Environment

For more information about the Town of Mountain Village's solar panel initiative, please contact Drew Harrington at dharrington@mtnvillage.org  or please visit our website at townofmountainvillage.com/solar-energy. The Town of Mountain Village is encouraging Mountain Village residents and businesses owners to harness the power of the sun and...

In July, the Colorado office of The Nature Conservancy is hosting a series of event in the Great Outdoors, family fun. But TNC operates all over the world. Part-time Telluride local and long-time TNC board member (Colorado first, now Maryland/DC) Pamela Smith recently visited the...

The Telluride Science Research Center hosts Dr. Yogi Surendranath of MIT. His talk, titled "Using Nature's Blueprint to Build a Sustainable Energy Future" continues a seven-week series of Town Talks presented by TSRC. The event takes place at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 6:30 p.m. Admission is free; cash bar opens...

Since 1981, the Telluride Mushroom Festival has celebrated all things mycological, from the newest advancements in mushroom science to its famous mushroom cook-off. The 39th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival takes place Wednesday, August 14 – Sunday, August 18, in Telluride, the Festival Capital of the Rockies. (For an...

A new grant program supports local businesses and residents in reducing carbon footprint. Telluride Green Grant is funded by the Town of Telluride and administered by EcoAction Partners. Direct funding comes from the Telluride Energy Mitigation Program. Grants of $500 to $40,000 are available. Applications...

Naturita-based boutique law firm Bachman Law LLC is getting a little help from a Nucla High School student, while also training the community’s next generation of legal professionals. The next event relating to workforce through apprenticeships, hosted by the Colorado Workforce Center (Montrose), is Nucla...

If you'd like to learn more about Telluride's Last Dollar Solar Garden, follow the updates on EcoAction Partners.   The Last Dollar Community Solar Garden, developed by Alternative Power, Erdman Energy Enterprises, and the San Miguel Power Association (SMPA), will be coming this summer to Last Dollar Road above...

We curated this story by Olivia Rosane in EcoWatch because, for a change, there is something positive to report on the climate change front. A record number of Americans now say that global warming is "personally important" to them, according to the latest Climate Change and the...

On Dec. 4, 2017, newly elected President Donald Trump decided to shrink the Bears Ears region of southern Utah, downsizing by 85 percent (or more than a million acres) a monument sacred to the Zuni, Hopi and other Pueblo tribes, who migrated to its canyons and...