Spicer uses little-known and underused fish such as striped bass on the menu of her New Orleans restaurant, Bayona. Striped bass has been given a “Best Choice” designation from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. CRISPY-SKIN STRIPED BASS WITH ASPARAGUS CREAM Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 25 [...]
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