Telluride Grown is on Town Council's agenda, 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 4. Come and support the initiative. [caption id="attachment_30631" align="alignright" width="300"] Telluride Grown, led by Telluride's own Kris Holstrom and Steve Cieciuch, is a plan to bring an aquaponics-powered greenhouse to Telluride.[/caption] By now you’ve read Susan...
[caption id="attachment_30855" align="alignright" width="300"] Hawaiian 'Amakihi[/caption] Riding a warm tropical Pacific breeze and guided by the billowing cumulus clouds towering above the lofty 13,796-foot summit of Mauna Kea, forest birds arrived on the island of Hawai’i to discover a natural paradise of habitat diversity. Subsequently, the...
Grand opening of the Telluride Growing Dome is 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. today. Stop by to taste the fruits (and vegetables) of everyone's labors. The Growing Dome behind the Telluride High School celebrates its Grand Opening Wednesday, May 22. All are invited to come by after...
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...
[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...
EcoAction Partners is collaborating with Telluride Grown to help create two aquaponic demonstration units in time for this year's Mountainfilm in Telluride. The theme of this year's event is Climate Solutions - and we believe building robust local food systems is one important – and...
Editor's note: Any article by scientist Billy Mason is worth reading, but this blog is particularly timely. Over Memorial weekend, starting Friday, May 24, Mountainfilm in Telluride will focus on Climate Solutions," starting with Friday's Moving Mountains Symposium: "We are assembling an all-star lineup of scientists,...
Enter to win 2013 Festival Passes by filling out this quick survey! The mission of EcoAction Partners is to inspire, initiate and support collaborative community actions that enhance resilient economic, environmental and social systems. We want to hear what you, our community, see as priorities for...
[caption id="attachment_30169" align="alignright" width="263"] Eco-city Tianjin in China[/caption] As self-serving politicians funded by the fossil fuel industry inhibit progress in America, Asian countries are quickly moving towards reducing risk, building resilience, and creating new economic opportunities by abandoning the business-as-usual approach in favor of going green. By...
An Hour Given = An Hour Earned Timebanking and Community Resilience, May 3, 8:30 A.M., Wilkinson Public Library Program Room Time Bank of the Rockies is up and running, and we are delighted to bring Cynthia Harwood to the EcoAction Roundtable to present information and help...
