CO150 12:00 PM by Sheri M. Anderson https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6 en-us 2019-09-25 03:26:41 UTC 2020-02-24 17:23:22 UTC hello@padlet.com "The Truth Behind the Cannabis Industry's Energy Problem" jjcam https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808459 This talks about the greenhouse emissions that come from growing marijuana]]> 2020-02-21 19:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808459 Waste to Energy Odor Issue https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808513 New waste to energy efforts cause community complaints regarding the smell in Weld County.
“Waste-to-Energy Facility Brings Smelly Complications,” Jacy Marmaduke, Coloradoan, January 15, 2017
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/01/16/waste--energy-facility-brings-smelly-complications/96538924/
]]> 2020-02-21 19:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808513 Save Money on Your Energy Bill https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808554 This article gives tips about ways to save money.  Some examples are turning power down or off, wearing sweaters or blankets, make sure you appliances work well so they are efficient, make sure no air is getting in, use your grill instead of other ways to cook, etc.

"How low can you go? Save money on your energy bill in 2019", Barton J. Palmer, Coloradoan, Feb 8, 2020.

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sponsor-story/lion-home-service/2019/02/08/how-low-can-you-go-save-money-your-energy-bill-2019/2781560002/

]]> 2020-02-21 19:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808554 Renewable Energy jaylacantu22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808705 "Fort Collins Staff Crafting Goal for 100% Renewable electricity by 2030" 
Published in the Coloradoan, by Jacy Marmaduke, July 30, 2018.
- This article talks about Fort Collins wanting to have 100% renewable energy by the year 2030, which will have a major cut in greenhouse gas emissions. 

]]> 2020-02-21 19:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808705 Colorado's New Energy Economy angelicade https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808759 it mentions fossil fuels and building an economy off Renewable energy sources. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808759 Food insecurity in chicago https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808768 2020-02-21 19:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808768 Eating Disorder Awareness in Colorado https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808789
  • “Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Local teen shares her story”,  Zora Stephenson,  Denver Fox News February 28, 2019. 
    1. https://kdvr.com/news/local/eating-disorder-awareness-week-local-teen-shares-her-story/
  • “Eating disorders often misunderstood“, KUSA Staff, 9 News February 23, 2016
    1. https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/eating-disorders-often-misunderstood/52692845
  • “Managing Low Bone Mineral Density in Adolecents with Eating Disorders:A Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Modalities, and Treatment” , Erin Knopf and Philip S. Mehler, Eating Disorders Review, No date. 
    1. https://eatingdisordersreview.com/managing-low-bone-mineral-density-in-adolescents-with-eating-disorders-a-review-of-pathophysiology-diagnostic-modalities-and-treatment/

    • ]]>     2020-02-21 19:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808789     Food https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808800 Food. People. Justice
    The Original Growing Project Manifesto
    The Growing Project]]>     2020-02-21 19:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808800     Solar Panels on Colorado College Universities taychristen https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808940 CSU-Pueblo becoming the first university to be "zero net energy" efficient.
    https://www.chieftain.com/news/20200207/csu-pueblo-will-be-first-solar-powered-university]]>     2020-02-21 19:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808940     Renewable Energy https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808945 https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/06/11/study-can-renewables-meet-fort-collins-electricity-demand/1410736001/

    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808945     Food Insecurity in California https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808976 California is the largest agricultural state, yet also has the largest amount of food insecure households in the US. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448808976 Dining Hall Waste https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809159 The city water treatment plant now accepts waste from CSU dining halls to trap methane gas to power their plant.
    “CSU, Fort Collins divert tons of food-hall slop to trap methane gas,” Bruce Finely, The Denver Post, February 15, 2013
    https://www.denverpost.com/2013/02/15/csu-fort-collins-divert-tons-of-food-hall-slop-to-trap-methane-gas/
    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809159     Food Deserts In Chicago https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809312 This article talks about the impact on community where grocery stores are lacking]]> 2020-02-21 19:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809312 Food Insecurity https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809364 Your Fort Collins Neighbor is Hungry
    Sarah Kane Kyle
    August 26, 2016
    Coloradoan]]>     2020-02-21 19:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809364     "Larimer County Planning Commission Recommends Bigger Oil and Gas Setbacks" cbs22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809578 https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/02/20/larimer-county-planning-commission-backs-new-oil-and-gas-regulations/4796052002/
    - Talks about how Larimer county officials are planning to increase setbacks for oil and gas facilities
    - February 20, 2020 by Kevin Duggan]]>     2020-02-21 19:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809578     Extra Meal Swipes https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809601 Money from student’s extra meal swipes will end up going back to CSU.
    “Extra Meal Swipes: Where Do They Go?,” Gerson Flores Rojas, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, February 17, 2020
    https://collegian.com/2020/02/category-news-extra-meal-swipes-where-do-they-go/
    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809601     Food and Housing insecurity in Denver Colleges https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809670 Many modern day college students are unable to afford housing and food while attending college, especially considering the high costs of Denver housing and schooling. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809670 America trashed 40% of its food. angelicade https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809823 2020-02-21 19:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809823 Eating Disorders https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809959 "Evolutionary Aspects of a New Eating Disorder: Orthorexia Nervosa in the 21st Century."

