Published November 17th, 2010 at 11:34 am in Great Green Building Blocks, architecture with no comments
Tagged with Boulder, daylighting, Green footprint, james walsh, natural light, Sundolier, Sunflower Corporation
Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO Photo: Sunflower Corp.
Those wishing to have the best natural light for interior spaces may want to take a look at Sunflower Corporation and its Sundolier®, a lighting system designed to deliver high quality indirect daylight to large spaces.
The line of “daylighting” products developed at the Boulder, CO-based Sunflower Corporation are designed with this objective: to provide sustainable natural lighting that meets the high quality lighting demands of education, office, retail and industrial markets.
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Published October 27th, 2009 at 4:12 pm in Food & Growing, Green retail with 2 comments
Tagged with Best Organics, Boulder, Boulder's Best Organics, Colorado, gift ideas, giftsd, grmeyers, organic lotions, organic products, ourgreenstreetsblog.com
Boulder's Best Organics
With the holiday season approaching, some folks may want to learn more about Best Organics, he company that provides Boulder’s Best Organics and Colorado’s Best Organics.
Adriane Little, an account manager for Best Organics, says one of the company’s target markets is the business sector. “We are targeting business to business sales and focusing on many different business industries, including natural and organic, service industries, medical industries, renewable energy companies, marketing/advertising, law firms, accounting, and many more.” Read more of this >>
Published February 10th, 2009 at 2:44 pm in Our Wasteful Ways, Talking Trash with no comments
Tagged with Boulder, cell phone recycling, jack debell, mobile phones, Recycling, University of Colorado, Wireless Alliance
Boulder, Colorado is home to the University of Colorado
Students at the University of Colorado are used to reaching environmental milestones. The first student-supported windpower program, first student-built biodiesel refining equipment, and the first student-run recycling program are just a few of CU’s national achievements. CU has just reached an important internal milestone however, by recovering the 500th cell phone from its collection program sponsored by the Wireless Alliance.
As director of CU Recycling, I believe this this is a significant accomplishment. And it represents the beginning of recovering more phones. College students in particular generate a lot of phones because their coverage plan often changes when they move to Boulder. They also demand the latest technologies. As a result, students need to be the best recyclers in the country.
Numerous reports have been released about the lack of cell phone recycling that is really taking place. Some estimate that only a small percentage of cell phones are recycled in the US. According to CTIA, (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) the largest wireless trade association in North America, there are currently over 270,000,000 active cell phone plans in the United States. Yes, that’s 270 million, and there are currently just over 306 million people living in the United States. Looking at these numbers, it seems that everyone carries a cell phone today.
The University of Colorado Environmental Center has several locations to recycle cell phones: in the Alfred Packer Grill at the University Memorial Center, in the Darley Commons at Williams Village. Cell phones can also be taken to the Environmental Center, room 355 of the UMC.
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