Growing up in the Denver suburb of Montbello, David Edwards (BA ’97), president and CEO of EMotion Pictures Productions, spent his adolescence coveting cars and the freedom they offered. Today, as the producer, writer and director of the documentary film Sprawling from Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization, Edwards argues that […]

Q: What does your institute do to promote sustainability? A: We address fundamental land use, transportation policy and regulatory matters on a regional and national scale. We tackle issues that truly will have a long-term impact on sustainability. We also work to oppose “greenwashing” — a veneer placed on an unsustainable […]

It looked like a spaceship moving down University Boulevard, students said. The floating contraption — carried five blocks by 17 students — was a geodesic dome 30 feet in diameter and 17 feet high made in celebration of the first Earth Day at DU. April 22, 1970, was a snowy […]

Q: Under your leadership, DU has taken a number of steps to become a better environmental citizen, including expanding recycling, purchasing wind energy, building “green” and signing onto the college Climate Commitment. Why is DU’s commitment to sustainability so important to you? A: It’s important to me personally, but more […]

Growing up in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, an area scattered with rivers and lakes, Curt Shneider witnessed the environmental damage caused by pollution. That insight inspired him to prepare for a career in the environmental field, and beginning with his sophomore year, he came to DU to do […]