All Posts Tagged With: "sustainability"

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Colorado Launches Sustainable
Main Streets Initiative

The Initiative directs state agencies to identify and target specific resources to support community projects, ranging from increasing disaster readiness plans to improving energy efficiency in downtown areas. The four pilot communities are Five Points and the towns of Fowler, Monte Vista and Rifle.

4May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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“Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air” Offers Sobering Look at New Energy Economy

The author does NOT argue that we shouldn’t be pushing toward a more sustainable energy economy: rather, it’s an attempt to direct attention to the need for a practical, measured and properly quantified approach to reducing our dependence on conventional fossil fuels. In short, we need a real ENERGY POLICY!

14Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Professional Training Update —
CORE Hosts Sustainability, Green Marketing Courses

Sustainability reporting has become an integral component of stakeholder communications, and CORE’s 2-day GRI-certified course wil provide participants with an understanding of the GRI framework in a uniquely North American context.

12Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Is the Sustainability Revolution Sustainable?

It’s July 20, 1789. Smith and Jones, two English businessmen, are walking down the street. Smith turns to Jones and says, “How about this Industrial Revolution we’re having?” Sounds implausible? Of course it does. Because the industrial revolution was not really a revolution.

1Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Denver Auraria Campus Tops Colorado
Renewable Energy Purchasers

A student-backed sustainability initiative has made the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver the top Colorado college campus purchasing renewable energy as ranked by the EPA’s Green Power Partnership.

4Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Rocky Mountain Winners for the
Cleantech Open Announced

The winning teams in the Rocky Mountain region of the world’s biggest cleantech business plan competition are: Boulder-based New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar.of Golden. Cool Energy of Boulder won the Sustainability Award. Now it is on to the national title competition.

4Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ritter Tops List as Nation’s “Greenest” Governor

“We looked at all 50 governors in the U.S. and compared their policies, transparency, and interest group ratings and ranked them. It was a monumental task,” said Doug Mazeffa, Greenopia’s director of research.

1Jul2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Ritter Champions Clean Tech at Capital

Ritter called for governors from the Rocky Mountain region and across the country to embrace the New Energy Economy and support entrepreneurs participating in the $1 million Clean Tech Open business competition.

22Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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On Campus Report –
Renewable Energy and Sustainability Generating
Interest in Hi Tech Studies

Concern about climate change is apparently galvanizing more undergraduate students to turn toward a curriculum involving science and engineering, with renewable energy now the hottest subject on campus.

31Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Pike Research–
Renewables DG Market to Exceed $60 Billion
within Five Years

The Boulder-based market research firm says global system revenues for sub-utility scale Renewable Distributed Energy Generation (RDEG) rose 76% in 2007 and 2008 to an estimated $29.9 billion by the end of last year.

19Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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