Each time we travel we have a choice. We can be a tourist or a traveler. In my younger life I was always a traveler. I backpacked through South America, teaching English along the way, exchanging room and board for language lessons and trying my...
“If we act on the side of justice, we have the power to turn tides," Desmond Tutu [caption id="attachment_30576" align="alignright" width="300"] Kathleen Dean Moore, a river runs through her mind[/caption] A moral imperative is the basic experience of encountering the right and compels a person to act. Ask...
In March 2007, the FDA recalled more than 60 million cans of cat and dog food after the death of 14 pets. Later that year, Chinese-made toys were recalled: Mattel took several of its Barbie and Polly Pocket products off the shelves because of concerns...
Editor’s note: Rev. Pat Bailey, pastor of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, takes a developmental and evolutionary view of faith, spirituality, and religious community. Join him for his weekly blog as he explores the ever-changing landscapes of perspectives and consciousness and discusses both the challenges and...
Mountainfilm in Telluride’s 35th annual festival celebrations will be boosted by what festival director David Holbrooke describes as an extraordinarily diverse and high quality line up. "Our films are really strong this year across the board,” he said. “Whether they are climbing, environmental or just general interest...
An anti-fracking concert and protest film Powder on mountain slopes. Rivers running steady and strong. Alpine meadows filled with summer flowers. Crowds of happy people, in town for the festivals, fill every bed and restaurant. And opposition to fracking or any other carbon-based energy source,...
[caption id="attachment_30630" align="alignright" width="150"] Bacteria can cause human and animal diseases. However, some bacteria are not harmful at all and are responsible for the production of antibiotics. Still others live symbiotically in the gut of animals (including humans).[/caption] This week has been a time to start...
"Tiny," gestation to pay dirt: A writer and multimedia project manager based in Boulder, Colorado, Merete Mueller is laser-focused on environmental sustainability. She has worked as managing editor of "Elephant Journal," as a project manager at a slow food travel organization, and at a mobile app...
[caption id="attachment_30656" align="alignright" width="200"] Tim DeChristopher: We are all "Bidder 70"[/caption] Editor's Note: Break out the champagne. We received an email on Thursday, May 16, reminding us that the documentary made by Telluride locals George & Beth Gage about Tim DeChristopher, "Bidder 70," a true labor...
May 16 to 23, 2013 Visible planets: Morning: none Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn May in Colorado is a month of embracing beauty, magnificent skies, pounding rain, shimmering rainbows, budding trees, restless winds and – overall - predictable duality. The fixed earth sign Taurus is solid and...
