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  • America trashes 40% of its food. A Colorado startup is connecting the discards to dinner tables.

    November 26, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Finding alternatives for uneaten or imperfect food reduces waste. In Denver, multiple initiatives, ranging from the city’s Certifiably Green Denver program to tech startups and nonprofits, are working to tackle the problem of excess and wasted food. The nonprofit organization, We Don’t Waste, redistributes unused food from large venues at food banks and farmers markets. The tech startup, FoodMaven, similarly aims to reroute food from the landfill to consumers.

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  • Older Coloradans are working longer and demanding an updated set of tech skills

    November 19, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Lowry, Colorado

    Older populations in Colorado want more out of the available technology classes, which often teach too much of the basics and not enough to keep them from falling behind in the age of social media, Etsy, and online video conferencing. Now, older individuals in Colorado have access to a free membership program through the Older Adults Technology Services, which is working to restructure technology classes state-wide to go beyond simple web navigation.

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  • How a small Colorado town fought the Japanese beetle and won

    July 29, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Palisade, Colorado

    Eradicating invasive species requires enrolling a community effort. Although quarantines and chemical treatments have not proven effective in preventing the spread of Popilia japonica, or the Japanese beetle, to farms on the US’s Front Range, the Colorado community of Palisade succeeded in eradicating the species through collective action. By combining pest control methods with a community program of reducing water use, Palisade farmers were able to push the beetles out of their farmland over the course of several years in the early 2000s.

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  • A cybersecurity worker shortage in Colorado has the industry tapping veterans to fill the gap

    May 27, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    The Cybersecurity industry in Colorado has started recruiting and training veterans, finding that ex-military members gave what it takes to combat digital "bad guys" and other cybersecurity issues. While Colorado has fewer individuals employed by the cybersecurity industry than the majority of the country, they're finding success with their veteran training programs.

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  • Forget plastic bans: Colorado mountain towns try volunteerism, bootcamps as solutions to single-use

    March 22, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

    In the mountain towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, locals are going beyond banning plastic bags and are thinking bigger about how to reduce single-use plastic. The Telluride Venture Accelerator focuses on bringing “startups in the plastics-alternative market” to Colorado. A local committee is also finding ways to encourage businesses to change their plastic habits, and together the local government initiatives and environmental startups will change consumption habits regionally.

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  • A city where all the traffic lights are green? The tech is live in Lakewood and coming soon to other Colorado cities

    February 26, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Lakewood, Colorado

    In Lakewood, Colorado, Audi vehicles using new Vehicle-to-Everything technology tell drivers the ideal driving speed at which they can hit all green lights. The technology also counts down red light wait times and improves the traffic flow and congestion throughout the city.

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  • Electric airplanes developed by a Colorado startup take aim at global pilot shortage

    January 31, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Centennial, Colorado

    The aviation world is changing and companies like Bye Aerospace are leading the way toward a new industry with the development of an all-electric airplane. At the same time, the number of pilots in the United States is dwindling due to the expensive cost of pilot training, which comes from the high fuel costs associated with the needed 1,500 hours of trained flying. This is where companies like Bye Aerospace can help invigorate the field, making training cheaper and the field more forward-looking.

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  • A Denver construction company's tech saved it lots of time and money. Then it shared with competitors — for free

    December 10, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    PCL Construction is known in the construction industry for being innovative. Most recently, they have begun a push to integrate technology to modernize their company and the industry. By working with software engineers and app developers, the company has drastically improved efficiency. Not content to let the rest of the industry remain inefficient, PCL also decided to openly share its software.

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  • Guild Education's twist on college is working for cashiers, sales clerks and others who abandoned the idea of a college degree

    December 03, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    By partnering with employers in the service industry and Silicon Valley investors, Guild Education, an innovative Denver, Colorado-based startup, helps adults in service-level jobs attend college at a significantly discounted rate. Some think this arrangement could soon "become as ubiquitous as 401(k)s."

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  • Meet the robots and other contraptions making Colorado's recycling more efficient

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Technological innovations are making single stream recycling more efficient. Allowing consumers to place their recyclable waste into a single container for disposal increases participation in recycling programs, but adds pressure on processing plants. Using AI vision technology allows machines to learn, identify, and sort materials efficiently.

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