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AAAS “CASE” Workshop Reflections by Adalyn Fyhrie
Each year CSTPR hosts a competition to send two CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” workshop. During the workshop portion, the winners learned about the structure and organization of Congress, … Continue reading
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Lauren Gifford Receives First Radford Byerly, Jr. Award in Science and Technology Policy
Rad Byerly, Jr., passed away last year after an impressive career that included more than twenty years as staff on and ultimately Director of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also was Director of the Center … Continue reading
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Recycled Runway Challenges Colorado’s Youth to Design Eco-Friendly Haute Couture
303 Magazine April 21, 2017 Now in its eighth year, The Common Threads Creative Lab’s Recycled Runway has become a staple event for the community’s fashionable and eco-conscious youth. During Tuesday’s sold-out show, more than 30 young designers strutted the … Continue reading
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From Trash to Treasure – Telling the Story of Sustainability
CU Boulder Today April 20, 2017 by Kristin Agnes While plaid and shearling were all the buzz on the fall 2017 fashion runways in New York and Milan earlier this year, Boulder took a different approach to fashion trends: promoting … Continue reading
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Renewable Energy: Now This is How Policy is Supposed to Work!
by Paul Komor, CSTPR Faculty Affiliate and Suzanne Tegen, CSTPR Visiting Scholar We are at the early stages of a major transformation of our energy system. And that transformation is being driven by thoughtful government intervention that promotes human health … Continue reading
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MeCCO Monthly Summary for March 2017
Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) March 2017 Summary March 2017 coverage on climate change has increased again during the past month. Numbers across all sources in twenty-eight countries showed a 13% increase from February 2017 overall. Coverage of political, … Continue reading
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Media Coverage of Climate Change
Just Updated through March 2017 Global & 9 National Scales, *Germany just added The Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) monitors fifty-two sources across twenty-eight countries in seven different regions around the world. MeCCO assembles the data by accessing archives … Continue reading
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Marisa McNatt Receives 2017 Summer Graduate School Fellowship
CSTPR Graduate Student Marisa McNatt was selected by the Environmental Studies Department and the Graduate School to receive a 2017 Summer Graduate School Fellowship. Marisa is studying the offshore wind planning process and will apply lessons learned to improve state- … Continue reading
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AAAS “CASE” Workshop Reflections by Caroline Havrilla
Each year CSTPR hosts a competition to send two CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” workshop. During the workshop portion, the winners learned about the structure and organization of Congress, … Continue reading →