Climate and Energy
The University Colorado Boulder is a global leader in energy and change research and environmental stewardship. By sharing the knowledge and understanding of its faculty and researchers, the university hopes to build an informed citizenry that creatively works toward viable energy use practices in our homes, schools, businesses, and communities.
We invite you to learn more about the many climate and energy outreach programs and initiatives CU-Boulder offers.
Alternative Breaks
Alternative Breaks is a program of the Volunteer Resource Center. The program sends trips across the country (Spring) and abroad (Summer) to take place in a week long service project with a group of peers. Alternative Breaks accepts and trains leaders each fall. It is these leaders that guide their...
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Assessing the Effects of Natural Gas Production on Water Quality in Garfield County
Joseph Ryan and his students intend to assist with health impact assessments conducted by Garfield County, Colorado, to determine the effects of natural gas development on public health. Their focus will be to collect and analyze water samples to provide data for the health impact assessments.
They will develop a sampling...
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Burning Issues: The Fourmile Canyon Fire
On September 6, 2010 the Fourmile Canyon Fire marked history as Colorado's most destructive fire. One year later, the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History commemorates the fire with an exhibit focusing on fire science in Colorado's Front Range. Learn about what happened in the Fourmile Canyon Fire, the...
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Center for Energy and Environmental Security
An interdisciplinary research and policy center at CU-Boulder Law School, Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) works to develop practical strategies and solutions for moving international society toward a global sustainable energy future. CEES addresses issues of energy security and climate change by anticipating emerging concerns, establishing new lines...
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Center of the American West
The Center of the American West, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is one of the region's most creative and innovative organizations in identifying and addressing such crucial issues as multiculturalism, community building, fire policy, and land, water, and energy use. The Center brings together, for meaningful conversation and...
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CESR (Center for Education on Social Responsibility) in the Leeds School of Business
Bridging Business and Social Responsibility
The mission of CESR, in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder is to develop socially conscious, values-driven business leaders of tomorrow by preparing them to meet the ethical, social and environmental challenges of today's business world. It is the purpose of...
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CESR's Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE) Certificate
The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) offers the Certificate in Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE) to further develop students' ability to meet future leadership challenges by crossing the boundaries of traditional functional areas of business and those that separate business from other academic disciplines. Students who complete the certificate...
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CIRES - Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
To provide students with accurate information about climate and energy science, educators require scientifically and pedagogically robust teaching materials. To address this need, the Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) assembles a new peer-reviewed digital collection as part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) featuring teaching materials centered...
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CIRES - CSTPR Noontime Seminar Series
The Center for Science and Technology Policy Research was initiated within the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2001 as a contribution both to the CIRES goal of "promoting science in service to society" and to the University's vision of establishing...
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CIRES - Education and Outreach
CIRES researchers explore all aspects of the earth system and search for ways to better understand how natural and human-made disturbances impact our dynamic planet. CIRES strongly supports and encourages education outreach. Programs exist for K-12 school districts, teachers and students, undergraduates at CU and elsewhere, and other community groups....
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CIRES - Education and Outreach Evaluation Services
Evaluation and assessment methodologies are designed and implemented for programs and proposals on an individual basis. Various tools and approaches are developed to assess how well a program's goals and objectives have been met. This often includes front-end (e.g., user needs assessments), formative (e.g., quarterly evaluation reports), and summative (e.g.,...
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CIRES - Inspiring Climate Education Excellence
The Inspiring Climate Education Excellence: Teacher Professional Development for Effective Instruction in Climate Science Literacy. The ICEE project provides a face to face workshop, an online course and self-directed learning modules to help teachers learn to be Climate Literate. ICEE addresses important climate science content and the pedagogical skills necessary...
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Colorado Bioneers
Colorado Bioneers Conference is a regional event for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community to connect with visionary and practical solutions for restoring people and the planet. Focusing on successful and innovative models, examples, stories, and research, Bioneers celebrates, networks, and inspires.
Since 2002, Colorado Bioneers has...
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Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2)
The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) is a cooperative research and educational center devoted to the conversion of biomass to fuels and other products. C2B2 is a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory and is supported by state, institutional, and industry funds.
C2B2 provides private industry...
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Colorado European Union Center of Excellence
The Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (CEUCE) promotes understanding of the European Union (EU) and transatlantic (EU-US) relations through teaching, research and outreach activities at the University of Colorado at Boulder and in the broader Mountain West region. The CEUCE was founded in 2008 with the support of...
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Colorado Water and Energy Research Center
Colorado's water and energy resources are inextricably linked. Whether you're talking about the rivers that power hydroelectricity, the steam that spins turbines at coal- or nuclear-fired power plants, or the aquifers that neighbor natural gas deposits underground, it's nearly impossible to mention one resource category without implicating the other. ...
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Communication And Social Engagement (CASE) for Sustainability
Communication And Social Engagement (CASE) identifies and provides students at the University of Colorado opportunities to serve their communities in the interest of environmental sustainability and Communication scholarship.
CASE brings together scholars, practitioners, and students to work to understand and implement communication strategies for a more sustainable world. Together with...
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Conference on World Affairs
Founded in 1948, the Conference is a yearly tradition on the Boulder campus that attracts over 90,000 in attendance. Each April, 100 participants from a wide array of disciplines come to Boulder for five days of events on the arts, media, science, diplomacy, technology, environment, spirituality, politics, business, medicine, and...
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Continuing Education at CU-Boulder
The mission of the Division of Continuing Education is to provide quality, innovative lifelong learning opportunities to a diverse student population by extending the educational resources of the University of Colorado Boulder. Continuing Education provides students with financial aid planning, academic advising, career counseling, registration, and other helpful services.
The...
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CU at the Library, Spring 2012
CU at the Library is a series of free and open to the public programs offered by the Office for University Outreach in cooperation with the the Louisville Public Library.
The Spring 2012 program includes:
January 25, 7 pm
Climate Change: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going
Professor James...
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