Author Archive

Cashing in on Open Space

Author(s) : Albert Bartlett Published: June 6th, 2012

The following testimony was offered to City Council by Prof. Bartlett June 5, 2012 Boulder City Council Dear Friends, From the things I have read in the Camera, the big bike race that is proposed to end in the City Open Space on [...]

This Law Cannot Be Repealed

Author(s) : Albert Bartlett Published: February 19th, 2011

Recent news stories have told about the Boulder City Council acting to reduce speaking times from 3 minutes to 2 minutes for citizens wishing to address the Council at public meetings. This is a symptom of a deep illness, yet the reports [...]

Greenbelts are for Children

Author(s) : Albert Bartlett Published: December 9th, 2010

Mavis and Bob McKelvey were a close knit team as they worked to establish the Blue Line (1959) and later the Greenbelt-Open Space Program (1967). Bob was the public speaker and organizer; Mavis operated behind the scenes, offering advice, [...]

About the author:

Albert A. Bartlett joined the faculty of the Department of Physics of the University of Colorado in Boulder in September 1950. He was a leader in the establishment of the Blue Line Charter Amendment (1959), the Enchanted Mesa bond issue (1962), the Greenbelt Sales Tax Election (1967) and he was the founder of the system of Boulder Bikeways (1968). He served on the City's Parks & Recreation dvisory Board (1967-1972). He was Chair of the four-campus Faculty Council of the University of Colorado (1969-1971) and he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers (1978). Since 1969 he has lectured nationally and internationally on "Sustainability 101: Arithmetic, Population and Energy." This talk is available on YouTube: http://www.YouTube.COM/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY