Past Events

Bike to Work Day, June 23, 2010

Bike Tune & Transportation Resources Event, June 9, 2010

Walk & Bike to Work Day, June 24, 2009

Bike Tune & Transportation Resources Event, June 17, 2009

Friday Afternoon Club for EcoPass holders on June 5!

Sustainable UCAR Workshop: The Art of Backyard Composting, February 19, 2009

Sustainable UCAR Seminar: Green Architecture, August 21, 2008

Sustainable UCAR Seminar:  Food Climate Connections, June 17, 2008

Bike & Walk to Work Day, June 25, 2008

Bike to Work Day, June 23, 2010

Did you know that automobiles are the single largest source of air pollution in our region?  Help make our air cleaner by joining Team NCAR/UCAR for Bike to Work Day on June 23.  Energize the start of your day while enjoying a ride with your friends and co-workers in the fresh air and gain the satisfaction of knowing you contributed to the reduction of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

A Special Treat

Claim your coupon at the Bike to Work Day sign in table near the front lobby of each campus. Coupons are sponsored by the Sustainability Program with support from Event Services and must be redeemed on Wednesday, June 23rd.

Fuel Up with a FREE Breakfast

When you’re building up an appetite by biking to work on Wednesday June 23rd, you’ll be glad to know you can pick up a FREE breakfast at over 100 breakfast stations across the area.  Want to find stops along your path?  Check out this map.

Great Prizes and Activities

Check out the official Bike to Work Day Web site to learn about incredible prizes and fun activities that you can enjoy as part of Colorado Bike to Work Day 2010.

Click here to register, or contact Kay Gazaway, Sustainability Outreach Coordinator for more information.

FREE Bike Tune Up Day

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Courtyard between FL1 and FL2

Get ready to roll!  Bring in your bike for a FREE basic inspection and tune-up by Community Cycles mechanics and pick up a free Boulder Bike Map.  You’ll be ready to enjoy commuting on two wheels for Walk & Bike to Work Day (June 23), and throughout the year.

For more information, contact Kay Gazaway by e-mail or by phone at x8537.

Walk & Bike to Work Day, June 24, 2009

Did you know that automobiles are the single largest source of air pollution in our region? Make our air cleaner by joining Team NCAR/UCAR for Walk & Bike to Work Day on Wednesday, June 24th.  Energize the start of your day while enjoying fresh air and the satisfaction of knowing you contributed to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

A Buck a Day in the Café
When you register for Bike & Walk to Work Day as part of the NCAR/UCAR team, you can receive a $1 Café Coupon for each day that you take alternative transportation (walk, bike, or ride the bus/shuttle) that week. Take alternative transportation all week, and earn $5 - that's the equivalent of a sandwich and cold drink.
Claim your coupon(s) by visiting any campus cafeteria on any day during Bike & Walk to Work Week (June 22-26) from 7:30 – 9:30 am.  On the sign in sheet, indicate the day(s) that you commuted using alternative transportation.  Get your coupon(s) from the cashier after you sign in.  Coupons are sponsored by Transportation Services, with logistical support from Event Services, and must be redeemed by July 10, 2008.

Fuel Up with a FREE Breakfast
When you’re building up an appetite by biking or walking to work on Wednesday, June 24th, you’ll be glad to know that you can pick up a FREE breakfast at over 100 breakfast stations.  Want to find stops along your path? Check out this map.

Great Prizes & Activities
Check out the official Bike to Work Day Web site to learn about incredible prizes and fun activities that you can enjoy as part of Colorado Bike Month and Walk & Bike to Work Day 2009.

FREE Bike Tunes & Transportation Resources Event
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
FL Campus – Location TBD

Get ready to roll!  Bring in your bike for a FREE basic inspection and tune-up by Community Cycles mechanics.  Bring your questions about local bike routes and resources… and bring your re-usable cup to enjoy some nice cold lemonade or iced tea.  You’ll be ready to enjoy commuting on two wheels for Walk & Bike to Work Day (June 24), and throughout the year.

Friday Afternoon Club for EcoPass holders on June 5!

Celebrate alternative transportation with a great party that you can enjoy with your family, your dog, and fellow bus and bike enthusiasts. UCAR teamed up with GO Boulder and eight local businesses to create fun resources to encourage employees to pick up and use their Eco Passes.  We’re now enjoying the UCAR Transit Portal at www.fin.ucar.edu/ecopass.  To recognize our Eco Pass users, GO Boulder invites you to a Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) celebration at the Millennium Harvest House Gardens.

Our new Transit Portal (www.fin.ucar.edu/ecopass) and this party have been entirely funded by a Federal grant to GO Boulder.

A limited number of dinner tickets are available for FREE, so RSVP soon to get your free ticket. Everyone who RSVPs will be entered into a drawing to win a cruiser bike for UCAR/NCAR’s Blue Bike program.

What:   Free dinner (hamburgers, dogs, veggie burgers, chips and drinks) at the Millennium Harvest House Gardens' FAC
When:   Friday, June 5, 2009, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Where:   Millennium Harvest House Gardens, 1345 28th Street (28th & Arapahoe)
How to Get There:    Bus (the JUMP stops nearby), bike (the creek path goes right there), carpool, maybe you can even walk.  Check out www.fin.ucar.edu/ecopass if you need help with bus or bike directions.
Who: While the free ticket is for you, feel free to bring friends and family. Dogs are invited too, but be sure to know the Yappy Hour at the Millennium Harvest House Gardens rules.     

Why:   It's going to be a whole lot of fun, to enter to win a bike for UCAR/NCAR, enjoy some great music and food, all cosponsored by Boulder Community Hospital.

The June 5 FAC features the renowned band, Chris Daniels & the Kings one of the world’s best “horn bands.”

RSVP to robbinsa@bouldercolorado.gov. Reserved tickets will be available at the GO Boulder booth at the event. Simply go to the table, show your Eco Pass, and receive your free dinner coupon and bike drawing ticket!

For more information on this event and on our Eco Pass Improvement Campaign (EPIC) promotion, e-mail Kimberly at kimberly@ucar.edu.

Learn the Art of Backyard Composting

If you've ever wondered what to do with your food scraps, or how to help your garden
become greener and more productive, this workshop is for you.  Master Composter Melanie Burow will share her knowledge on how to start and maintain a backyard compost pile, and how to compost indoors with a worm bin. Space is limited, so RSVP if you'd like to attend.

When:
Thursday, 19 February, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 pm

Where:
Center Green Campus. Room number sent upon RSVP.


About the Instructor:
Melanie Nehls Burow has been living in Colorado for 8 1/2 years and
has been teaching composting education in Boulder County during that
time. She has taught the Boulder County Master Composter program for
the past 7 years and has been teaching workshops on the Basics of
Backyard Composting and Worm Composting for area nonprofits as well as
the City of Boulder and Boulder County's Resource Conservation
Division. Also an avid gardener, she is known as a "Composting Guru"
in Boulder County, and loves to see others get excited about the ease
and benefits of composting.

Rick Sommerfeld, M.Arch

Associate Chair & Senior Lecturer
College of Architecture & Planning
University of Colorado, Denver

"Green from the Ground Up"
Sustainable Structural Building
Materials and Green Design

Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ML Main Seminar Room Refreshments to Follow NCAR Library
	CU Solar Decathlon Home, 2005

As the nation moves towards an acceptance of global warming and embraces green design, we must continue to keep a critical eye on what we are being sold. With few standards for green design, "green washing" inundates the marketplace. The building construction industry is perhaps one of the most important places to consider. With nearly 50% of the CO2 emissions generated by buildings and their construction, fluorescent light bulbs and recycled carpet is not enough. How is the industry looking at a more holistic approach? Where is building design headed? Faculty from the Univ. of Colorado are looking at these issues to create a dialog with the construction industry.

About Rick Sommerfeld: Rick currently teaches architecture courses focusing on green design and construction, while maintaining a professional design practice specializing in innovative residential and small commercial design. He was selected as the college's "Instructor of the Year" for 2003 and again in 2005. Rick was a Faculty Advisor for the CU 2005 National Solar Decathlon team. His student’s “green” fabrication work has been shown at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Within Reach Studio in Boulder.

Sustainable UCAR Seminar: Dr. Eugene Cordero “The Global Warming Diet: Food Climate Connections” Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:30 – 1:30 pm FL2-1001

This popular talk, delivered to a standing room only audience, is available as a ReadyTalk recording.  No unauthorized copying or reposting permitted. ABSTRACT With climate change in the public eye, ideas for business and policy approaches to managing carbon emissions abound.  While more efficient automobiles and renewable energy both sit center stage in the solutions category, agriculture and our industrial food system seemingly play a more minor role in the public eye.  The talk, however, will focus on food, how it is grown, where it comes from, and how changing one’s diet can reduce carbon emissions as effectively as buying a new fuel-efficient car.  The material from this talk comes from a soon-to-be-published book titled, Cool Cuisine:  Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming, that examines the connections between food and energy use and offers solutions for reducing our carbon footprint through consumer education and food choices. SPEAKER BIO Dr. Eugene Cordero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Meteorology at San Jose State University in California.  His ongoing areas of research include the study of stratospheric processes and their role in affecting climate.  He is also interested in how personal engagement and action-oriented learning can be used to teach climate change. Cool Cuisine, which is due out in September 2008, is a joint project between San Francisco chef Laura Stec and Dr. Cordero.

Join Team NCAR/UCAR for Bike & Walk to Work Day on Wednesday, June 25th.  Energize the start of your day while enjoying fresh air and the satisfaction of knowing you contributed to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. A Buck a Day in the Café When you register for Bike & Walk to Work Day as part of the NCAR/UCAR team, you can receive a coupon for $1 off your cafeteria purchase for each day that you take alternative transportation (walk, bike, or ride the bus/shuttle) that week. Take alternative transportation all week, and earn $5 - that's the equivalent of a sandwich and cold drink. Claim your coupon(s) by visiting any UCAR cafeteria on any day during Bike & Walk to Work Week (June 23-27) from 7:30 – 9:30 am.  On the sign in sheet, indicate the day(s) that you commuted using alternative transportation.  Get your coupon(s) from the cashier after you sign in.  Coupons are sponsored by Transportation Services, with logistical support from Event Services, and must be redeemed by July 11, 2008. Fuel Up with a FREE Breakfast When you’re building up an appetite by biking or walking to work on June 25th, you’ll be glad to know that you can pick up a FREE breakfast at over 100 breakfast stations.  Want to find stops along your path? Check out this map. Great Prizes & Activities Check out the official Bike to Work Day Web site to learn about incredible prizes and fun activities that you can enjoy as part of Colorado Bike Month and Bike to Work Day. Click here to register, or contact Sustainable UCAR for more information.