    http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=b2e83709-63b7-4e93-9129-67e076f3c30c%40pdc-v-sessmgr03&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWNvb2tpZSxpcCx1cmwsY3BpZCZjdXN0aWQ9czQ2NDA3OTImc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl#AN=140306091&db=aph
    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448809959     Food Insecurity https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810046 Hunger in Larimer County
    Food Bank for Larimer County]]>     2020-02-21 19:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810046     Food (sugar) jaylacantu22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810523 "Melissa Wdowik: Don't be Fooled by Sugars Sweetness" in the Coloradoan, by Melissa Wdowik, published Feb 16, 2016.
    - talks about the need for Americans to limit the amount of sugar intake .]]>     2020-02-21 19:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810523     CSU-Pueblo Signing on to Solar Panel Project taychristen https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810574 https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/08/csu-pueblo-solar-panel-power-project/]]> 2020-02-21 19:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810574 How Music Festivals are Destroying the Earth jjcam https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810656 Talks about the waste produced & energy consumed by music festivals]]> 2020-02-21 19:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810656 How the government is dealing with food insecurity in Chicago land area https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810733 2020-02-21 19:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810733 Water in Colorado angelicade https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810921 2020-02-21 19:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448810921 Oil and gas regulation in Colorado https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811011 2020-02-21 19:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811011 Solar Panels in Colorado taychristen https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811251 Colorado communities coming together to support solar panels 
    https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/06/colorado-solar-co-ops-united-neighbors/


    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811251     Hunger in Colorado https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811296 Mainly just statistics on hunger in Colorado with no explanation or details.]]> 2020-02-21 19:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811296 Volunteers feeding the homeless https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811350 There's a lot of debate over whether or not it's legal to feed the homeless on the street without a permit or any other legal approval. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811350 Food Waste https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811526 This article talks about why there is so much food waste in America, exactly how much food and money is wasted annually, and what other countries are doing in order to cut down on their own food waste. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811526 Water Rights https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811637 Talks about water rights with the Colorado River 

    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811637     Food and Agriculture jaylacantu22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811836 "Food Cluster Reaches for Solid Footing" published Nov. 19, 2014 in the Coloradoan by Josie Sexton. 
    -Describes the challenges facing local food systems made up of small farmers, their markets, processors and distributors. ]]>     2020-02-21 19:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811836     E-bikes on Boulder County Trails https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811895 This article talks about what "passive recreation" is.  It is biking, hiking, horseback riding, walking, boating, fishing, and now e-bikes.  Most trails now allow it however some still do not.  It is effective and sustainable.  It does not create any more waste than other ways of going on trails.  Boulder County is trying to legalize it everywhere. 

    "Boulder County Planning Commission Adopts Resolution to Allow E-bikes on Some County Trails", John Spina, Times-Call Longmont, Feb 19, 2020. 

    https://www.timescall.com/2020/02/19/boulder-county-planning-commission-adopts-resolution-to-allow-e-bikes-on-some-county-trails/
     ]]>     2020-02-21 19:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811895     "Ongoing Power Outage Leaves CSU Buildings in the Dark" cbs22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811906 https://collegian.com/2020/02/category-news-ongoing-power-outage-leaves-csu-buildings-in-the-dark/
    - Talks about the recent power outage on CSUs campus
    -February 18, 2020 by Ravyn Cullor]]>     2020-02-21 19:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448811906     Energy Crisis in California https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448812124 -High retail prices for electricity
    - peak demand periods of electricity leading to power outages and shortages. ]]>     2020-02-21 19:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448812124     Colorado against food waste https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448812598 A Colorado-based organization is moving nationally with the goal of lowering food waste coming from farmers and grocery stores. ]]> 2020-02-21 19:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448812598 "Extra Meal Swipes: Where Do They Go?" cbs22 https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448813285 https://collegian.com/2020/02/category-news-extra-meal-swipes-where-do-they-go/
    - Talks about how the pricing for meal swipes at CSU works and what happens to unused meal swipes
    - February 17, 2020 by Gerson Flores]]>     2020-02-21 19:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448813285     Oil drilling development in the Arctic Refuge https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814432 Drastically affecting:
    -Native Gwich'in population
    -Porcupine Caribou
    -Declining polar bear population]]>     2020-02-21 19:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814432     Food and Public Health https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814434 This article talks about the ways in which our diets have changed and the negative affects these changes have had on public health]]> 2020-02-21 19:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814434 Colorado Helium Plant https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814956

    This article talks about a Colorado Helium Plant. There are only a few left. Helium is huge in MRI's, computer chips, space travel, and balloons.  He talks about the shortage and how to save the plant.  

    "Rising on the plains: This Colorado plant is one of a handful in the world to produce helium"

    https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/15/colorado-helium-plant/














    ]]>     2020-02-21 19:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448814956     Denver’s food waste https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448815073 2020-02-21 19:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448815073 Homelessness in Colorado Springs https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448815313 Discusses the increase in homelessness in Colorado Springs, which is a very big issue.]]> 2020-02-21 19:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smcquist5/b07aopo7m1y6/wish/448815313