Online World Premiere of Documentary Film – Fracking the System: Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wars
VirtualJoin us for the ONLINE WORLD PREMIERE of the Award-Winning Documentary, Fracking the System: Colorado's Oil and Gas Wars!
Join us for the ONLINE WORLD PREMIERE of the Award-Winning Documentary, Fracking the System: Colorado's Oil and Gas Wars!
This event is more than just an awards presentation; it’s a chance to celebrate and uplift leaders who's work is often thankless. Each recipient represents a drive within each of us to protect what we love. This event is about making connections that sustain our movement in the years ahead, and uplifting stories from our movement.
Scientists Olga Wilhelmi and Jennifer Boehnert discuss why geography matters in understanding and reducing weather and climate risks. They will discuss the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in climate research and action and illustrate how geospatial technology is not only enabling new scientific advancements, but also contributing to building community resilience to weather hazards and the changing climate.
Rick Tallman offers both the big picture as well as insights into two projects aiming to change that, and change it at scale. One project used a modular approach to erect a net zero residential high-rise in Seattle, the other, Shibusa Systems, creates a process to build low cost single homes in record time.
In the wake of the election, what Jewish wisdom can we draw on to move through fear and cultivate courage for the weeks and months ahead?
In addition to a potent historical overview, this film shares three personal and moving stories about a Native child forced into a Canadian residential school, never to see his parents again; adoption of Native babies and children by whites; and ongoing, a 14-year battle with a Pennsylvania school district to eradicate their racist Redskins mascot that continues today.
Make ornaments using natural materials collected from Lafayette's Open Space with Naturalist Martin Ogle.
Come and gather with us to celebrate the holidays for networking with friends/members and hear from 5 local non-profits (Colorado Gives Day Partners) who will share information on their organization, sustainability efforts, and community impact.
Evergreen is artist and author Nathan Hutchinson's love letter to old-growth forests and wild open spaces in the form of exquisitely painted wilderness scenes accompanied by essays exploring the idea of healing ecological dissociation through the activity of rewilding, beginning with ourselves. With over a hundred illustrations spanning the surreal to ultra-realistic, from oils to pen drawings and watercolors, this book represents the natural world in all its multiplicity, as a unified whole. Printed on 100% recycled chlorine free paper, Evergreen is a one-of-a-kind art book. A limited edition collectors item for all fine art enthusiasts who concern themselves with ecology.
Robin Wall Kimmerer will speak about and sign her new book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, on Wednesday, December 11th at 6:30pm, at First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce St, Boulder.) Conversation partner TBA.