The CU Environmental Center

Bioneers is the preeminent international gathering of leading scientific innovators and environmental visionaries who offer practical solutions to the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time. Bioneers, in its 19th year, uniquely and authentically connects the dots between environment, health, social j...ustice and spirit. Bioneers offers virtual conferences to educational institutions and community centers around North America. There is great potential for community networking and local organizing in Beaming Bioneers. The program is designed to support individuals and organizations in learning about their own ecosystems, including urban environments, and how they can take action locally.

In its seventh year, the Colorado Bioneers companion event creates community opportunities for sharing, learning and action, and brings together the region's progressive ideas, people and organizations. This is a uniquely affordable community event that brings together people from all walks of life working for social change. The 7th annual Colorado Bioneers features a live satellite feed of the main Bioneers plenaries, and is locally enriched with the Marketplace; film, music and arts; networking; children's eco-activities; field trips, and sessions and workshops on regional issues and community solutions.

On Friday, October 16 fieldtrips will include an Herb Walk with Brigitte Mars, Denver Green Tour, and Frontyard Gardens and Backyard Chickens with Kipp Nash. There will also be a presentation by Keynote Speaker Woddy Tasch.

There will also be several sessions and workshops for the weekend, which will focus on the following issues:
Slow Money, Local Currency; Green Jobs; Social Media; Indigenous Ecological Knowledge; Food and Farming; Mycology; Environmental Justice; Carbon Neutrality; Uprooting; Oppression; Biomimicry; Transition Movement, and more!

Visit http://ecenter.colorado.edu/bioneers09 for more detailed information.
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In an aggressive effort to recycle, eliminate waste and cut even more carbon emissions, the University of Colorado at Boulder is proud to present the second year of “Ralphie’s Green Stampede” zero-waste and carbon-reduction program at Folsom Field.

Get involved with the Nation's Greenest School! Volunteer for Ralphie's ...Green Stampede at our first home football game this Sunday, September 6 at 5 pm against CSU!!! Volunteers will meet for check-in and training at 2:30 near the Franklin Field box office. There will be a tent set up with a CU Recycling banner. Volunteers will be expected to be there from 2:30 to the end of the 3rd quarter, which is usually around 5.5 hours total. However, all volunteers will receive a FREE ticket for the game, shirt, hat, and meal, and of course, the satisfaction of helping the environment!

Please email green.stampede@colorado.edu to be part of the Stampede.


If you can't volunteer for this weeks game, please consider joining us at another home game:
Sat, September 19 at 1:30 pm vs Wyoming
Sat, October 17 vs. Kansas (time TBA)
Sat, October 31 vs. Missouri (time TBA)
Sat, November 7 vs. Texas A&M (time TBA)
Sat, November 27 vs Nebraska at 1:30 pm


For more information about Ralphie's Green Stampede, please visit:
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EarthDance is not your average film festival. The 2009 collection of 8 short films are a fun, funny, and provocative lot. The 90-minute juried compilation of comedies, documentaries, animations, and adventures invite you to laugh and celebrate your relationship to the natural world. EarthDance: Celebrating the Natur...e of Culture and the Culture of Nature. Free and open to the public.

For more information contact the Environmental Center at ecenter@colorado.edu or 303-492-8308. Read More

Celebrate Earth Day with the best gift of all for the Earth. CU students, faculty and staff who Pledge to Live Green recieve FREE Ice Cream! You will be joined by CU Student Groups and Local Sustainable Buisnesses. There will also be a Fashion SWAP, a Sustainable Women's Apparel and Paraphernalia. This is an opport...unity to turn one woman's junk into your new treasure for free. Last but not least you can express your love for the earth at our Creation Stations.

For more information contact Environmental Center ecenter@colorado.edu or 303-492-8308. Read More