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About 175 people attended the fourth annual Colorado Pollinator Summit, “Protecting Colorado’s Biodiversity," which was planned by the Community Engagement, Design and Research center and others. The Nov. 1 event featured plenary talks and panels on urban neighborhoods, landscaping for biodiversity and holistic farming in Colorado.

Can you afford to purchase a home in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß?  Most people can't.  And many small businesses have been forced out by high rents. So have working families, students, university staff, immigrants and others.

CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß researchers and faculty, and the city of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß discussed how innovative partnerships between university researchers and cities are critical to mitigating climate change during a panel at the national MetroLab Summit, held at the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß campus Thursday.

The city of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and a group from CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß led by the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR), are hosting the MetroLab Summit, a high-profile conference focused on city-university partnerships and urban innovation.

In partnership with the city of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, CEDaR investigators are analyzing residents’ baseline knowledge of the Emerald Ash Borer and proposing ways to address the infestation through environmental education efforts, as well as public-private partnerships.

Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita, Mara Mintzer, Growing Up ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß program director, and Victoria Derr, authors of "Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," received the 2019 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Achievement Award for their publication at EDRA’s 50th anniversary conference. The book has received endorsements from many of the most respected child/youth environmental researchers, practitioners and advocates.

Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that expands regulatory protections for residents across the state’s roughly 900 mobile home parks.

KGNU has a live conversation about a new, first in the nation, printed child-friendly city map that’s helping kids learn how to navigate their way around ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

Working with about 700 ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß elementary students and two ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß environmental design seniors, Growing Up ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has created a new, child-friendly map of the city.

Kids in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß will now be able to navigate around town thanks to the first ever child-friendly map, a map made for kids, by kids.