With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind, there are a number of domestic events jammed into February. These include two here in Denver, one of which I will attend at the end of [...]
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February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2012 
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No Comments »2012 Green Cup Challenge is Underway
January 28th, 2012 Eric Wilson From January 18th to February 15th, 116 schools throughout the country will compete to reduce electricity usage at their schools by taking part in the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge® (GCC). This year marks the 5th rendition of the project. Click here for information on the 2010 version. Sponsored by the Green Schools Alliance (GSA), [...]
Adult Audiences + Environmental Books = Opportunities for Environmental Education
December 10th, 2011 Guest Author By Amy Markle Reaching adult audiences with environmental education is one of my favorite challenges as a Naturalist at Wood Lake Nature Center. Adults are often a fickle audience who are pulled in many directions, so wrangling them in for an environmental education program can be tough but not impossible. Seven years ago I created [...]
What is the Difference Between a Kilowatt and Kilowatt-hour Anyway?
December 8th, 2011 Justin Manger I wish I knew. The energy economy can be confusing, especially for consumers. I, for example, still have no frame of reference for watts and kilowatts. If I’m told a plant produces X kilowatts of electricity or a solar panel produces Y amount of energy that doesn’t really mean much to me. I have no [...]
Posted in Behavior, Education, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Electricity Generation, Energy Conservation No Comments »Governor Ritter Question and Answer Session
November 26th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few days ago I wrote up the presentation given by former Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter. Ritter currently holds the position of Director and Senior Scholar at Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE). After his 30 minute speech, he took questions from the audience. What follows are notes from the question [...]
USGBC Colorado’s Green School Summit Wrap-up
November 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson Although I did not “live blog” the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s recent Green School Summit, here are my notes from the event: There are numerous free resources for energy efficiency available in Colorado. Two key ones are the Governor’s Energy Office and the Community Office of Resource Efficiency. Sangre de Christo School District [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy, Live Blogging Tags: Colorado, Green Schools, LEED, USGBC No Comments »November 2011 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
November 1st, 2011 Eric Wilson While the calendar has featured conferences throughout the world previously, there were numerous symposiums taking place in the US that warranted coverage (as well as a few abroad, including one in Kyoto). However, seeing as how Thanksgiving falls in late November in the US, there are limited events scheduled that week. Let us know of [...]
Posted in Conferences, Economics, Education, Eric Wilson, Japan, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Calendar, California, Florida, Solar Energy No Comments »Book Review: Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard
October 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Toward the end of the summer I started reading Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea from Chronicle Books. It’s not long, but it is powerful. Waters is the proprietor of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California that focuses on local, seasonal, and organic ingredients. In addition, Waters is a former teacher at a [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Alice Waters, Book Review, Curriculum, Food, Video No Comments »
