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2026 Themes
January:
New Year Kick-off & Biodiversity
February:
Garden and Habitat Planning
March:
Soil Health and Regenerative Practices
April:
Tree Planting & Tree Care
May:
Biodiverse Spaces & Urban Agriculture
June:
Drought & Water Use
July:
Community Heat Impacts & Mitigation Strategies
August:
Wildfire Resilient Landscapes
September:
Pollinators & Insects
October:
Harvest / Regenerative Agriculture
November:
Seeds – Adaptations & Propagation Methods
December:
Off-Season Yard Care / Compost as a Climate Resource
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Community Heat Mapping
Extreme heat kills more Americans than any other weather event, but not everyone’s risk is the same. Denser urban areas, which typically have a lot of dark surfaces that absorb and hold heat, are much hotter than their surrounding rural and suburban counterparts. This is known as the “urban heat island effect.” Zooming in further, heat is not distributed evenly within these urban heat islands. Oftentimes the effect disproportionately affects marginalized communities.
Boulder County High Schoolers “Tree-plenishing” Our Ecosystems
The Cool Boulder Campaign is thrilled to kick off our 2022 actions by supporting students from five Boulder County high schools—Centaurus, Peak to Peak, Monarch, Boulder, and Fairview—to plant 1,200 trees this Earth Day through a campaign called Tree-Plenish. Tree-Plenish is providing $5 tree saplings to members of the public. Online orders for Eastern Redbud, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, and Red Maple saplings can be made through March 30, 2022.