‘Call to Action’ Archives
Gold Hill Website Provides Fire Updates
UPDATE: Information sources for the Fourmile Fire are aggregated at this site: http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/colorado-wild-fire-resources.html The community of Gold Hill is maintaining a website offering updates: [...]
Wildfire Update from the City Manager
Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam provided the City Council with an update on the status of fire fighting efforts in an email at 5:14 p.m. today (Sept. 7, 2010). The text of that email follows: Dear Council members, At approximately 2:15PM [...]
Latest on Four Mile Canyon Fire
21:36 Tomorrow is a work day. Wish I could stay up all night, but you can check Boulder County Fire Live Audio Feed. Well wishes to everyone and a hearty thanks to all the firefighters. I have been utterly impressed by the organization and [...]
Rescue Marshall Colorado
My 28 acres of wooded and environmentally sensitive area would be wiped clean and replaced with a 5' deep pit. Anyone wanting to preserve the natural environment is asked to attend the Thursday, September 2nd meeting and voice their opinion. The [...]
Do Plutonium and Recreation Mix?
Please join Wes McKinley, Kristen Iversen, Sheri Kotowski and LeRoy Moore for a Rocky Flats news conference, 11 AM, Wed, Aug 4, west steps, State Capitol, Denver. A new citizen sampling study has found plutonium in breathable form at two locations [...]
A Rally for Boulder’s Clean Energy Future
Who: Coalition of concerned Boulder Citizens: Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice, Vox Feminista, Clean Energy Action, Greenpeace, Earth Guardians, among others What: A Rally for Boulder’s Clean Energy Future When: Tuesday, August 3 at 5:00 [...]
A Colombian Experience with Boulder Green Streets
The most famous Ciclovìa (literally translated as ‘bike’ way) occurs every Sunday in Bogota, Colombia where an astounding 70 miles of major city streets are shut down and handed over to two million bike-riding, road-running, game-playing [...]
Mobilize for Boulder’s Clean Energy Future
Boulder's energy future is being decided right now - and community involvement in the decision-making process is crucial. Xcel's 20-year franchise agreement with the City of Boulder is set to expire on August 3rd, 2010. With negotiations [...]
Colorado Citizen-Funded Campaigns, a Threshold to Colorado’s Future
We are on the threshold of the most significant opportunity to help level the political playing field since two-thirds of Colorado’s men voted to amend our state’s constitution to give women the right to vote in 1893. Initiative #53, which [...]
Write City Council to Support SmartRegs!
SmartRegs is a potential city policy that will create minimum standards for energy efficiency in rental units, such as sealing gaps in windows, installing programmable thermostats, low-flow shower heads and insulation. SmartRegs has already [...]
