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CWCB Supports X Genesis Two
Wednesday Mar 17th, 2021
The Colorado Water Conservation Board has skin in the game at this year’s X Genisis Water and Climate Event. CWCB Board Chair Jessica Brody told a recent board meeting that CWCB had provided some funding support which could result in real water policy opportunities in the future.
This X Genesis Event challenges entrepreneurs and experts to come up with scalable and market-based solutions to the “wicked” problems of climate change as it pertains to water.
Denver-based X Genesis defines wicked problems as those problems, “that resist definitive formulation and are difficult to solve due to incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements.”
Colorado establishes Water Equity Task Force
Task Force will help state better understand existing equity, diversity and inclusivity challenges involving Colorado water issues and inform the Colorado Water Plan
-Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Dan Gibbs, executive director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced the establishment of a Water Equity Task Force to better understand existing equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) challenges in Colorado water issues and inform the Colorado Water Plan.
“In Colorado, water is the lifeblood of our state and critical for our economy, agriculture, wildlife and environment. This Task Force is another important piece in creating a Colorado for all and will inform our Colorado Water Plan by ensuring that future efforts in planning for Colorado’s water future are increasingly inclusive,” said Gov. Polis. “I want to thank Director Gibbs and the Water Conservation Board for their leader
How to Help Boulder Victims Families
People from across the country are looking for ways to help families of the 10 people killed at a King Soopers in Boulder on March 22.
We ve compiled a list of area groups that are collecting contributions in the aftermath of the shooting. In July, we published this statement in recognition of the work we needed to begin at CPR to confront issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in our newsroom and organization as a whole. We know this work is urgent, and we are dedicated to doing it thoroughly and connecting it with our vision and mission to reach all and serve everyone in Colorado.
These days, he’s still wearing a pair he bought three years ago.
The difference? Sayles stopped using harsh fertilizers on his fields that ate through the leather of his boots. Sayles, a fourth-generation farmer with 6,000 acres near Seibert in eastern Colorado, now practices regenerative agriculture, a multi-faceted style of farming that advocates say has a host of benefits, including improved water efficiency, water quality and profitability.
Above all else, regenerative agriculture can help restore healthy, fertile soils working with nature, instead of against it.
“I’m really tired of fighting nature because she always wins. That’s her ace in the hole,” said Sayles, 64.