People who know I work for Ocean Conservancy, a marine-focused environmental NGO, often ask me, “So what fish can I eat?” Unfortunately, there is no single, simple, easy answer to this question, so my facile (and facetious) “None!” is usually followed by a more detailed...
Bluegrass Makes Black Gold: Compostables versus Trash at Planet Bluegrass Black Gold is a term used by gardeners and farmers for prime compost, a delightful soil amendment that adds nutrients and tilth. EcoAction Partners has been working with the Telluride Bluegrass Festival for several years to...
Glued to the screen spellbound, I watched a person portraying a traditional Native American sitting on horseback staring at something so horrific that tears were painfully running down his stoic, weathered face. Silently, as the camera slowly panned back, the image on the screen revealed...
Disasters do not just happen, and the physical environment is only one of many factors that causes or exacerbates disasters. Understanding the combination of ecological and sociocultural elements that create vulnerability to risk is key to reducing that vulnerability. Power relations, ideologies, and social constructions...
Well almost. We are gearing up. At the last Telluride School Board meeting the addition of a Growing Spaces Growing Dome as a learning lab and contributor to the school food system was given final approval. The pursuit of a greenhouse for the school has been...
Living at the headwaters of the San Juan River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it is relatively simple to take for granted the seeming abundance of freshwater in our clear mountain streams. However, half of the world’s 500 major rivers are seriously depleted or...
Gardeners, farmers, ranchers, water managers, hikers, bikers, pretty much anyone who spends time in the outdoors, will have noticed the lack of moisture this spring. We got a wee bit of rain early this week but as is often the case, there were torrential downpours...
Every state is an ocean state. I have said it before – in this very column, Earth Matters – and it is a common refrain among those who work on ocean issues. This is not just because we are looking for ways to interest people, who...
Mountainfilm in Telluride is such an incredibly important event. It kicks off our very full summer season here in Telluride, but more than that, through its programs we get to experience intellectual and artistic stimulation that makes us realize how blessed we are. Blessed to...
Editor's note: Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church, has been claiming in his doctoral dissertation (and in this weekly column) the the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative...
