Movement Boulder Climbing & Fitness - a solar-powered Climbing Gym?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 27, 2009

We'll add more info later as we learn it, but for now you gotta check this out: a new climbing gym is coming to Boulder (we only have two, or three or four depending…

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Can Boulder, Colorado close its old school Valmont Coal Plant?

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 24, 2009

We think we're green, but we got big jai-normous smoke stacks sticking out of our Great Plains horizon to the east of our otherwise greener-than-some Boulder, Colorado. If there is no such thing as…

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BCBR: Fastest Growing Private Companies in Boulder.

By elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2009

Eco Products, Simple Solar, Pangea, Boulder's Best Organics are among Boulder County Business Report's fastest growing businesses in Boulder, Colorado.   For the complete list of Fastest Growing Companies in Boulder, with how much…

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Upgrading the Urban Model by Emil Kresl.

By elephantjournal.com on May 27, 2009

We cannot expect to sustain ourselves under the current model of urban living.  The problem is not that we do not have enough fuel; the problem is that we are consuming too much.  To stop…

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Denver Green Festival: Poo, Progressives, and Class Distinction. ~ via Amy Segreti.

By elephantjournal.com on May 4, 2009

Denver Green Fest! ~ via Amy Segreti. Nothing like someone handing you poo with a big sh^t-eating grin. "Is this also made of poo?" I asked Dr. Karl Wald of his business card after…

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How Soon we Forget: The Kingston Coal Ash Spill with Summer Rayne Oakes. Video.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2009

Summer Rayne Oakes visits the Kingston Coal Ash Spill. Most of the time, we leave our appliances plugged in, our thermostat a few degrees higher than it needs to be, lights in adjoining rooms…

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Naked American Apparel.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 31, 2009

This sexytime for eco folks video details, in scantily entertaining fashion, just how eco, progressive...er, wow....solar American Apparel...what was I...recycling ESL free bicycles and...vertical integration, Made in Downtown LA—what an amazing body...what was I…

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Finance Your Energy Upgrades through New Boulder County Program

By Liz Benson on Mar 10, 2009

There is a new way to pay for those energy efficiency upgrades that you've been putting off, without having to come up with the money in uncertain times.  It's a new program available to Boulder…

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Namaste Solar, with Obama & Biden & Ritter, becomes posterchild for New Economy—moving from job cuts to hiring again. [Also, how Stimulus will help you go Solar]

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 18, 2009

Yesterday, Obama chose to sign the Stimulus in elephantjournal.com's backyard—Denver. Biden was there. Ritter was there. And Boulder, Colorado's Namaste (which Biden pronounced Nam-ass-tee) was there. For more on the event from Namaste, click…

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Hot Showers, Barack Obama, and the Most Abundant Energy on Earth

By elephantjournal dotcom on Nov 6, 2008

There are many undeniable truths in this world. But I'd like to address the following three: the sun will shine, hot showers feel great, and no blog post can be written this week without mentioning…

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Living Off-The-Grid

By Michael on Oct 30, 2008

Living off-the-grid means living without public utilities like electricity. People who live off-the grid may not depend on municipal water, sewage, or natural gas. It also can mean you're self-sufficient in various ways. There are many third-world citizens who have lived off-the grid for generations. Some people choose this alternative lifestyle to save money. It's also a way to lower your environmental footprint. Michael "Mycol" Stevens lives off-the-grid just north of Gainesville, Florida. I met Mycol at a Fall planting workshop called "Fall Harvest Fest" hosted by our local green store, Indigo. He gave a talk about his experiences with self sustenance, organic living and his alternative lifestyle in general. He invited me to his place after the talk.

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Gainesville Regional Utilities Pays for Solar Energy

By Michael on Oct 17, 2008

Did you know that GRU currently offers a one-time rebate for installing solar panels. GRU also pays for excess energy the solar panels produce!

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video: Obama hits 3 curve balls—& Jon Ralston—out of the park.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 12, 2008

Check out the video below (click Read the Rest)...Jon Ralston asks some tough, slippery questions on energy, wind, solar, drilling...and Obama grins and holds his own, managing to look Presidential, and good-humored, even while…

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In Great Britain, Wind Power sucks.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 11, 2008

Want to read a well-written, thoughtfully-considered article about renewable energy? Get thee to a proper web site. Can't bear to leave elephantjournal.com, too hopped up on caffeine? I know the feeling—so here's an excerpt,…

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I know this is a bulk email, but it’s one worth reading (& clicking on): We Can Solve It’s Quiz.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 4, 2008

Last week, Exxon Mobil announced record profits—at the same time that the rest of us were paying record high prices at the gas pump. Our energy prices don't need to be this high. If we…

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ele-Approved Event: Crestone Solar School

By Heather Mueller on Jun 20, 2008

Gone are the days when solar energy only belonged in middle school science fairs. Waylon, our editor, just had a solar P.V. (photovoltaic) system installed in his backyard and now you, too, can become…

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Can Solar Save the Day?

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 12, 2008


Scott Franklin - Lighthouse Solar lighthousesolar.us

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Lighthouse Solar.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 12, 2008

For video, click here. Most of us don’t even think of daylight saving time anymore (our cell phones and computers change automatically)—except maybe as an excuse to show up for work an hour late.…

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