Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and passionate Fort Collins community member. Tweets are my own.
Fort Collins, CO
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Kirk Longstein retweeted
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
Kirk Longstein retweeted
Citizen engagement thrives when governments create a culture of transparency and accessibility. Kenya’s bottom-up budgeting model offers key lessons for meaningful participation. Discover how your community can adopt these best practices! tinyurl.com/5h8hrbxe
Kirk Longstein retweeted
This is a dangerous take by the current @cologop. Removing the Times Recorder that pretends to be real news is one thing. But removing a journalist who’s widely known to be hard-hitting but fair is quite another. Transparency is necessary for our nation. #copolitics @fishnette
At @cologop state assembly in Pueblo just now, @ColoradoSun reporter Sandra Fish @fishnette . ejected from arena by sheriff’s deputy after party’s event manager said GOP chairman “believes current reporting to be very unfair” #copolitics
What happens first; train on the moon or Colorado front range passenger rail?
Train on the Moon? US to Explore Lunar Railway - h/t The Economic Times dlvr.it/T4bwS4
I don’t usually do this, but hey, I don’t usually go south of Prospect…
This place is amazing 🤩
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Are you a Building Science nerd?
Come out and plan to attend the Building Forward with Our Climate Future event on Saturday July 15th.
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Come check out the Ice Box Challenge structures that are now on-site on the north side of 22…lnkd.in/gv3qDurw
#fortcollins #LandUse Code protects all #wetlands even those less than 1/3 acre. Today’s #scotus ruling is a devastating blow to over 50 years of environmental protections, but I’m proud of our local community’s continued commitmen…lnkd.in/gA7W9Hhf lnkd.in/gCMKprB2
Fort Collins adopts new environmental (1041) regulations
City staff worked hard to bring forward a comprehensive set of regulations that incentivizes applicants to avoid critical natural resources and provides ecological mitigatio…lnkd.in/gkzktmBw lnkd.in/gwZKv8tp
#fortcollins city council discussion on #environmental (1041) #regulations includes domestic water and highway/interchange projects. lnkd.in/g6XZDnPJ
#fortcollins #Environmental (1041) #Regulations aim to incentivize project designs that avoid development impacts to critical natural habitat and cultural resources. #permitting #habitatrestoration #planningforthefuture
WATCH LIVE: City Council Hearing…lnkd.in/g7wGs_FN
More density is essential. But energy geeks are so narrowly focused on carbon reduction, they miss out on the Nature based Solutions that need to compliment more density/Zoning reform. Look for Silver BBs not a silver Bullet
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Learn more about Environmental Planning at development sites across the City of Fort Collins - Register and learn more at an upcoming lunch and learn:
May 17 (12:15-1:30): Wetland Mitigation / Ecological Restoration
June 21 (12:15…lnkd.in/gwbcwmuM lnkd.in/gxAMiyfW
Fort Collins adopts new oil and gas regulations; limiting new development to the industrial zone, and 2,000’ from buildings. lnkd.in/gE88nK7N
#fortcollins City Council will consider adopting regulations that restrict new #oilandgas developments from approx. 13% to less than 1% of land area. Send your comments to [email protected] ahead of the April 4 City Council he…lnkd.in/gqcp_4GZ lnkd.in/gZGDvZgS
Climate #leadership Workshop!
FREE AND FUN for ages 12+
Develop your skills as a grassroots organizer and build community while doing it!
Saturday March 11 @ 10am at the Harmony Public Library lnkd.in/gDYYSZcF
Happy #PeaceCorpsWeek!
Ada Koki Ndajumpa Waka
RPCV Malawi 2008-2010 lnkd.in/gYDEc5kY
Kirk Longstein retweeted
On this day in 1961 President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order to create the @PeaceCorps . He would appoint Sargent Shriver as the first Director of the Peace Corps three weeks later. #OTD
The City of Fort Collins will host a Q&A panel about proposed changes to the City’s Land Use Code related to limitations on approvals for oil #oilandgas facilities and pipelines.
Representatives from the City of Fort Collins, La…lnkd.in/g2B3Qfav lnkd.in/g9HPv2PB
For those discussing NEPA permitting reform please consider reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Although theses laws weren’t written by Moses, there was a pretty big environmental movement behind its passage.
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Colorado considers trapping greenhouse gases in abandoned oil and gas wells with biochar coloradosun.com/2023/02/20/b… #copolitics