Author: Kris Holstrom

Serving up a local and seasonal dining and fundraising experience The Southwest Institute for Resilience is the local non-profit that hosts the community gardens in Telluride, Ridgway, Norwood and the community greenhouse in Ophir. It also oversees the Telluride Farmers Market and a new project –...

Emily Kuehn, our OSM/VISTA offers MLK Volunteer Day workshop and training in basic home energy efficiency in Norwood, Colorado. First, what’s an OSM/VISTA? That’s a Volunteer In Service To America through the Office of Surface Mining! Emily has been with us since last summer, working...

One year ends, another begins. We humans traditionally review what we did (the good, bad and indifferent) and look to what we want and need to do in the next 12 months – our New Year’s Resolutions. The change of the calendar (whenever that happens culturally)...

The New Community Coalition has been around the Telluride region since 2007. As the Sustainability Coordinator for the region I’ve been pleased to have a full, strong work load that addresses all areas of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. After 5 years, some in the...