Environment / Green
Challenging the Coal Burning at Xcel’s Valmont Power Plant "RENEWABLES NOW"
Posted August 18th, 2010 by admin
Waylon Lewis of elephant journal recently asked four Boulder residents what inspired them to challenge the coal burning at Xcel’s 186 megawatt Valmont power plant.
Green Cinema ~ 10 Independant Films to Green Your Consciousness
Posted August 2nd, 2010 by admin
Ranging in locale from the rainforests of Ecuador to the centre of Manhattan, each film takes a look at the toll we as humans are taking on the environment and our planet and each offers solutions we can incorporate into our lives to help mitigate - or even reverse - the effects of the last 100 years. They’ll make you think, and more importantly, inspire you to act.
Collapse - the Movie
Posted June 28th, 2010 by admin
See it here: http://vimeo.com/12754949 588.74MB Chris Smith / Kate Noble / Bluewater
We Are All One
Posted December 30th, 2009 by admin
One of my favorite YouTube clips f the year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BCB2-OmRY<
Feeding Cleveland - we can take a page from their book
Posted November 30th, 2009 by admin
Feeding Cleveland - great pictures of a city that grew it's way out of it's conundrums - harvesting improvements for city dwellers in times of greatest need...
350.org - slideshow
Posted November 12th, 2009 by mbakker
350.ORG: MOST WIDESPREAD DAY OF POLITICAL ACTION IN HISTORY - 5,248 Rallies in 181 Countries to Support 350 ppm Climate Target.
Saving Dolphins from the Japanese
Posted September 2nd, 2009 by admin
The European and Japanese media have gathered in Taiji, Japan in anticipation of the annual dolphin slaughter that usually takes place there the first week of September. The people of Japan have never learned about the dolphin slaughter, because none of the media in Japan (with the exception of the excellent Japan Times) have ever sent reporters to the killing Cove and have kept mum.
Frog's Dream - McMansions Turned Water Treatment Plants
Posted August 19th, 2009 by admin
Daring renovation and redesign for the future - McMansions Turned into Biofilter Water Treatment Plants - 1st Prize Winner for Re-Burbia Competition ~ What to do about all those older and not so liveable McMansions? Rip them down and build something newer and bigger? Or buy them up and turn them into wetlands and natural water filtration systems in the middle of urban centers.
Germany Unveils a Complete Sustainable ECO CITY
Posted August 19th, 2009 by admin
Today Germany’s historic Hamburg-Harburg Harbor announced the development of a sustainable
Does your sunscreen work? EWG 2009 Sunscreen Guide
Posted July 24th, 2009 by mbakker
Effective sunscreens are crucial to public health and Environmental Work Group's investigation reveals that they may be hard to find: http://www.ewg.org/whichsunscreensarebest/2009report
An Environmental Working Group investigation of 1,607 sunscreens rates the season’s best — and worst.
