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Walk & Bike Month!

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Walk & Bike Month is celebrated throughout June, with Bike to Work Day held on Wednesday, June 22. It is presented by GO Boulder and coordinated by Community Cycles.

First celebrated as Bike to Work Day in 1977, the event has grown and continues to encourage thousands of commuters to explore their transportation options.

Walk & Bike Month 2011 is full of bicycling, walking, hiking and running events for all ages. Whether you’re looking to get out there with others or learn something new, they’ve got just the thing for you! Check out the Website event calendars of most interest to you…

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6/1/11: Municipal Utility Distribution Systems

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Clean Energy Action is pleased to present:

How Could a Boulder Municipal Utility Run Its Distribution System?

Featuring:

Dennis Eastman,
CEO, ENCO Utility Services

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
First Presbyterian Church
1820 15th Street, Boulder, CO
6:30 Refreshments
7:00-8:45pm Presentation

A standard concern related to community municipalization, is that the city won’t be able to effectively run the system. Never mind that hundreds of municipal utilities around the country ranging in size from Lyons, Colorado to Los Angeles, California keep the lights on day after day. One of the ways (but not the only way) that municipal utilities operate is to hire outside firms with expertise to run the distribution system. Dennis Eastman is the CEO of ENCO–a company that runs distribution systems for several electric entities. Before that he ran the distribution system for Southern California Edison which served over 11 million people. While there would be a number of options for how a Boulder municipal utility might run its distribution system, Mr. Eastman will describe how this is done presently in power-providing entities both large and small–both private and public. For more information
www.cleanenergyaction.org

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GET READY FOR JUNKENGRUVEN

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

JUNE 4-5

Spring is almost over! Time to clean out your garage and closets once again! Post a ‘Free’ sign and put unwanted items on your lawn for neighbors to take. Items need to be removed by
5pm Sunday. Call Mariella, 303-447-8774, for more information.

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Upcoming Event: Our Energy Future

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

OUR ENERGY FUTURE: GETTING THE BEST FOR BOULDER

When: Tuesday, May 17, 6:30pm
Where: Boulder Bible Chapel, 7th & Evergreen
Cookies and a short business meeting at 6:30, presentation begins at 7:00

Energy is incredibly important to our economic, social and environmental health. Come learn from local experts about the possible services and options Boulder is considering for our future energy supply.

Kristen Hartel, Residential Sustainability Specialist for the City of Boulder, will present on Boulder County

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Green Frontier Fest

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

May 1, 2011
Central Park – Boulder, CO

Join us on May 1st for Boulder’s largest celebration of Healthy and Green Living!

Where: Boulder’s Central Park
When: May 1st, 10AM to 4PM
How Much: Free to the community!

Green Frontier Fest showcases everything from major renewable energy technologies to everyday products and services, and aims to create an engaging, educational, and empowering view of greener living.

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Do Something Reel Film Festival!

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Tonight at The Boulder Theater!

Whole Foods Market presents the Do Something Reel Film Festival, a collection of six provocative, character-driven films focused on passionate people making a world of difference.

From the Coal River Valley of West Virginia to the inner city of Detroit, from vanishing bee populations to the evolution of the National School Lunch Program, from farmers and active everyday citizens to doctors and scientists, the Do Something Reel line-up provides a moving, eye-opening look at how the choices we make can have a huge impact on our bodies, our economy, and our environment. We hope these films will inspire you to reflect on what you’re passionate about, and how you can make a difference!

This nationwide traveling festival will be presented in 70+ cities throughout April, in celebration of Earth Month.

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Gardening & Backyard Agriculture

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

All the buzz on backyard bees, chickens and low-water gardens

SUMMARY: Are you itching to grow things and work with the soil? Spring is just around the corner! Join us for a fun-filled and information-packed evening. Meet your neighbors and join the conversation on a variety of gardening and urban-agriculture topics including:

Laura Ruby, owner of YummyYards (YummyYards.org) and the Garden Coordinator for the Growe Foundation (GroweFoundation.org) will be speaking about keeping chickens in the city of Boulder. She starting raising chickens for eggs last spring, and last fall organized the first annual Tour de Coops Boulder to share the joy of keeping chickens at your urban homestead. Laura is also a certified permaculture teacher and Colorado Master Gardener.
Niki Hayden is editor of Front Range Living (FrontRangeLiving.com) and is an active member of Boulder Culinary Gardeners (BoulderCulinaryGardeners.org). Niki will talk about simple and beautiful low water methods for growing food in small urban spaces adapted to our climate, while at the same time growing safe havens for pollinators.
Amy Fontenot is a member of the Bee Guardians (BeeGuardian.org) and has been enamored with bees since she was a little girl. She has been a backyard beekeeper for four years and will share her knowledge of keeping bees, collecting swarms and the sobering truths behind the recent massive losses of bee colonies.

