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Research shows that one of the most effective ways to create behavioral change is positive social pressure. Fun, social neighborhood events that spotlight positive examples of our peers making changes in their homes and lives that help to create a more sustainable world have many benefits. These events have the potential to build stronger neighborhood cohesion, create a safer, healthier, more socially thriving and economically vital community, and to help meet our City's climate and resilience goals. They promote the multitude of green businesses and nonprofits doing great work in our community, bring neighbors together, and provide a fun opportunity for busy people to learn about the plethora of opportunities to reduce fossil fuel costs and emissions. We are coordinating with the City of Boulder, area businesses, nonprofits and neighborhood groups to organize at least four "Fossil Free Your Life" events in 2016. We will identify showcase homes or neighborhoods in four areas of our city and work with the homeowners, local businesses and nonprofits, neighborhood groups and our broad network of over 2,000 local members,to plan, organize, publicize and conduct events that spotlight solutions and empower people to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through energy, transportation, waste management, and lifestyle choices. We will invite additional local businesses and nonprofits that are helping people to reduce their fossil fuel dependence and transition to renewable energy to attend, sponsor and publicize the events, which will be good marketing opportunities. This year's first Fossil Free Your Life Neighborhood Block Party is part of #BoulderEarthWeek and will take place April 23, 2016, 1-5pm. Location: 815 North St., Boulder, CO 80304. Future events will take place in June, August, and October. Your support for these and future Fossil Free Your Life events will help us cover costs for coordinating, permitting, materials, and outreach, and it is much appreciated!

Trip Tracker is an innovative Boulder Valley School District Program  that rewards kids for biking, walking, busing carpooling or parking 1/4 mile from school and walking (green trips) with an alternative currency they can spend in participating Boulder area merchants. It creates more fun times for kids and parents to connect, reduces congestion and pollution at school, helps improve kid's readiness to learn when they exercise and helps build a habit of low carbon transportation. 

Mission: BoCo Strong increases the web of connections among individuals, organizations and governments across Boulder County to foster inclusivity, increase disaster resilience, and build vibrant and prosperous communities. Vision: By 2025 Boulder County communities will have access to the resources and connections needed to allow all residents to adapt and thrive in the face of community stressors. BoCo Strong functions as a countywide resilience hub to create and support relationships between communities, nonprofits, governments and businesses. We strive to increase our collective capacity by building connections so that organizations and individuals can actively and collaboratively increase their ability to adapt to short and long term shocks and stressors. BoCo Strong bridges across power structures and organizational silos to contribute to inclusive communication and collaborative action that will increase the resilience in our social, cultural, and economic systems. BoCo Strong was created with the purpose of building a culture of resilience throughout Boulder County. It formed in the wake of the 2013 flood; beginning as a sub-committee of the long-term flood recovery group (LTFRG). After a natural disaster, the main focus is typically on restoring physical infrastructure and making it more resilient while social infrastructure is frequently ignored or forgotten. In recognition of the important role that relationships between family, friends, colleagues, and organizations play in recovery and resilience, BoCo Strong focuses on building social capital, increasing connections and fostering cooperation around already existing social networks.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that empowers people from all walks of life to become effective advocates for a livable world. Our thousands of volunteers across the country speak powerfully to their elected officials, the news media, and their local communities to urge for climate protection. CCL is working to pass national legislation that would levy a gradually increasing carbon fee on fossil fuels and distribute all revenues to U.S. households. According to a recent study by Regional Economic Models, Inc., our strategy would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 33% within 10 years and 52% in 20 years. It will also create 2 million jobs nationally in ten years and 2.8 million in 20 years. Since 2010, CCL volunteers have traveled to Washington D.C. every June to urge our members of Congress to pass carbon fee and dividend legislation. In 2015, there were about a thousand volunteers who made this trip, usually at their own expense. Thirty-five of those represented Colorado’s ten CCL chapters (including all congressional districts). Your donation will help defray travel expenses for volunteers who would otherwise be unable to attend in June 2016. Thank you for your generosity.

