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Transition Times | Envisioning Our Local Food System
From 1994 through 2009, farmers markets increased in Colorado by 13%. The assessment also reveals that the largest consumption of fruits and vegetables occurs in Boulder County with Larimer and Weld following farther behind in purchase and [...]
Slate | Landfills: Are we running out of room for our garbage?
In 1986, there were 7,683 dumps in the United States. By 2009, there were just 1,908 landfills nationwide—a 75 percent decline in disposal facilities in less than 25 years. Which brings us to the problem with the new system: Trash now has to [...]
NYTimes.com | Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Thought to Be Stable
The rolling real estate crash that ravaged Florida and the Southwest is delivering a new wave of distress to communities once thought to be immune — economically diversified cities where the boom was relatively restrained. In the last year, [...]
Silly Walks Dept. | Strandbeests
Watch Theo Jansen and his invention, the Animaris Siamesis - a huge insect-like structure that moves independently and gracefully with the wind.
Flat Iron Bike | Being Car Free in Boulder
Of the places I’ve lived in the US, Boulder makes car-free living the easiest and most enjoyable. For me, that means riding my bike. Yes, there’s a little snow, and a few times each winter bitter cold will slide down from Canada, and yes [...]
The Atlantic | City Limits: A Conversation With Edward Glaeser
Edward Glaeser is high on cities. Very high, in fact. In “How Skyscrapers Can Save The City” The Atlantic, February 2011 the Harvard economist puts the high-rise at the heart of a newly accessible, affordable, vital and sustainable metropolis. [...]
Fast Company | WikiLeaks May Have Just Confirmed That Peak Oil Is Imminent
It's getting more and more difficult to deny that an oil supply crunch is just a few years down the road, especially now that WikiLeaks has released cables revealing that Saudi Arabia's oil reserves have been exaggerated by as much as 40%, or 300 [...]
Brookings | The 2010 Brown Center Report on American Education
Two myths of international assessments are debunked—the first, that the United States once led the world on international tests of achievement. It never has. The second myth is that Finland leads the world in education, with China and India coming [...]
Colorado Independent | CU Students rally to support ASSET bill to provide in-state tuition for undocumented students
Over 100 CU students braved the fierce cold on Wednesday to show support for SB 126, which would grant undocumented Colorado students access to higher education through in-state tuition. Last week, Rep. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, and Sen. Michael [...]
Denver Post | Jefferson Parkway authority to buy Rocky Flats parcel
Jefferson Parkway directors, who represent Arvada, Broomfield and Jefferson County, agreed to buy a roughly 3.5-mile long and 300-foot wide sliver of the wildlife refuge — about 100 acres — for $28,000 an acre, a total of $2.8 [...]
