Author: Kris Holstrom

Springtime in the Rockies. Ah yes. We go from toasty warm, shorts and tank top weather to eight inches of snow, from dry roads to muddy ruts to icy pavement and back again in the blink of an eye. Telluride is quiet, but certainly not dead....

If you’re a regular TIO fan as I am, I hope you’ve been reading the "Earth Matters" column. Anna Zivian’s latest story on strawberries is a disturbing revelation. I also hope you read yesterday’s "Hunting and Gathering: In the Garden" by Lisa Barlow. I've got...

As we shed layers and enjoyed 54-degree weather last week, folks started dreaming of summer, green plants, and gardens. Of course, the warm, sunny days didn’t last – and that’s okay too. We need the snow pack for the end of the ski season –...

The Telluride-based New Community Coalition announced its intention to form a Zero Waste Task Force at Monday’s Intergovernmental Meeting. The group will address the issue of regional Zero Waste goals and what it might take to bring those goals to fruition. We used to have regular...

How lucky are we to live, work and play here? This past Presidents' Day weekend gave many of us a much welcomed opportunity to catch up on work and play. I got to wear many hats, as usual, but each one was comfortable and warm. Our Telluride-based...

Community Response to Building Common Ground #1 plus Transition Our Way The Telluride-based New Community Coalition and the Wilkinson Public Library were thrilled to have such a fantastic turnout and post-presentation dialogue at last week's Building Common Ground and Green Business Roundtable gatherings. Thursday evening, January 2,...

Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion kick off with Transition to a Slower Future: How Community Resilience and Slow Money could lead to less work and more fun! The Telluride-based New Community Coalition partners with the Wilkinson Public Library to create a Building Common Ground program....

Ongoing Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion kick off with Transition to a Slower Future: How Community Resilience and Slow Money could lead to less work and more fun The Telluride-based New Community Coalition partners with the Wilkinson Public Library to create a Building Common Ground...

Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion kicks Off with Transition to a Slower Future:  How Community Resilience and Slow Money could lead to less work and more fun The Telluride-based New Community Coalition partners with the Wilkinson Public Library in "Building Common Ground", a series funded...

With funding from Just For Kids, our Telluride-based New Community Coalition is putting on a Renewable Energy for Educators training in Norwood this Friday. We’ve had lots of fun in the past bringing in the Science Explorers training in which teams of kids and teachers...