One of the easiest and hardest ways for us to address environmental catastrophe is to ditch the car.
Green Simple Living
Green Simple Living: Resolutions for a Greener 2026
Let’s start the new year with three of the most consequential actions that neighbors can take now—if you haven’t already.
Green Simple Living: Gifting a Culture of Repair This Holiday Season
At the height of the Covid pandemic, I decided to learn a new skill.
Green Simple Living: Coloradoscaping
As we close out the growing season, I wanted to say thank you to Front Porch readers for their enthusiastic response to July’s column. We received much inspiration to redo tree lawns.
Green Simple Living: Getting Rid of the Hell Strip or Tree Lawn
Denver Water notes 50 percent of a household’s water goes to outdoor use, as much as all indoor use combined. Ditching the grass now is a great way to save water, while cutting costs and getting creative with new ways of doing things.
Green Simple Living: Connecting Through Community
We hope you might join us to Grow Something this summer, even if it’s as simple as a pot of herbs in your kitchen window, or as beautiful as the vertical planter created by our neighbor, Rachel Esposito.
Green Simple Living: Sowing the Seeds of Climate Change
Growing your own vegetables eliminates fossil fuels that bring food an average of 1,500 miles to get to your plate, among other benefits.
A Welcoming New Art Space Opens in the Aurora Arts District
Alicia “Bruce” Trujillo’s new business, Manos Sagrados, (Sacred Hands), offers both studio and performance spaces that welcome all but are centered on BIPOC, femme, LGBTQ+, and disabled artists.
New Developments Planned in NE Denver and NW Aurora
There’s new information this week about several proposed development projects in the area in and around Central Park.
Green Simple Living: New Year’s Resolution…Stopping Food Waste
As we turn the calendar to 2025, it’s time to set a “green” New Year’s resolution. This year, I propose we work together to stop food waste.
Green Simple Living: Making Greener Choices at the Dinner Table
“Do you know how much water it takes to raise a cow?” It was a simple question, and though I could claim hog and sheep farming as part of my childhood, I didn’t know the answer.
Green Simple Living: Replace Your Furnace with a Heat Pump
Having taught Environmental Communication for over two decades now, I find myself in frequent conversation about climate change. I’ve noticed a shift over time.













