In September 2009 Eric Doub was invited to speak at a luncheon for the Boulder Rotary Club about Ecofutures pioneering work in creating a more sustainable community. The luncheon was wonderful and the audience of more than one hundred were enthusiastic to hear what we were up to these days. You can view our PDF presentation here.
At the end of the presentation, we were both surprised and delighted to learn that modifying a well-known tune’s lyrics for presenters is a Boulder Rotary Club tradition. And so we were presented with our own personalized jingle, written and sung by member Valorie Goodall Mooney, a retired professor of voice.
The tune is written in the spirit of “Home on the Range.” The song is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West and we think it’s a perfect fit for Ecofutures, being a true pioneer in zero net energy home building! Below are the clever new lyrics:
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where there’s beer, and the college boys play.
Where often is heard: eco-friendly’s the word,
For our skies are not cloudy all day.
Home, eco-smart home…
Zero energy, green tech’s the key.
Solar Harvest’s the name,
Ecofutures’ the game,
And our skies are not cloudy all day.
And, not only did they write a song for us, but they generously donated one hundred doses of polio vaccine to the Polio Plus Challenge on behalf of Eric Doub and late Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame athlete, Ty Kaus. Ty was from Louisville and was a longtime member of the Boulder Rotary who had polio as a child and as an adult became a champion wheelchair athlete.
For 20 years, Rotary International and its partners have been working to eradicate this tenacious disease. They are currently raising $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.
To date the Boulder Rotary Club has raised over $26,000 toward their goal. Ecofutures is proud to be a part of this effort. If you’d like to donate to eradicate polio, click here.
A big thank you to Valerie Goodall Mooney, president Darla Schueth, and the entire Boulder Rotary Club for a unique and fulfilling afternoon for Ecofutures!
