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Green Issue

The Environmental Effects of the Growing CO Population

Three hundred and seventeen. That’s approximately how many gallons of water the average Coloradan uses in just three days according to the USGS Water Science School. It’s the average cost of only five days of rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Denver as reported by Trulia. And it’s the name of the bear that was put...

Features

Congrats on Graduating! Now What’s Your Next Step?

I knew I was in a high intensity environment, I knew I was stressed, but I never realized how that was impacting students around me. Now 10(ish) years after I graduated high school, I’m realizing students today are under even more pressure.

The Environmental Effects of the Growing CO Population

Our environment, from natural resources to the fragile ecosystem and infrastructure, is showing signs of the negative effects of the expanding populace.

Blazing an Electric Trail: Boulder County at the Forefront of a Nationwide Effort to Spread EVs

Things have changed. These days, an electric vehicle in Boulder County is more house cat than cougar: a fairly common sight.

Scene

How Green Is Your Green? A Look at “Organic” Cannabis

In keeping with this month’s greener theme, we're taking a look at just how green our favorite green really is. Cannabis has had a long and strong association with nature-loving hippies, at least since the first California city kids moved north to Humboldt and Mendocino counties to get back to the land in the middle of the last century.

Resurrecting a Village: Tiny Homes for the Homeless

Although still existent, killing people because of their skin color is no longer collectively accepted as the norm, yet there are still many things that white people are unconscious of when it comes to the privilege they have over people of color today.

Spotlight on Bill Summers

Here, Bill talks to us about being a part of such a seminal moment in history, betting on the ponies, and helping today’s youth protect their intellectual property better than he did.

Scene Stealers and Editors Picks – April

Shows and entertainment to catch in April and May.

Duly Noted – Never. Again.

Growing up Jewish, the proverbial grandchild of survivors of the Holocaust, meant seeing the world through a very specific lens. And it’s why I hate the term “Nazi” being thrown around in a callous manner.

3 Questions With Author Amy Haimerl

Fifth-generation Colorado native Amy Haimerl’s path to Detroit included stops at some of the top publications in the state and the nation. She recently published book called Detroit Hustle: A Memoir.

Silence! The Musical at the Bug Theatre

Holly Dalton plays Clarice in Equinox Theatre Company’s Colorado premier of Silence!, the riotous musical send up of the 1991 break-out thriller Silence of the Lambs

Cuisine

Vapor Shines at Competitions

Ted Palmer owner and master distiller at Vapor Distillery is on an award binge. After having his Barrel Aged Gin take top honors at the 2015 World Gin Awards in London, England, Palmer was given the 2016 Denver International Spirits Competition's Outstanding Achievement Award.

Centro Chef Headed to Chopped Competition

The gist of the competition is that four chefs are placed in a kitchen with all the basic ingredients you could want as well as all the hardware, tools and toys imaginable. One of the four chefs gets chopped after each course; the last one standing wins the ten grand.

Notables

Interview: David Ward

David is a massage therapist by day, Lyft driver by night; but his secret-life is as a compassionate, entrepreneurial, Tiny Village builder.

Month in Review

Month in Review – April

Month in Review April 2016

Also in This Edition

Timing Your Exercise with an App is App-auling

Humans used to stay fit because they wandered outside when the weather was pleasant and didn't return home til they were tired. Those days are as dead as the Neanderthals; now, we exercise with purpose, the way we build canals or launch new digital products.