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Eugene Weekly | Road Overkill
Two months ago an obscure but powerful local committee held a hearing on $1.5 billion in government spending, but no one testified. The hearing before the Metropolitan Policy Committee MPC, an intergovernmental group of local elected officials, was [...]
American University Radio | Is Local Better When It Comes To Our Food?
"Conventional food travels an average of 1,250 miles before getting to its final destination. So why does anyone fly in food – sometimes from half a world away - and use up all that fuel when they can get lettuce or goat cheese from the next [...]
Denver Green Streets | Power To The People: Boulder’s Struggle for Local Control
Distributed power generation at the point of load such as solar panels on roofs minimize the need for transmission lines in contrast with huge centralized power plants. Xcel owns both transmission lines and power plants, so alternatives such as [...]
NYTimes.com | Boulder Seeks to Take Power From the Power Company
Many Americans these days, from the huddled masses of Occupy Wall Street to the coifed confines of the presidential campaign, are talking about the future of capitalism. Here, that debate is focused on electricity, specifically whether this city [...]
Shareable | Why are Bikes Being Targeted by Congress?
How in the the world can biking and walking be controversial? Read the entire article at Shareable.net: Why are Bikes Being Targeted by Congress?
Colorado Bioneers
Colorado Bioneers October 28-30, 2011 University of Colorado at Boulder REGISTRATION NOW OPEN The CU Environmental Center, Transition Colorado, Naropa University, Center for Resource Conservation, Restorative Leadership Institute [...]
Peace Corps Journal | Andrew in Madagascar
"So here I am, flying down a rocky hill on my Peace Corps-issued Trek mountain bike when I come upon three men hauling coconuts into town. Each one has a thick stick of bamboo slung over his shoulder with a basket hanging from each end. This is how [...]
The Atlantic Cities | The 19 Building Types That Caused the Recession
"We built the wrong product in the wrong location, and nobody wants it any more. That’s the reason for the housing crisis, and therefore the mortgage crisis, and therefore the Great Recession. Most people get that the housing collapse [...]
