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Eco Friendly Startups in Boulder County

April 25, 2019 Like 0 Marisa Mostek

It took us a little while to realize that humanity’s glorious inventions of the past created cataclysmic climate change for the future. The consequences, now, are obvious and worsening. As water levels rise, temperatures spike to new highs or plummet…

Blunt Talk

From Green Buzz to Green Biz | Blunt Talk

April 25, 2019 Like 0 Natasha Winkler

Twenty years ago legal cannabis hit the scene in California and it now has a global projection of a $146.4 billion market by 2025 not including the hemp CBD market which is projected to be $1.3 billion dollar by 2022.…

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Going Green in the Kitchen…Broccoli Not Included

June 8, 2011 Like 0 Brandy Simmons

Heat, Power and Appliances: If solar isn’t in the budget, orient windows to allow winter rays to heat the house. Discuss type of glass, frame and glazing.

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Power Center

March 17, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

The phrase “new energy economy” started appearing in Colorado media in late 2006, when Bill Ritter began his run for governor.

Duly Noted

Green!?!

January 6, 2011 Like 1 French Davis

In this month’s column, I’d like to respond to a reader e-mail: Dear Yellow Scene, Please remove (address withheld) from your mailing list. My family is a very green family and are trying to decrease our footprint by unsubscribing from as…

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Everybody’s Water

July 12, 2010 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

Onscreen, you may not recognize Mark Petersen. With golden locks cascading over a teal dress, fake nails covering his fingertips, and an over-fluffed pink boa wrapped in his arms, it’s easy to understand why. He’s usually not one to sashay…

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Farm Fresh

March 17, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

The field behind the rural Boulder County house is cold—barren and firm in the dreary tedium of mid-winter. Nearby trees that look like giant grey guards line the property’s riparian edge, silently watching the naked acreage. Peter Volz sees the…

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

March 17, 2010 Like 1 editor

The must sublime scene in the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove is not the dramatic and heart-wrenching footage that the film leads up to with every frame. It’s a scene in which the filmmakers and their team of elite activists…

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Farmsteads and Farmville

March 17, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

I was never attracted to the idea of being a farmer, even though amber waves of grain flow through my blood. But the farm-fresh revolution—which has hit local menus, shops, bookstores and markets—is now rocking my world. I’ve begun craving…

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Greenovators

July 18, 2009 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

Once upon a time, merely recycling your pop cans and newspapers put you into an elite class of people who were going to save the planet, not to mention the whales. There was a time when simply not littering made…