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Connect & Collaborate – Women Helping Women

Tammy Schmidt — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:40 +0000

A beautiful solution to a life-long challenge in Afghanistan. How to provide sustainable income to Afghan women with few skills and fewer options. Enter Connie Duckworth. Shortly after she retired from a distinguished career, a friend called Connie to say she’d put her name, “…in for something.” Something was a bi-partisan commission for Afghan women, [...]

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Connect & Collaborate – Sustainabity for SMEs

Tammy Schmidt — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:00 +0000

Sometimes sustainability practices can seem a bit out of reach for smaller companies. Without staff dedicated to researching energy efficient light bulbs, or employee-friendly health plans, some of the efforts a business would like to make, must be pushed aside just to get business done. Martha Young and Graham Russell are creating a blueprint of [...]

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Connect & Collaborate – Creating Climate Wealth

Tammy Schmidt — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000

Some of the best, energy saving technologies and inventions are not implemented because of a gap between interventors, entreprenaurs and the money that sets things in motion. As Jigar Shah has told us before, “We have, in our country, all the technologies necessary to solve climate change. We just have to export them around the [...]

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Connect & Collaborate – Cultural Exchange

Tammy Schmidt — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:39:22 +0000

When Denver was settled from the wild west, as the gold rush made it’s way through uncharted territory, it was likely inhabited by some rough and crusty characters. Some folks probably still think our city is rough around the edges and uncultured. But they would be wrong. Sure, we love our time in the mountains [...]

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A Message from Peter Yarrow to the Rotary International Members of Colorado

Tim Bungum — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:30:35 +0000

© Photo by Darryl Watson Peter Yarrow, the prolific singer/songwriter who found fame with the 1960′s trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, is now pursuing a initiative to combat violence and intolerance in schools with his program entitled Operation Respect. His curriculum incorporates the Don’t Laugh At Me Program, which teaches children tolerance and respect for each other’s [...]

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Connect & Collaborate – Colorado Energy Office

Tammy Schmidt — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:25:40 +0000

In a position to lead, Colorado has made huge gains in the energy sector. Always a leading state when it comes to coal production, we’re now in an era of renewable energy. With abundant days of sunshine, solar energy is easy to produce, and on the front range and elsewhere, wind energy is harnessed. In [...]

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Coast to Coasters

Blake Rubenstein — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:26:36 +0000

Find out how a small thrill ride manufacturer in Logan, Utah found new markets by engineering excitement and exporting its product globally. With 95 percent of potential customers living outside of the United States, there is no better time to grow your small business, like S & S Worldwide, through various government export assistance programs. [...]

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Naked Value

Sandy Grason — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:55:19 +0000

Naked Value is the ultimate value a product delivers. Howard Brown discusses his new book: Naked Value: Six Things Every Business Leader Needs to Know About Resources, Innovation & Competition. Howard Brown is the co-author of “Naked Value: Six Things Every Business Leader Needs to Know About Resources, Innovation & Competition” and co-founder of dMASS, Inc., a company [...]

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Connect & Collaborate – LNG – Opening Global Export Markets

Tammy Schmidt — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:13:22 +0000

The dynamics of United States’ oil dependency have been turned on their head after recent estimates of abundant Natural Gas reserves. Now, the United States is in a position to not only produce our own energy, but possibly export it as well. The question is: Should we? This week, we’re talking to Dave Schryver, Executive [...]

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Renewable Energy Calls for Better Batteries

Keenan Brugh — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:53:10 +0000

Storage is important for energy systems. One of the reasons we rely so heavily on fossil fuels is that they are incredibly easy to store. Coal sits in a yard, oil fills up drums, and natural gas is contained in tanks. In contrast, solar panels produce energy only while the sun is shining, and wind [...]

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