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...
Climate change challenges facing the world in the New Year leaving you feeling blorft? (Check out Tina Fey.) Here's an antidote: some good news from Jeff Deyette and the Union of Concerned Scientists to start off the new year. We curated this story from EcoWatch. Despite...
Telluride's EcoAction Partners announces an introduction to the Colorado Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program. The event takes place Tuesday, January 8, 12 - 1:30 p.m., at Town Hall in Mountain Village (455 Mountain Village Blvd., Suite A). Food and beverages will be provided. RSVP here. The...
Remember the 21-year-old, disaffected hero who starred in the blockbuster film "The Graduate"? Ben was portrayed as smart but aimless, so a well-meaning friend of the family suggested there was a great future in plastics. What was true in 1967 now lands squarely in the...
Director Louis Psihoyos' The Game Changers examines the health benefits of plant-based diets, particularly on elite athletes. When the doc was screened at Mountainfilm 2018, it changed hearts and minds – and dinner menus. Psihoyos is a vegan. (As is the rest of his film crew.) November...
