Week of Events
Lafayette Birds! First Sunday Bird Watching
Lafayette Birds! First Sunday Bird Watching
All, including beginning birders, are invited to experience the fun and discovery of bird watching at the Greenlee Wildlife Preserve on the first Sunday of each month year-round. Knowledgeable bird watchers will be on hand with binoculars, spotting scopes, and learning tools to assist in the fun activity of identifying birds in their natural habitats.
Tour an Energy Efficient, Xeriscaped Home in Longmont!
Tour an Energy Efficient, Xeriscaped Home in Longmont!
This lovely Longmont residence is energy efficient with an open floor plan. It is landscaped with a water efficient xeriscaped yard in the front and back. The 11 Tesla solar panels and a Tesla power wall makes it 80% efficient to power the home and EV car. The furnace and water came with the home and run on natural gas.
Online World Premiere of Documentary Film – Fracking the System: Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wars
Online World Premiere of Documentary Film – 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!
10th Annual Sentinel Awards for Environmental Stewardship
10th Annual Sentinel Awards for Environmental Stewardship
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.
NSF NCAR Explorer Series Lecture – Geography matters! Meeting the challenges of climate resilience with geospatial technology
NSF NCAR Explorer Series Lecture – Geography matters! Meeting the challenges of climate resilience with geospatial technology
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.
“Trump, MAGA, 77 million votes: how did we get here?” a training for antiracist white people
“Trump, MAGA, 77 million votes: how did we get here?” a training for antiracist white people
In this webinar, we’ll be joined by brilliant movement strategists and organizers, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Linda Burnham. We’ll get into the history of the rise of the far right, strategic racism, and how worsening economic conditions and the Democratic party contributed towards the rise of MAGA. Then, we'll get trained in how to use your personal story to move people to action.
Exploring the Life Beneath our Feet: Soil Fauna as Drivers of Soil Health
Exploring the Life Beneath our Feet: Soil Fauna as Drivers of Soil Health
Join the Colorado Native Plant Society for this Boulder chapter meeting to discuss soil fauna and soil heath.
Cracking the Code on Affordable Resilient Housing
Cracking the Code on Affordable Resilient Housing
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.
Celebrating Invertebrates: A Year of Conservation with the Xerces Society
Celebrating Invertebrates: A Year of Conservation with the Xerces Society
Join Executive Director Scott Black as he explores the impactful work of the Xerces Society in 2024. From creating pollinator habitat and advocating for pesticide reduction to launching community science initiatives and educational programs, Xerces has achieved remarkable progress in invertebrate conservation.
7th Annual Apple Symposium
7th Annual Apple Symposium
Please mark your calendars for Thursday, December 5, 2024! We will be hosting our 7th annual Apple Symposium at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in the Paleo Hall from 3-6pm. We are pleased to have Dr. Todd Little-Siebold from the College of the Atlantic and the Maine Heritage Orchard as our keynote speaker this year. Be sure to register early as we are limited to 60 in-person attendees. We will have a zoom link available for those unable to attend in person.
Torah for These Times: Facing Fear & Cultivating Courage
Torah for These Times: Facing Fear & Cultivating Courage
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?
Art Parts: Green Gifts Holiday Market
Art Parts: Green Gifts Holiday Market
Shop unique gifts made with upcycled and reused materials. Ditch wrapping paper this year and pick up eco-friendly gifting supplies. Make your own letterpress gift tags courtesy of our friends at the Book Arts League!
Boulder County Farmers Market: Annual Winter Market
Boulder County Farmers Market: Annual Winter Market
Join us for our most festive market of the season! Held annually at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, the annual Winter Market brings together 150 local farmers, ranchers, food producers, and artisans to create a local-only holiday shopping experience that champions small businesses.
UUCB’s Climate Action Ministry Boulder Citizens’ Climate Lobby Watch Party: CCL 2024 Fall Virtual National Conference — Positioning for Progress
UUCB’s Climate Action Ministry Boulder Citizens’ Climate Lobby Watch Party: CCL 2024 Fall Virtual National Conference — Positioning for Progress
Join us at our fall virtual conference for an insider's look at what Congress is expected to tackle on climate change. The program will cover the key opportunities during the lame duck session at the end of this Congress. It will also prepare us to protect the climate progress we've made and to advance climate progress in the new legislative landscape we're facing.
Life in the Cold: Winter Ecology
Life in the Cold: Winter Ecology
It may seem that life is slumbering during the cold winter months, but the non-human residents of OSMP are doing what they need to survive and thrive. Join us as we walk to the White Rocks trail, full of raptors and winter wildlife. We’ll talk about winter animal adaptations and look for prairie dogs, waterfowl, and bald eagles. This hike will be an easy, social walk, but be prepared for possible icy conditions. Bring binoculars to search for raptors along the White Rocks and waterfowl in the ponds.
Native Women and Allies Speak: What You Weren’t Taught in School, The Justice Film Series
Native Women and Allies Speak: What You Weren’t Taught in School, The Justice Film Series
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.