Category Archives: Social Equity

New Denver City Ordinance to Simply Mask Homelessness, Not Solve It

Kim Hughes : Wednesday May 2, 10:44AM

Denver hasn t been too shabby of a place to be homeless. You can find free meals every day, there are overnight shelters and daytime shelters that are open when the overnight ones are closed. There are free … More »

Urban Agriculture – The Green Revolution

Dave Wann : Sunday March 11, 8:43PM

Up to 30 percent of America s food is now grown in metropolitan areas where 93 percent of Americans live. Rural farmland continues to vanish because of erosion, water scarcity, industrial and retail … More »

A Sustainability Progress Report for Colorado

Anna Zawisza : Thursday February 23, 2:03PM

How would you like to have an annual, tangible measure of Colorado s sustainability progress (or lack thereof)? In other words, how can we know where we re going if we don t know where we are? We at … More »

Anthropology of Food

Dave Wann : Thursday January 12, 11:15AM

Americans undervalue organic food both on the table and on the farm, for similar reasons. As a culture, we don t yet recognize the difference in quality between organic and conventional food; between … More »

Almost 50% of Americans Live in Poverty

Jason Page : Thursday December 15, 3:22PM

According to revised Census Bureau data, 48 percent of American citizens (over 146 million people) live in poverty . Some of the findings include... Over 146 million Americans are low-income, meaning … More »

Colorado’s Shifting Demographics – Children of Color Majority by 2021

Jason Page : Thursday December 15, 11:01AM

As reported in today's Denver Post , children of color are predicted to be the majority of Colorado's under-18 population by 2021. This demographic shift will result primarily from the growth in children … More »

World Toilet Day-November 19th

Jackie Ganfield : Friday November 18, 4:52PM

Tomorrow, November 19 th , 2011 is World Toilet Day ! You are probably thinking, Okay, where is she going with this? World Toilet Day has been implemented in over 19 countries to raise global … More »

28 cents increase for minimum wage

Kim Hughes : Monday November 7, 4:18PM

Colorado minimum wage will increase from 7.36 to 7.64 an hour at the start of 2012; meaning, the year-salary of one who is paid minimum wage for working 40 hours for 50 weeks per year is 15,280. This is … More »

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, America

Jackie Ganfield : Friday October 7, 2:59PM

I am a guilty coffee fanatic. I have worked at a coffee shop as a barista, I drink at least one cup of coffee a day, and I am slightly addicted to caffeine. Consequently, coffee is my primary source of … More »

Sobering Poverty Stats Overlooked at Sustainability Movement’s Own Peril

Jason Page : Tuesday September 13, 6:48PM

A record 46.2 million Americans (15.1 percent of the total population) are in poverty , the most since the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting data in 1959. The poverty line for a family of four is 22,314 … More »

The highest recorded number of those in poverty – our reality

Kim Hughes : Tuesday September 13, 3:40PM

Today the Census Bureau released it's annual report on poverty, health insurance coverage and income. The numbers are from 2010 and, putting it lightly, they are bleak. Conditions are worsening: 46.2 million … More »

Denver Urban Agriculture Model – The GrowHaus

Jason Page : Friday September 9, 1:02PM

I heard a great profile of The GrowHaus this morning on Colorado Public Radio . The GrowHaus is an indoor farm and market in northeast Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. This neighborhood is a food … More »

Is Colorado’s Budget Doomed?

Jason Page : Thursday September 1, 11:13AM

The University of Denver's Center for Colorado's Economic Future released the second phase of its study on Colorado's budget and tax system. Requested by the Legislature in 2010, this second phase was even … More »

Colorado Scaling Back Medicaid

Jason Page : Wednesday August 31, 5:22PM

Today's Denver Post announced that Colorado is scaling back Medicaid coverage, medical coverage for low-income individuals, after the number of eligible Coloradans exceeded projections by three times and … More »
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