We used to ask a neighbor for a hammer more frequently. Nowadays we’re more apt to buy every tool we need – including items we may only use once, like post-hole diggers, tile-cutters, or plumbing wrenches. But each of us owning such tools is both a waste of money and resources.  By sharing resources, ReSource Tool Library leverages communal purchasing power to do more with less. Whether you’re working on a community service project with a local school, building an affordable home with Habitat for Humanity™, cleaning up a park with your church or neighborhood association, restoring a trail with an environmental group, or merely working around the house, a Tool Library is there to lend a wide range of tools to any individual or nonprofit who needs tools for their projects. At their location at the popular ReSource Yard at 6400 Arapahoe Road in Boulder, they have collected 2500 tools and counting.  Adam Jackaway chats with host Nikki Kayser.

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High school and collage students will be energy use ambassadors with the Student Energy and Education Action program. It is a statewide effort to inspire energy efficiency and get students thinking about green jobs and careers. Program director Julie Connor chats with host Nikki Kayser.

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It will have been one year since millions of lives in Haiti were changed forever. After the  earthquake, a hurricane and a cholera outbreak complicated efforts to rebuild. Host Alec Harris gets an update on the reconstruction of Camejo Hospital and the construction of a vocational training center from Jodel Charles, Executive Director  of Renewal4Haiti.

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Emily Cooper describes some of the challenges and concerns the family members and professional caretakers can have while dealing with seniors. She chats with host Nadia Khasawneh about  the National Caregiver Training Program, sponsored by Boulder County Aging Services. The twenty-one hour course is taught by a registered nurse. It helps family caregivers acquire the skills needed to provide safe, confident home care for older loved ones.

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Executive Director of Global Down Syndrome, Michelle Sie Whitten, sheds light on some misunderstandings about Downs Syndrome. We now know that there is a greater range of abilities with the 400,000 people diagnosed currently in the U.S.  She also chats about areas of focus for research with host Nikki Kayser.

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Boulder County approved an action plan to be darn close to total waste diversion by 2025. Sustainability planner Lisa Friend highlights the recommendations with host Nikki Kayser. Some of the largest gains will be made when commercial sites recycle their 10,000 tons of cardboard and construction sites such as roofers recycle their unwanted materials. Households still throw 2,000 tons of magazines and 200 tons of plastic bottles into the landfill. Superior and Longmont divert less than a quarter of their waste.

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On behalf of the Christians living in Palestine, Sabeel Colorado publicized the conditions in Gaza with a lecture series.Guy Benintenti will speak about his experiences driving a convoy of humanitarian aid to Gaza from London through Egypt. He chats with host Nikki Kayser about the trip and how moving the situation is in Gaza.

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Volunteers are needed in the bi-annual point-in-time count of Boulder County’s homeless people. Accurate survey results are important to receive the appropriate federal funds and provide the right services for the homeless. There is a coordinator to specialize on Longmont this year. She, Agatha Moya, and Leslie Gibson will cover the county count January 25th and 26th. They chat with host Nikki Kayser about the challenge.

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Transition Colorado is kicking off the New Year with a film series to inspire a renewed connection with the earth. Starhawk chats with host Nikki Kayser about the documentary she and Donna Reed produced. Permaculture: The Growing Edge is an antidote to environmental despair, a hopeful and practical look at a path to a viable, flourishing future. Top leaders in the field are included in the film, providing inspiration and vision for a new way to look at our relationship to the earth.

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Formerly the Longmont Children’s Council, the Wild Plum Center for Young Children and Families provides pre-school programming for three and four-year-old children. They use federal Head Start money and local funding for several locations in Longmont. The Wild Plum Center serves 200 children in 12 half-day classes. Nadia Khasawneh finds out the details from  Amy Ogilvie, Executive Director.

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