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Sustainability

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Denver Crop Mob celebrates its first season of helping sustainable, local farms

    All season, gangs of predominantly twentysomethings have been invading local farms each month, expanding vegetable beds, weeding and planting orchards. "It's like a flashmob, but for gardening," says Laurie Schneyer, organizer of Denver Crop Mob and a volunteer with Slow Food Denver. The seeds for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    DJ Cavem's "Wheat Grass" sends a message from the garden to the people

    ​How did Ietef Cavem Vita, otherwise known in these parts as DJ Cavem Moetavation, spend his summer? Under the sun, it turns out: shoveling dirt and planting seeds, growing greens and teaching kids. A food-justice advocate and proponent of mixing up the beats of hip-hop with the kind of backya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Design for the Other 90% reinvents the wheel and more, tonight at RedLine

    A mighty stylin' solar irrigation pump.​ In a nutshell, a completely sustainable nutshell, the idea behind Design for the Other 90%, a traveling exhibition from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, has to do with the impact of good design on developing populations who must usually make do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Denver Animal Shelter's new headquarters upgrades the experience of going to the dogs

    ​The massive Better Denver bonds project that voters approved in 2007 has resulted in one much better Denver Animal Shelter, replacing an almost forty-year-old pound that was definitely a dog. And when it celebrates its official opening tomorrow, it will also celebrate one of the city's great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Brown Suga Youth Festival at Crossroads Theater, 4/30/11

    Marissa GavelMembers of the "Going Green Living Bling" panel discussion BROWN SUGA YOUTH FESTIVAL 04.30.11 | Crossroads Theater This year's Brown Suga Youth Festival marked the third year that Cavem Moetivation (aka Ietef Vita) and his wife Neambe brought the community together in the name of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Cavem Moetavation talks about Saturday's Brown Suga Festival at the Crossroad's Theater

    ​Cavem Moetavation is one of the hardest hustlers in the hip-hop scene. Not only is he more than proficient on the microphone, he has perfected the balance between art and activism. It's his mission to teach folks how to eat and engage the community, and this year's Brown Suga Festival will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Q & A with Shelley Rogers, director of What's Organic About Organic?

    ​The documentary What's Organic About Organic? is being screened at various places around the metro area, including the Mercury Cafe tonight. I caught the film at the Nomad last night, at an event that was a Boulder local-food orgy: surprisingly good turnip green pesto on baguette and duck co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Pizza Fusion will open in Denver this May as part of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless's vocational program

    ​Hot off the heels of the announcement made by Naked Pizza that it'll bust into the Mile High market comes word from another green pizza chain that Denver's its next stop: Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Pizza Fusion will open its first restaurant in Denver in May, in conjunction with Colorado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Betsy Long pleads guilty in wrong-way crash, when her blood-alcohol level was .252

    9News​A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Coolerado: Slate singles out Colorado AC company as poster boy of cleantech

    ​Most locals know Coolerado, the Denver AC company, solely from noticing the factory name as they drive east on I-70. But according to Slate, Coolerado is more than a quirky name. It's also a groundbreaking tech operation that symbolizes the opportunities and challenges of the new global econo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    Green Ghosts and Goblins

    ​Most locals know Coolerado, the Denver AC company, solely from noticing the factory name as they drive east on I-70. But according to Slate, Coolerado is more than a quirky name. It's also a groundbreaking tech operation that symbolizes the opportunities and challenges of the new global econo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Join the Green Party

    ​Most locals know Coolerado, the Denver AC company, solely from noticing the factory name as they drive east on I-70. But according to Slate, Coolerado is more than a quirky name. It's also a groundbreaking tech operation that symbolizes the opportunities and challenges of the new global econo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Betsy Long: Alleged wrong-way drunk driver is green-biz entrepreneur

    Betsy Long.​Elizabeth "Betsy" Long is accused of drunkenly driving the wrong way on I-25 and causing a crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps. It's a far cry from the portrait of Long presented by GreenEdgeDenver.com, a site designed to promote environmental ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Not Your Grandmother’s Green

    Betsy Long.​Elizabeth "Betsy" Long is accused of drunkenly driving the wrong way on I-25 and causing a crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps. It's a far cry from the portrait of Long presented by GreenEdgeDenver.com, a site designed to promote environmental ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Building the Future

    Betsy Long.​Elizabeth "Betsy" Long is accused of drunkenly driving the wrong way on I-25 and causing a crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps. It's a far cry from the portrait of Long presented by GreenEdgeDenver.com, a site designed to promote environmental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Medical marijuana dispensaries aren't the only California businesses Colorado loves

    A Flickr photoYou can get it all on the Venice boardwalk -- even your medicine.​ Did you know that today is officially Colorado Loves California Day? No joke. Well, actually, it sorta is one. This is the second year that Colorado has proclaimed its lust for the Golden State -- the idea being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Stormy weather at the Governor's Energy Office

    ​The Governor's Energy Office will consider a protest by a nonprofit agency into the state's decision to award a $9 million weatherization grant to a rival organization. Rocky Mountain SER, which provides training and jobs for disadvantaged segments of the population, complained after GEO ann ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Funny business with a new 9News anchor

    ​The Governor's Energy Office will consider a protest by a nonprofit agency into the state's decision to award a $9 million weatherization grant to a rival organization. Rocky Mountain SER, which provides training and jobs for disadvantaged segments of the population, complained after GEO ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    A sunny day for Secretary Solarczar, but a slog ahead?

    ​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in Colorado today, August 4, touring a Longmont solar panel company as a way of pushing the Obama administration's vision of a clean energy economy. But that vision, which involves collecting abundant solar power from a procession of solar farms ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Poo Power at the Denver Zoo

    ​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in Colorado today, August 4, touring a Longmont solar panel company as a way of pushing the Obama administration's vision of a clean energy economy. But that vision, which involves collecting abundant solar power from a procession of solar farms ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    Roof Down

    The sky’s the limit for this eco-friendly roofing option.

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    A Pleasant Environment

    It’s easy being green at Denver’s first-ever Green Festival.

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Dip Into Spa Week

    It’s easy being green at Denver’s first-ever Green Festival.

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Greener Pastures

    Earthworks Expo demystifies the eco-revolution.

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    On a Mission

    Earthworks Expo demystifies the eco-revolution.

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2006

    Green Acres

    Krisana Park celebrates environmentalism.

  • Dining

    November 14, 2002

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