GREEN

What do you get when you mix blue and yellow? Boulder, Colorado. From dreadlocks to post-recycled materials to free-range eggs and fair-trade coffee, Boulder is at the forefront of the Green movement, blazing the trail with no harm to the trees, of course.

The house we parked in front of separated waste into 8 different recepticles. Ironically, the rover we are driving in gets 8 miles to the gallon. It's good to know someone is doing their part; we promise to trade winne in for the next biofuel driven 'bago we come across.

Green is what you make it. Our contribution consisted of making the most of toilet water in the rv by both brushing our teeth and washing our faces before urination. Greenness presented itself in all forms from being forced to listen to a river roll while walking home at 3 am or being reminded that we weren't in new jersey anymore due to dreds. All in all the scenery of boulder was spectacular and its residents equally majestic.

To garner a true appreciation for the ways of the west one must take an afternoon hike through the Flatiron Mountains of Boulder,Colorado. Wade through frosty streams, scale rocky cliff faces, and pause to take a family photo at the summit with blue skies and the setting sun at your back. An experience like that will open one's eyes to what it means to go green.

Going green is freeing your mind, body, and soul to the rhythmic flows of boulder street bongos--it is allowing your scenic surroundings to bring all senses to a harmonic halt--flowing with the currents of exhilirating rapids--making dates with random hobos to share an experience of learning the secret to the harmonica--green is living in the moment and trusting the beauty of people you encounter through your days.

This avant-garde outlook features prominently in Boulder. So much that the citizens of this green-haven are mobilizing a grassroots effort to bring green to Capitol Hill. The concept: replacing our sliding dollar as currency with carbon credits, establishing a central carbon-trading regulatory entity, Gaia, charged with maintaining carbon-credit price stability and emissions caps.

These activists are modeling the way right at the heart of this vocal movement,scenic Boulder, CO. We just hope the rest of the country heeds their message.

Ride on,
L,D,G,Aj,Al