Read the text version of the Sounds of Hope audio collage.
[Lark Bunting singing]
SPEAKER 1: Thinking about boulder in 2035, I envision a climate resilient city where changes in our mindsets and behaviors have reduced our carbon footprints.
SPEAKER 2: I envision more bike paths all over and more bus and public transportation options.
[Bus stop sounds]
SPEAKER 3: Easy to use, frequent and inexpensive bus and shuttle routes.
SPEAKER 4: We have a ciclovia every Sunday, and the entire length of Broadway is open to people, children, families. People do most of their errands on bike or foot.
[Cycling sounds and bike bell rings]
SPEAKER 2: I envision the city using clean energy sources that support whole communities.
SPEAKER 5: And more energy efficient homes and buildings.
SPEAKER 6: We've taken advantage of the incredible local scientific and engineering community, capturing excess energy and using renewable resources to power our beautiful city.
SPEAKER 7: Ethanol to hydrogen and hydrogen to electricity will produce only biogenic CO2.
SPEAKER 8: I envision a future where diesel engines are replaced by electric.
SPEAKER 4: There are no more long lines of cars at our local school. Everyone gets to school via other means.
SPEAKER 9: The city itself would have all electric vehicles and have charging stations all throughout the city.
SPEAKER 10: Styrofoam containers are long gone.
[Composting and gardening sounds]
SPEAKER 9: The composting rate would be 99%.
SPEAKER 11: Kill the carbon with plants.
SPEAKER 12: I see sprawling carbon neutral community gardens where neighborhoods can plant and share organic foods with each other in natural and public spaces.
SPEAKER 13: And food is abundant because every home is in the process of making food. Every street has communal sharing pathways and every person has access to that food with a place to rejuvenate as they eat.
SPEAKER 14: If we replaced our blue grass lawns with apple trees, we would create shade, pollinator food and food for our children.
SPEAKER 15: More native plants attracting more birds and pollinator plants attracting pollinators.
SPEAKER 1: I see a shift to smaller, more modest homes that emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
SPEAKER 16: We'd legalize and incentivize inherently low carbon, walkable dents -- multi-friendly infill.
SPEAKER 17: We must make visible changes to our community, but we also can't stop working hard to create a just and equitable city.
SPEAKER 2: Walking and driving through national and state lands without seeing any oil rigs pipeline warning signs, fracking sites or drills.
SPEAKER 1: I also see increased value placed on local goods and services that help our city become more sustainable.
SPEAKER 13: All businesses are best for the world B Corps following the best practices,
SPEAKER 18: A circular economy replaces the extraction of resources with the transformation of existing products.
SPEAKER 10: Residents and schoolchildren see a virtual reality simulation of what it's like to travel to the edge of the atmosphere and see the thin layer that's protecting the planet up close. This experience is authentic and visceral and evokes strong emotions that go together with the drive to be good stewards of the planet.
SPEAKER 13: In 2035, I want to live in a city where people talk of climate justice with pride, because we can see it in the way we shop, do business, support organizations and build policies.
SPEAKER 19: We will have to get to the stage where climate action is going to be expensive, and it can only be done on a community basis.
SPEAKER 20: We have to change our political, economic models drastically from empire to Earth community cooperation. At first we will have to give up a lot, but in the end we will have gained and won for our planet.
SPEAKER 13: When we talk about the future, we talk with hope about how to maintain all of the good we've already built.
[Birds singing]