by NTP Staff | Oct 3, 2013 | Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
The question of environmental management and conservation of energy has become one of the most talked about and relevant issues in today’s world. As we are becoming more and more aware that we consume resources and energy from the world as we live our lives. The...
by wdorband | Jul 6, 2013 | Business
Change is always hard, but most often needed. We have decided it is important to change our name, but it sure isn’t fun. We want to have our community and tribe to relate broadly to the vision and dreams of the founder of the Institute of Ecolonomics,...
by ddorband | Apr 22, 2013 | Ecology, Gardening, Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
For many people Earth Day is the one day of the year that people stop and think about the environment. They may plant a tree or vow to start recycling. Earth Day is the launching point for many a great project or pledge to help the earth. However with the state of our...
by NTP Staff | Feb 28, 2013 | Aquaponics, Education, Intern Blog
Hello Everyone, My name is Jason Sather, and I am one of the new interns here at Nourish the Planet in Loveland, CO. I graduated from Prescott College in 2012 with a B.A. in Sustainable Community Development with an emphasis in Ecopsycology and a strong breadth in...
by NTP Staff | Feb 21, 2013 | Education, Intern Blog, Sustainability
Hi, my name is Adam Smith. I grew up in a small town in Michigan, graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2011 with a BA in physics and math and recently moved to Boulder after a stint working on sail boats (I’m a licensed captain). Beyond sustainability and aquaponics, I...
by NTP Staff | Dec 13, 2012 | Intern Blog
I grew up in Colorado and can’t seem to stay away. I first moved to Buffalo, NY to accept a synchronized swimming scholarship at Canisius College, but returned to complete my B.A. in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology at CU Boulder in 2009. My interests...
by NTP Staff | Dec 12, 2012 | Intern Blog
History has shown that an increase in soil salinity results in a decrease in crop productivity, and ultimately, the struggles to sustain a community. One of the earliest and most major occurrences of an increase in salinity happened during 2400-1700 BC in ancient...
by NTP Staff | Dec 11, 2012 | Intern Blog
I grew up in Indiana and moved to Colorado in 2007. My educational background is in agronomy and pharmaceutics from Purdue, and environmental engineering from Colorado State. I have always enjoyed science and math and I love to apply those principles to the real...
by NTP Staff | Dec 10, 2012 | Intern Blog
The key benefit of aquaponic systems, as contrasted to conventional agriculture, is reduced water usage. Water is only lost from absorption and transpiration by plants, evaporation from fish ponds, and biomass removal. Plant absorption and biomass removal are usually...
by NTP Staff | Dec 6, 2012 | Intern Blog
I’ve recently finished studying in Saudi Arabia, where I completed my M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Engineering. I moved back to Northern Colorado because I consider it my home, and its natural beauty was what motivated me to pursue the environmental...
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