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Congratulations to CU Boulder Focus the Nation Day Essay Contest Winners
The winners of the Focus the Nation Day Essay Contest were officially awarded their $1000 scholarship prizes by Governor Ritter as part of his kickoff speech for Focus the Nation Day events on the CU Boulder campus.
The four winners (shown here from left to right) are; Colin West, Katie Vance, Emily Schosid & Erica Smith
Posted on February 1st, 2008 at 10:36am —
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Sustainability 101: Arithmetic, Population and Energy With Al Bartlett
This event scheduled for January 8th, 2008 is part the CU @ the Boulder Public Library Program.
Boulder Public Librar y
Canyon Theater
1000 Canyon Blvd.
7:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
outreach@colorado.edu
(303) 441-4113
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 8:18am —
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Why Straw Bale Construction?
Brian Fuentes of Fuentes Design in Boulder Colorado offers his response to this question in a recent white paper available on his site.
One of my clients, already committed to green construction, recently asked me why straw bale? While there is plenty of information online about the costs and benefits of the time tested technique of straw bale wall construction, I thought it would be appropriate to give a personal testimonial abo…
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Posted on December 4th, 2007 at 2:34pm —
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Parenting the Planet: Environmental and Other Ethics in the Face of Potential Tragedy
Law professor Sarah Krakoff will deliver the 33rd annual University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law's Austin W. Scott Lecture on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Wolf Law Building.
The lecture titled "Parenting the Planet: Environmental and Other Ethics in the Face of Potential Tragedy," is free and open to the public and CU-Boulder alumni, faculty, staff and students and the public.
Krakoff, who teaches Indian law and natural resources law at CU-Boulder, also is writing a book t…
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Posted on November 13th, 2007 at 9:49am —
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FREEDOM FROM OIL: An Open Publilc Presentation on the CU Boulder Campus
When: Nov. 12, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Where: Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law
Oil is the lifeblood of modern civilization. Yet it also presents grave environmental, economic and national security concerns. Join us as two distinguished guests, David Sandalow and Joel Swisher, discuss concrete strategies for addressing one of the greatest challenges of our time: ending our dependence on oil and creating a clean energy future. Following the event David Sandalow will s…
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Posted on November 7th, 2007 at 9:43am —
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I am in the on-line Carbon Neutrality Course. One of the textbooks we are currently reading from was supposed to have been sent out to on-line students, but I have not received a copy. Could someone please check on this for me -
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Julie