Standup

So three polar bears walk into a barā€¦

March 14, 2017

ā€˜Stand Up for Climate Changeā€™ event on March 17 to fuse the sober topic of climate change with the unifying power of humor.

Arctic

CU Boulder launches cool certificate in Arctic studies

Dec. 5, 2016

There probably is not a more suitable location for one of the worldā€™s first interdisciplinary certificates in Arctic studies than the University of Colorado Boulder.

Locally grown food

Thinking globally, eating locally

Dec. 2, 2016

For decades in the post-World War II era, itā€™s fair to say that the diet of most Americans became less and less local. With innovations ranging from the interstate highway system to affordable home refrigeration and freezing systems, it simply became easier to eat food that came from a state ā€” or even a country ā€” far, far away.

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

April 27, 2016

When politicians actively seek to gum up or slow down the legislative works in an effort to throw up obstacles to governors or presidents, they often increase the power of executive-branch bureaucracies or courts to make the rules. The result can be a less-informed citizenry, researchers find.

Water-expert alumnus swims into current affairs

Water-expert alumnus swims into current affairs

April 27, 2016

Think of Robert R. ā€œBobā€ Crifasi as a kind of Zelig or Forrest Gump when it comes to water in Boulder, Denver and northern Coloradoā€”he spent a quarter century getting his hands wet, both literally and figuratively, in countless ways. Crifasi, who earned bachelorā€™s degrees in geology and chemistry and masterā€™s degrees in geology and environmental science from CU-Boulder, has served on the boards ofā€”and often, pitchforked weeds, trash and the occasional dead skunk forā€”11 Boulder County ditch companies.

Experts at CU to mull next 50 years of local open space

Experts at CU to mull next 50 years of local open space

April 21, 2016

Boulderā€™s public open-space system was launched 50 years ago, and an event at CU-Boulder will bring together experts who will discuss the lay of the land in the next half-century.

An official with the Colorado Springs Fire Department discusses fire mitigation with members of a neighborhood group. ā€œCitizen entrepreneursā€ helped the CSFD spread the word effectively about fire-mitigation practices after the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, a CU-Boulder study has found. Photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

Citizen ā€˜sparkplugsā€™ can reduce red-zone fire danger

Dec. 2, 2015

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder recently examined the aftermath of two catastrophic conflagrations and found an unexpected ally in wildfire-education efforts, the ā€œcitizen entrepreneur.ā€

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