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From soccer moms to steelworkers, from students to ranchers, from commuters to backpackers enjoying the world-famous Rocky Mountains, CEC's membership is as diverse as our state-- and we are looking for a Development Coordinator to oversee the program.

Click on the link below to apply, and spread the word!

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CEC is honored to receive a $5,000 'High Five' prize for most donors giving to a mid-sized organization during Colorado Gives Day in December.

Thank you to the over 450 donors who gave to CEC on Colorado Gives Day-- we are so grateful for your support! You will play a crucial part in our work to protect Colorado's natural heritage and quality of life in 2012. You also helped us meet Executive Director Elise Jones' challenge to the board and staff-- click on the following link to see the video!

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As the demands of the technological age require the abundant creation and use (often short-lived) of more and more technologic devices, electronic waste has come to constitute an enormous, dangerous, and growing problem in Colorado. It is a problem with ready solutions, however, and a proposed landfill ban offers a perfect opportunity for Colorado to safely and responsibly address its e-waste while creating much needed jobs in the electronic waste industry.

Find a e-recycler near you, and take action!

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With the holiday lights brightening up Main Street and the first real snow falling this week in the Grand Valley, it is hard to deny that winter is finally here. As we cross the threshold into 2012, it is a great time to look back at some great highlights of 2011. This year CEC was instrumental in keeping Vermillion Basin wild for years to come, protecting a strong federal roadless rule, and paving the way for a common sense approach to fracking chemical disclosure.