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Fourmile Canyon Fire Restoration – Volunteers Needed

Friday, March 11th, 2011

A multi-agency team, led by Boulder County Parks and Open Space, has developed a restoration plan for the Fourmile Canyon Fire area. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV) and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) will team up to coordinate several full day volunteer events. Dates open to the public are listed below, and other projects will be added as requested by groups.

Volunteers will plant native grass seeds on over 500 acres to resist the invasion of weeds and reduce the threat of erosion. Volunteers may also apply straw mulch and construct sand-bag barriers in flood-prone areas.

Volunteer Dates

When:	Register At:	Time:
Saturday. March 19	wlrv.org	all day
Thursday, March 24	voc.org	TBD
Saturday, March 26	voc.org	all day
Thursday, March 31	wlrv.org	TBD
Saturday, April 2	voc.org	all day
Thursday, April 5	wlrv.org	TBD
Saturday, April 9	wlrv.org	all day

More Information:

WRV: Mary at 303-543-1411 or mary@wlrv.org
VOC: Sue at 303-715-1010 x 119 or sue@voc.org

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Community Solar Gardens, A Panel to Learn More

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Solar panels are appearing on more and more roofs. But what about people who rent, live in a condominium, have shaded roofs, who might move or live in a historic district or home owners association? This is the majority of Americans! In several states, people can own solar panels in a common array called a solar garden,supplying their homes through the existing power grid.

The Solar Gardens Institute is helping organize communities to pool their resources and go solar. Libraries and schools, places of worship and non-profit groups can benefit by hosting a distributed power plant where anyone can own solar panels.

On Monday, March 7, the Sierra Club hosted a well-attended panel in Boulder, featuring Rep. Clare Levy (D-Boulder), Greg Ching, Chief Sustainability Officer of the Solar Gardens Institute (pictured), Paula Connelly of XCEL Energy, and others.

Lots of people learned more about community solar – and there are more events to come.

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The U.S. Cycling Monument, North Boulder Park

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Early Spring VELODROME PARTY
Come Join Us March 4 @ 7pm

Luminary Appearances
Velodrome Races
Donation ‘Wagering’ to benefit USCM
$15 Entry fee
Wear your USCM tee & get in free!

- includes -

Food, Drink, DJ & Dancing
Test-ride the Boulder Indoor Cycling Velodrome!
To reserve your ride time, contact us at
(303) 499. 8113 or email uscyclingmonument@gmail.com

Share this Invitation with Friends!

******* see you there *******

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Protect the Clean Air Act Rally!

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Care about clean air and a safe climate? Join us!
Protect the Clean Air Act Rally!

When: Saturday, Feb. 26th at 1pm

Where: Municipal Building (corner of Canyon and Broadway), Boulder

Why: The purpose of the rally is to draw attention to the attacks happening in Congress

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Environmental Films 2/18 and 2/19

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Eco-Cycle teams up with
Boulder International Film Festival

Watch two powerful films on the impacts of materialism and waste in our culture. Afterward, join Eco-Cycle staff as they lead discussions on local and global solutions.

Join Us:

Academy Award-nominated Waste Land on Friday, 2.18 @ 2:30pm, Boulder Theater
Colorado-produced Bag It! on Saturday, 2.19

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No Impact Experiment

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

We’re back for February and this month we are looking at our Trash.

One way of looking at your trash is to actually save it all in a special bag for a day.

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Low Impact Experiment

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Happy New Year, neighbors!

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Recycled Holiday Card Party…

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The holidays are upon us, and nothing says Christmas like a handmade card! On December 8th, a group of us gathered at the home of Blake & Vernita Cannon and had fun crafting to our hearts content! With old Christmas cards, recycled cardboard and leftover cardstock, no two handmade cards came out anything alike!

Check out the Oscar winners of the card making party!