We are bicyclists, bike-lovers, and supporters of bicycle-based transportation.  We know that riding our bicycles does great things for our planet.  We build community and connections with Boulder's bicycle lovers every day.  Together, we can pedal for the planet and grow sustainability in our town. Did you know?  Every mile ridden by bicycle instead of by car avoids 1 lb of carbon emissions.  We know, small number, right?  So we are into multiplying it!   We multiply our own riding:  How many times a week can we commute by bicycle instead of car, to work, to school, to the grocery store, to a friend's house, to a movie? We multiply bicycle riders!  The best way to encourage more people to ride bicycles is to see people riding bicycles!  Every time we ride, we inspire other people to hop on their bikes too.  Let's do this thing. Joined together, we cut a lot of carbon.  Every year, we at  Community Cycles avoid 2,000 tons of carbon emissions. In the past decade, we've avoided 20,000 tons of carbon!   How'd we do it?  With a lot of help from a lot of people! 1,000 people who take our classes and workshops   our 2,500 members,  150 people in our Earn A Bike program,  the 1,000 people who purchase our recycled bicycles over 8,000 people join in Bike to Work Day, and many of those folks keep commuting year round, including during Winter Bike Week.  

Local Eco-Cycle volunteers brought recycling to Boulder in 1976, making the city one of the first 20 communities in the U.S. to offer curbside recycling. Forty years later, Eco-Cycle is pioneering a new form of resource management, reducing pollution and tackling climate change through the concepts and practices of Zero Waste. For local communities, Zero Waste practices now top the list of the quickest and most cost-effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Eco-Cycle also operates the Boulder County Recycling Center and the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials in Boulder, as well as providing programs and services to help businesses, schools, local governments, neighborhoods and events in Boulder County and beyond reduce, reuse, recycle, compost and otherwise eliminate the concept of “waste.” We also spearheaded the successful effort to make recycling and composting available citywide in Boulder through a new ordinance that takes effect this summer. Colorado recycles only 12% of its waste—about one-third of the national average. Eco-Cycle is working to make recycling and composting, along with other Zero Waste Practices, easy for all Coloradans to embrace.

eTown is a nonprofit, nationally syndicated radio broadcast and multimedia organization. Our mission is to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation in order to create a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable world. eTown Hall is located in the heart of Boulder, serving as the home of the eTown radio tapings as well as a hub for the arts and gatherings focused on sustainability and community. eTown Hall also houses a world-class recording studio and may be the greenest, most energy efficient, zero-waste and solar-powered performance space in the country. We are fundraising for a partnership with the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism, providing eTown internships to support environmental commentary and publish stories for the eTown radio broadcast, eTown website and eTown podcasts. 

Vision: GCN (a 501 c3 tax-deductible non-profit organization) inspires, designs and implements innovations that promote diversity, sustainability and beauty in our watershed's communities. To do this we….   Connect residents, support civic champions and unearth resources that further the liveability and affordability of our community. Learn through “AHA!”, breakthrough educational and creative experiences that enliven and empower our daily lives, and amplify our ability to overcome community challenges. Transform to realize positive environmental (including creating net zero communities), social and economic impacts such as at the 9 acre Boulder Communty Hospital Redevelopment site, the 3 block North St Eco-District (gentle infill) and the Scattered Site Pilot which supports alternatives to "Mcmansionizing" neighborhoods. Advocate for high quality design of new public infrastructure and private development in the Goose Creek watershed generally.

The Joanna Macy Center at Naropa (JMC@N) seeks to advance the vision and legacy of Dr. Joanna Macy’s work in order to empower present and future generations in building a more just and resilient world that works for all.

The Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter is launching our campaign to foster a homegrown, just, and equitable transition to a 100% renewable energy electric sector. We’re building a movement that will lead the transition to a 100% renewable energy electric grid in Colorado by 2030. Region-by-region, we’re going to work with partners on the ground to facilitate a solutions-focused movement to get the job done. Together, we can create a future that moves beyond dirty energy and its negative effects on our health, environment, and economy. A 100% renewable energy future is possible by 2030. It will take all of us to make this vision a reality. We are Colorado ready

Who we are: The Story Group, based in Boulder, CO, produces independent multimedia journalism for news outlets and public interest campaigns, specializing in environmental coverage. Our Mission: Through compelling journalism and storytelling, The Story Group strives to increase public awareness and participation to solve critical environmental issues affecting peoples' health, livelihoods, and the planet by creating innovative multimedia narratives and distributing them to broad and diverse audiences.  Our Approach: With environmental stories representing just one percent of U.S. news headlines, TSG works to fill this gap at a time when deteriorating environmental conditions have become an increasingly pressing issue. Whether the subject is climate change, resource conservation, or energy issues, TSG strives to tell the stories of those affected by these critical environmental issues. TSG combines strong journalistic ethics, innovative storytelling and new media techniques to inform audiences and embolden action.