The Office of Sustainability and Museum partnered in 2025 to host a Plastic Free July event titled "Rethink Reuse". The successful event featured a panel discussion with local experts and an information fair.
Join your Longmont Librarians and the City’s Sustainability team from 6-7:30 pm on Thursday, July 18 for a free event that will provide resources and ideas to help you reduce single-use plastic waste every day at home, work, school and beyond—including a “Choose to Refuse” kit. Enjoy a panel discussion, children’s programming, an information fair and a special community activity.
The global transition toward sustainable energy will change how we live, build and move. “Revolutionizing Energy” provides an opportunity to learn more about these changes and how local providers are preparing to meet the clean energy demand. The film “Backlight: Beyond the Green Horizon” will provide a global perspective on the green revolution. It will be accompanied by a local look at the future of energy with a presentation of how Longmont’s electric utility, Longmont Power & Communications, and its wholesale power provider, Platte River Power Authority, are working together toward a 100% noncarbon energy mix by 2030. Following a discussion on local energy, attendees are invited to attend a sustainable energy fair. Here, they can discover local resources, watch induction cooking demos, explore electric vehicles, and get a chance to receive free energy-efficiency giveaways.
Watch Longmont Public Media's recording of the panel discussion.
We’ve suffered the unforeseen consequences of a car-consumed culture for more than a century. Transportation is now the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Join us to explore how people are thinking outside the car to make big impacts from climate change, to socio-economic inequality, to more livable cities. Featuring “The Engine Inside” (PG-13).
Watch Longmont Public Media's recording of the panel discussion.
From dwindling snowpack to depleted reservoirs, the future of our water supply remains uncertain. Spend your Sunday afternoon at a family-friendly event learning practical solutions from local and regional water conservation and equity experts.
Read the Times-Call newspaper article about the event.
Watch Longmont Public Media's recording of the panel discussion. Skip ahead to the 17 minute mark.
Our trash can have a negative impact on the community from the contamination of soil and water to the production of greenhouse gas emissions. Spend your Sunday afternoon at a family-friendly waste management event featuring information tables, kids activities and a panel discussion to learn about practical steps that can be taken to reduce waste in the community.
From local wildfires to vehicles on the road, a multitude of factors impact our air quality. Spend your Sunday afternoon at a family-friendly air quality event featuring information tables, kids activities and a panel discussion.
Join us as we take a big-picture view of how humans, largely by burning fossil fuels, have drastically altered the global climate system and living conditions on Earth. We will also explore how humans, from grassroots activists to national and global leaders, are seeking solutions. Our four panels–focusing on earth, air, fire, and water–bring together locally based scientists and other experts. The series is designed to move the public conversation forward, and to inform, engage and empower us all to think globally and act locally.
Watch Longmont Public Media's recording of the panel discussion.
Join Longmont’s Sustainability office for Plastic Free July: Rethink Reuse at the Longmont Museum on July 9 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. This event will include resource tabling for the Longmont community and a guided panel discussion on reuse. Panelists include Boulder County, Sustainable Resilient Longmont, Eco-Cycle, Green Girl Recycling, Vulture Collective, and more!