A national group that thinks global warming is “junk science” and that teaching it is unnecessarily scaring schoolchildren brought its first petition effort for “balanced education” to Mesa County Schools on Tuesday night.
Rose Pugliese, an unsuccessful candidate for a District 51 school board seat in the last election, presented a petition with 700 signatures to [...]

Want to instill a healthy pro-environment mentality in your children? Check out this Green Reading List from the National Environmental Education Foundation, which includes a fantastic selection of new and classic books for all ages.
Elementary School:
The Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore) by Stan & Jan Berenstain
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Where There Once Was a Wood [...]

Actually, it is easy to be green, and often less expensive too, says Cheap Like Me blogger Susanna Donato. “I recycle everything I can,” says Donato, a Denver-based writer and editor.
“Items that our local recycling won’t accept, I stash in the basement to take to Eco-Cycle occasionally. I have bags of Styrofoam blocks, yogurt tubs, [...]

Earth Day is officially celebrated April 22 but dozens of events in Colorado in the days before and after have popped up, all intended to encourage folks to love Mother Earth. Organizers of the big-deal global celebration say Earth Day 2010 represents the opportunity to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs.
Here’s [...]

Calling all babies!
Mile High Mamas is teaming up with Seventh Generation and the Bachelorette’s Trista and Ryan Sutter to participate in the Million Baby Crawl, a cause that will demand stronger protection from toxic chemicals in our homes.
Bring your children, friends and your desire to make lasting change on November 18th to Flatiron Crossing’s [...]

I had never attended a community forum until last week. It likely stems from the fact that I’m Canadian and nobody really cares what a foreigner has to say.
Unless we end our sentences with a cute little “Eh.”
But this time I was invested: It was the third and final meeting about a neighborhood park near [...]

Allow me to dispel a rumor: I did not cause the horrible storm that ravaged Denver last week.
A few so-called friends have accused me of praying it here so as to wipe out my husband’s pumpkin growing season. For those not in the know, I have been christened “The Pumpkin Widow” because I am [...]

During my family’s Tour de Colorado, we have visited many perfect places but have never had the perfect day.
You parents know what I’m talking about: when the destination’s private universe comes to life and the children do not beat each other to a pulp.
I had the perfect day in Crested Butte, my choice for Colorado’s [...]

I don’t know about you but hot summer days make me sluggish.
That’s why Ozone Aware’s Pledge to Chill works perfectly for me. Their “non-movement” encourages people to pledge to do less on hot summer days.
We announced on Mile High Mamas last week that Ozone Aware was giving away 300 hundred free Denver Zoo passes [...]

On Thursday, we set off on an adventure like no other. We’d been invited to go on a trip around the world, and we couldn’t wait! After making the trek to The Wildlife Experience, located at Lincoln Avenue and Peoria Street, just south of Denver, we stepped out of the rainy evening and [...]