Cities Aim for 100 Percent Renewables
By definition, greenhouse gas emissions are a global issue. But in efforts to tamp down those emissions, Colorado is among the planet’s hotbeds of innovation.
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10.10.10 Launches Cities Program Focused on Water and Infrastructure
From its inception in 2012, 1O.1O.1O has focused on inviting successful entrepreneurs to create market-based solutions to wicked problems in health, water, food, energy, learning, infrastructure, waste, security and climate change.
Agriculture goes geothermal in Pagosa Springs
The nonprofit 501(c)3 Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership planted crops in the first of three spring-heated growing domes in a park on the San Juan River in late 2016. The geothermal energy allows for year-round production, whereas Pagosa’s average outdoor growing season spans just 11 weeks.
A more sustainable – and just – future for Colorado
Sustainability can – and should – be universal. The U.S. Green Building Council Colorado made it a cornerstone of its 2017 Rocky Mountain Green Conference – the largest gathering of green building professionals in the region.
