Carol McInnis is an environmental Health Specialist with Boulder Boulder Public Health. She chats with host Nikki Kayser about the burrowing rodents who might carry the plague. There are currently two confirmed cases in Boulder. She reviews the Do’s and Don’t of handling dead animals and more.

Dot Org Show (listen)

One of the first and longest-running local organizations that gives access to a network of energy-efficient vehicles throughout Denver and Boulder, eGo CarShare allows members to pay per trip without the commitment of owning a car. Vehicles are conveniently stationed, often near bus and bicycle facilities and are accessible to members with valid reservations twenty-four hours a day, 7 days a week. Karen Worminghaus chats with host Nikki Kayser about their new trucks and plans for expansion.

Dot Org (listen)

They are a not-for-profit child care center for children ages 2½ to 6. Over the Rainbow Preschool promotes each child’s emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth in a developmentally appropriate, literacy-focused environment to ensure that each child reaches their own potential and develops a positive self-image. Teacher/director Wendy Beatty talks with host Nikki Kayser.

Dot Org (listen)

They are an educational, non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Puran and Susanna Bair, who combine their backgrounds in psychology, theater, science, and finance. The Institute for Applied Meditation is an authentic spiritual school that customizes a comprehensive body of spiritual teachings to individual needs. They offer a broad range of teachings and practices from every tradition and culture that have contributed to the conscious development of the heart. Host Nikki Kayser interviews Puran and Susanna Bair.

Dot Org (listen)

Bullying is something Dr. Jackie Human, author of 15 Ways to Stop a Bully, happens to know a lot about, from firsthand experience in both her personal and professional lives. From being bullied in the workplace to supporting her daughter when she was bullied in school to having spent five years volunteering for an organization that sent Jackie  into many different environments all around Long Island to present programs to thousands of students and adults on various forms of bullying, Dr. Human has seen and addressed bullying from a variety of perspectives. Dr. Jackie Human has learned from her life experience that stopping bullying is much easier than we think, but only if we are willing to embrace the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: “Our dignity can never be taken away from us, it can only be surrendered.” Host Nikki Kayser gets the details.

Dot Org (listen)

John Love, director of Greenworks Video, chats with host Nikki Kayser about their year-long contest to help non-profit organizations in Colorado. Each month three organizations will compete on FACEBOOK for popularity. The winner receives video production work to improve their website to reach more people. Many of the competing non-profits have been on the Dot Org show.

Dot Org Show (listen)

Photo pals are forming between students in Boulder and their counterparts in a Shan refugee community in Thailand.  Students there and here post photographs of their lives onto the Voice Threads website to share and learn about lives that differ from their own. Jack Manning, a New Vista High School student describes the project to host Nikki Kayser. Photo Pals is made possible with the help of Burmalifeline and Salus World.

Dot Org (listen)

As one of the 17 original counties created by the Colorado Territory in 1861, Boulder County is celebrating its sesquicentennial in 2011. To help commemorate the 150th anniversary, the county is recruiting students to submit essays and artwork for a pair of contests. All Boulder County students in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to submit a piece of artwork on a poster board no larger than 11 inches wide by 12 inches tall. The work should be a current depiction of Boulder County and what the county means to the artist. All Boulder County students in middle school and high school are invited to submit an essay about what is was like to live in Boulder County 150 years ago. Host Nikki Kayser chats with Carrie Haverfield about the goals of the sesquicentennial celebration.

Dot Org (listen)

Their mission is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the Rocky Mountain region and similar areas around the world. Denver Botanic Gardens offers all kinds of hands-on workshops, public lectures, and personal enrichment learning for all ages. CSU entomologist Joe Julian tells host Nikki Kayser about the organic gardening workshops.

Dot Org (listen)

Mark Reinhardt, board of directors member of Vegetarian Society of Colorado, chats with host Nikki Kayser about vegetarianism in general and their annual festival July 2nd this year.

Dot Org (listen)