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Downtowner or Suburbanite-Stylin’ Wherever You Live

Photo by otzbergCity mouse, suburban mouse-I’ve been both at one time or another. I grew up and lived for thirty years in one of the most cosmopolitan sections of a metropolitan area. After marriage and with a kid, we moved some seventy miles westward to a smaller city and bought a house in the nearby [...]

Posted by joelm on November 21st, 2009 under About The Area, environment Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

What is a Carbon Footprint & How Big is Yours?

Boulder is one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the nation, and if you are ever caught in conversation without knowing what a Carbon footprint is, it could get ugly.
Carbon footprints refer to coal-burning, or oil burning shale, which emit carbons, but many people think it doesn’t apply to them because they don’t burn [...]

Posted by joelm on October 17th, 2009 under About The Area, environment Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments