Sustainability
Organismal Biology & Ecology Department Receives NSF Grant
Julia Fennell ’21
Associate Professor of Organismal Biology and Ecology and Southwest Studies Dr. Rachel Jabaily and her two students Magdalyn Rowley-Lange ’26 and Cricket Mohring ’28, are conducting research this summer on how plants in the pineapple family respond to nitrogen. The team’s study is funded by a National Science Foundation grant. Jabaily, Rowley-Lange, and Mohring are hoping to develop the tropical bromeliad family, which has over 3500 species, as a model group for understanding how nitrogen scarcity can influence physiology, growth and nitrogen cycling through ecosystems.
RISING JUNIOR COMBINES ENGLISH LIT AND EV STUDIES IN SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Julia Fennell ’21
Victoria Levi ’27 is using both her English Literature major and Environmental Studies minor skills this summer while working on legislation about dam-removal at American Rivers, a non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and restore rivers.
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GOVERNOR POLIS AT CC TO SIGN GEOTHERMAL BILL
Megan Clancy ’07
Colorado Governor Jared Polis was on campus on Tuesday, May 27 to sign House Bill 25-1165 Geologic Storage Enterprise & Geothermal Resources into law. Gov. Polis noted that it was significant to be signing the bill – one that sets up the future of geothermal energy in Colorado – at CC, specifically in Tutt Library, as Tutt is the largest net-zero academic library in the country.
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CC’S COP29 DELEGATION RETURNS TO CAMPUS
Julia Fennell ’21
Eight students recently returned to campus after spending two weeks in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). CC’s delegation was led by Dr. Sarah Hautzinger, Professor of Anthropology, and Myra Jackson, Mindfulness Fellow for Creativity and Innovation.
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CC FARM SEED-SAVING WORKSHOP
Saúl Maravilla ’19, one of the staff advisors for the CC Farm, led the annual seed saving workshop at the farm. He talks about the importance of saving seeds and the benefits of getting involved with the CC Farm!
Video by Rowan Kempen ’26
CC Sustainability in the News
Westword: CC Geology Professor Christine Siddoway’s recent study shows Earth was once covered with ice. Such findings can help develop a clearer picture of our planet during climate extremes and the processes that led to the habitable planet we live on today.
The Daily Sentinel: CC’s State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll is cited as evidence that people want to preserve natural areas and wildlife as the pursuit of clean energy moves forward. At issue: how the Bureau of Land Management will manage 245-million acres of public land for multiple uses.