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2026 Salons
June 26, 2026 — Climate Conscious Homes
June 12, 2026 — Solar Climate Intervention
May 22, 2026 — Fake News & How We Got Here
May 8, 2026 — Suffocating an Island
April 24, 2026 — The U.S Nuclear Weapons Complex
April 10, 2026 – Dementia and the President of the United States
March 27, 2026 — Plastics, Microplastics, and Human Health
March 13, 2026 — Democracy at a Tipping Point
February 27, 2026 –Rewilding Colorado’s Public Lands
February 13, 2026 — What’s behind the U.S. attack on Venezuela?
January 23, 2026 — Nuclear & Nuclear Waste in the US & Colorado Today
January 9, 2026 — The Electric Supergrid
2025 Salons
December 12, 2025 — Letting Go of 2025 and Looking Forward to 2026
November 14, 2025 — The Immigration Crisis in Northern Colorado
October 24, 2025 — Safe and Healthy Colorado Campaign
October 10, 2025 — Why Can’t America End its Forever Wars?
Sept 26, 2025 — Data Centers: The Colorado Context
Sept 12, 2025 — Poudre School District Board Elections
June 13, 2025 — The Impact of Oil and Gas Production on Colorado’s Air Quality
May 23, 2025 — Know Your Rights for Activists
May 9, 2025 — Checking in After the First 100 Days of the Second Trump Administration
Apr 25, 2025 — Air Quality and Ground-Level Ozone in Colorado
Apr 11, 2025 — Examining Dark Money in Politics
Mar 28, 2025 — Colorado Reproductive Access Landscape
Mar 14, 2025 — Whatever Happened to the Hydrogen Economy?
Feb 28, 2025 — Introduction to Democratic Socialists of America
Jan 24, 2025 — Community Response and Resistance to the Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Jan 10, 2025 — Indivisible Guide 2.0
2024 Salons
Dec 13, 2024 — Extended Producer Responsibility Law for Colorado
Nov 22, 2024 — A Fort Collins Large Methane User Fee
Nov 8, 2024 — 2024 U.S. Elections Aftermath
Oct 25, 2024 — Psychospiritual Roots of Isreali-Palestinian Tragedy
Oct 11, 2024 — Academic Labor Organizing in Colorado
Sept 27, 2024 — Intellectual Freedom and Poudre Libraries
Sept 13, 2024 — Initiative to Ban Single Use Plastic Water Bottles in Fort Collins
May 22, 2024 — The Klu Klux Klan in Colorado
May 10, 2024 – Best Colorado Native Plants for… You Name It!
April 26, 2024 — Oyate Film Viewing and Discussion
March 22, 2024 — Landscaping without Irrigation or Weed Fabric
March 8, 2024 — Say This, Not That
February 23, 2024 — Braver Angels on Political Polarization
February 9, 2024 — Adding More Chairs to Our Table
January 26, 2024 — The Inflation Reduction Act, Utility and State Tax Credits: What’s in it for ME?
January 12, 2024 – The Gaza Genocide
2023 Salons
December 8, 2023 – Recovery and Resilience in the Poudre Watershed
November 10, 2023 – The Green Transition
October 27, 2023 – Water? Why Bother?
October 13, 2023 – Last Words of Daniel Ellsberg to Rocky Flats Truth Committee
September 22, 2023 – What’s Really Recyclable in Northern Colorado
September 8, 2023 – Climate Conscious Home Improvements
June 23, 2023 – Synthesis of IPCC 6th Assessment
June 9, 2023 – Declaring Israel to be an Apatheid State
May 26, 2023 – Rethinking Warfare Economies
May 12, 2023 – Fort Collins Large GHG Emitter Tax
April 14, 2023 – Proportional Representation
March 23, 2023 – Killing It! How to turn a lawn into an ecosystem
February 24, 2023 – How to Stop Funding the Climate Crisis
February 10, 2023 – The Future of Fort Collins Land Development Policy
January 27,2023 – The Virtual Power Plant Revolution
January 13, 2023 – Heating and Cooling Your Home Renewably
2022 Salons
December 9, 2022 – Peacebuilding in Russia and Ukraine
November 18, 2022 – Your Last Act On Earth
October 28, 2022 – Divest CSU Campaign
October 14, 2022: Implications of the SCOTUS West Virginia v. EPA Ruling
September 23, 2022: Review of Three Fort Collins Ballot Initiatives
September 9, 2022: Overview of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report on Climate Change
June 24, 2022: The Recycling Myth
May 27, 2022: The Carbon Cost of Clothing
May 13, 2022: How To End the Corrupting Influence of Big Money in Politics
April 22, 2022: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World
April 8, 2022: Divestment from Fossil Fuels Around the US
March 25, 2022: Prospects for Federal Action on the Climate Crisis
March 11, 2022: Fort Collins Minimum Wage
February 25, 2022: The Ukraine Crisis
February 11, 2022: A Well Regulated Militia & the Second Amendment
January 28, 2022: The Anti-Critical Race Theory Polemic
January 14, 2022: Immigration Reform & Immigration Rights
2021 Salons
December 10, 2021: Rejoining the JCPOA with Iran
October 22, 2021: Disenfranchisement and Voter Suppression in the US
October 8, 2021: Ranked Choice Voting for Fort Collins
September 24, 2021: No Warming, No War
September 10, 2021: Death and Dying in the 21st century
August 27, 2021: Afghanistan: What do Peace Advocates Have to say for Themselves Now?
June 25, 2021: There is no End Game in the Climate Battle
June 11, 2021: Repercussions and Consequences of the Latest War in Israel/Palestine
May 28, 2021: Mobilizing to Prevent Climate Catastrophe
May 14, 2021: Toward More Democratic Presidential Elections
April 23, 2021: Addressing Gun Violence
April 9, 2021: Rethinking U.S.Foreign Policy
March 26, 2021: Fire in our Watershed
March 12, 2021: Rights of Nature
February 26, 2021: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System
February 12, 2021: Fort Collins Plastic Pollution Ordinance Roundtable
January 22, 2021: Reproductive Health: Education & Climate Change
2020 Salons
December 11, 2020: A Community Conversation on Climate Change Adaptation
November 13, 2020: The Elections are (Mostly) Over
October 23, 2020: Neoliberal Capitalism at a Dead End
October 9, 2020: Palestine Today
September 25, 2020: The Great Turning and You