Special Events

• Natural Night Out 2009 will be on Friday October 2 at the Rembrandt Yard in Boulder - Save the Date for Thorne's 3rd Annual Fundraising event including a silent auction and awards ceremony.  Stay tuned for more details!

• Natural Night Out 2008 - October 11, 2008 at the EXDO Event Center.  THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT!  Click Here to see Natural Night Out Event Supporters!  The Champion of Environment award recipient is Steve Savage, President of Eco-Products and Ellie's Eco Home Store. The Champion of Education award recipient is Dan Ritchie, Chairman and CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. 

• Thank you to our sponsors: Peak Sponsor - CH2M HILL; Foothills Sponsor - John & Jackie Geister; Creek Sponsors - Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Ellie's Eco Home Store, Yellow Scene Magazine;  Wetland Sponsors - Aweida Venture Partners, Namaste Solar Electric, Roche Colorado Corporation, Signature Offset, Nan Thorne Fogel, Webroot, WhiteWave Foods, Xcel Energy.

• Natural Night Out 2007 - THANK YOU FOR A FANTASTIC EVENT!  Click here to view some photos from last year's Natural Night Out!  An elegant evening held November 10, 2007 at the Boettcher Mansion in Golden featuring a silent auction, an awards ceremony, wine pouring, live music, and hors d'oeuvres.  Honorees included Ralph Peterson, CEO and President of CH2M HILL and Lesley Smith, Outreach Scientist for University of Colorado's CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science) and Boulder Valley Board of Education. Sponsors include: CH2M HILL, The Camera, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Signature Offset, Aweida Capital Management

• Wind Turbine Dedication - THANK YOU FOR A FANTASTIC EVENT! September 8, 2007 at Sombrero Marsh.  We celebrated WIND and dedicated Thorne Ecological Institute's new wind turbine and wind energy exhibits made possible by the Rudd Mayer Wind Energy Project.  Keynote Speakers were: Maggie Fox, Attorney and Conservationist; Jim Martin, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Health and Environment; and Suzy Ageton, Deputy Mayor of the City of Boulder.  There were light refreshments, kid's activities, and Music on the Marsh starring Jeff Kagan and Mark Wesson!

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