http://www.ewbdenver.org Reaching Out from the Rockies Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:28:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mountain Region Workshop is coming up October 24th- 26th in Denver, CO. See the event details page.  Click here to register. http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/08/06/deadline-for-early-registration-at-mountain-region-workshop/ Denver chapter meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 7-9 pm, at the University of Denver Engineering Building (Knudson Hall), Room 309. The next meeting will be Tuesday, August 12th. Click here for a map. http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/08/01/next-meeting/ Our 2008 Sand Sculpture Contest is Saturday, August 9th. We need volunteers to help with various tasks before, during, and after the contest. If you can help, please email Jim Gusek (jgusek@golder.com) or Scott Allen (Scott_Allen@golder.com). This is the chapter’s biggest fundraising event and benefits all 3 ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/07/25/2008-ss-reminder/ EWB Denver needs someone to help with updates to our website (adding and updating articles, updating photos and documents) a couple of hours per month. No HTML or web design experience is needed. Exposure to Wordpress would be helpful, but is not required. We'll teach you what ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/07/23/website-volunteers-needed/ SCE members know that Maury Albertson has been a fixture in the sustainable development community for a long time. His many life-time achievements mark him as a truly remarkable individual. In recognition of his 90th birthday, Village Earth is honoring Maury at a Gala fundraiser starting at 6 pm August ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/07/11/maury-albertson-birthday-gala/ The fall workshop for the EWB-USA mountain region will be held in Denver October 24-26th at the CH2M Hill Headquarters.  All professional and student chapters are invited to join.  This is a great opportunity for learning about other projects that are close by as well as a chance to network with students and professionals.  ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/07/09/ewb-usa-mountain-region-workshop-in-denver/ Changes and edits have been made to the original Chapter Constitution and Bylaws. A vote will be held at the August Chapter meeting for the Chapter Members to accept or decline the changes. Absentee votes may be sent via email to the Chapter Secretary, apeirce@lrcwe.com, up to 3 ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/07/09/vote-on-updates-to-chapter-bylaws/ The Ft. Collins Peru project was featured on 9NEWS June 9th. You can see the story on the 9NEWS website. http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/06/20/fort-collins-chapter-featured-on-9news/ "Paulino, the President of Malingua Pamba and Chair of the Water Board reports that not only are the people overjoyed to have easier access to water, but that relationships between communities as well as neighbors have improved; oh, and of course, their health & sanitation are improving..." Read the ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/06/19/malingua-pamba-post-trip-report/ Low cost Ecological Sanitation programs in Malawi have led to the building of over 11,000 compostproducing toilets since 2003. While the toilets are affordable and simple to construct, the fact that they convert human waste into valuable odor-free compost, enables cost recovery for households and is a prime driver in ... http://www.ewbdenver.org/2008/06/12/lessons-from-a-malawi-sanitation-project/