Science Matters Colorado

For today’s episode, I am thrilled to share an interview with Colorado-based author Ben Goldfarb.  Ben has written for pretty much every publication you can think of, including the Atlantic, Science, the New York Times, National Geographic, and Outside, to name a few. Today’s conversation focuses on Ben’s book Eager:The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, which received the PEN...

For today’s episode, I’m excited to share a talk from renowned environmentalist and author Bill McKibben. On Tuesday this week, McKibben visited Boulder, CO to discuss current trends in renewable energy adoption as well as his new book, Here Comes the Sun, about the rise of solar and wind energy.   Personally, I was not familiar with McKibben’s work before the presentation, which is probably why I...

Welcome to Science Matters Colorado. The podcast that explores the environmental issues shaping our beautiful state. I am your host, Alex Hippenhammer. Today I’m honored to share a deeply candid and illuminating conversation with Dustin Freyta, an Indigenous American and one of the leading voices at Sacred Water Mountain Society, based in Taos, New Mexico. Sacred Water Mountain Society is centered...

Today I am sharing a conversation with fire mitigation specialist and trained wildland firefighter Ruth Massera. Ruth works out of Crestone, Colorado for a nonprofit called E3KFM. Their work is centered around wildfire mitigation through regenerating healthy forests and restoring the watershed. A lot of Ruth’s work recently has been centered around an initiative to reintroduce beavers to the water...

It’s projected that by 2050, 7 out of 10 people in the world will live in urban areas, totaling 6 and half billion people. The ecological footprint of these cities will be vast, and the more we can do to make these areas self-sufficient, the more habitable the entire planet will be. Today’s guest offers a novel solution to this challenge. Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the stratifi...

If you want to understand Colorado and the American Southwest, you have to understand our most limited and valuable resource - WATER . That’s why I am excited to share this conversation with Blake Mamich , a water conservation expert and Program Director for the Colorado Water Trust . The Colorado Water Trust is a homegrown nonprofit that focuses on instream water flow restoration, a topic that Bl...

Today I am talking with Natural Builder, Tim White. I met Tim at the Crestone Energy Fair in Crestone, Colorado, an eclectic town where I was introduced to natural building materials and techniques. Tim has been in the natural building industry for almost 30 years. During the Fair, Tim gave a talk on Clay Plasters , and I was hit with more truth bombs about the built environment in that one talk t...

The truth is out there, but unveiling it is a meticulous and tiresome process that few choose to undertake. With his new documentary, Half-Life of Memory , Jeff Gipe has taken on a historical act of environmental injustice that, according to notable activists, is perpetuated to this day. Rocky Flats nuclear manufacturing plant operated from 1952 until 1989, when it was raided by the FBI. This was...

Welcome to Science Matters Colorado , the podcast that explores the environmental issues shaping our beautiful state. Each episode, I talk with experts to help you understand the challenges we face and celebrate the natural wonders we strive to protect. Today, we’re diving into the world of mountain lions. Recently, Proposition 127 — a ballot measure to ban the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats,...

Welcome to Science Matters Colorado, the podcast that dives deep into the environmental issues affecting our beautiful state. Each episode, I talk with experts to help you better understand the environmental challenges we face and celebrate the natural wonders we strive to protect. Today, we're focusing on algal blooms—an issue that has recently caught the attention of the Colorado Department of P...

Welcome to the first episode of Science Matters Colorado, the podcast that explores the environmental issues shaping our beautiful state. I am your host, Alex Hippenhammer. I thought I would launch this podcast with a speech that has really inspired me to make some changes in my life recently. It is a commencement speech from Paul Hawken, the environmentalist and author. The speech is called “You...