Springtime in the Rockies. Ah yes. We go from toasty warm, shorts and tank top weather to eight inches of snow, from dry roads to muddy ruts to icy pavement and back again in the blink of an eye. Telluride is quiet, but certainly not dead....
The news has migrated from the front page to back pages, but it's still news: Honeybees are dying. So many bees have bitten the dust the phenomenon has a name: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). And to date, it has been hard to establish a definitive...
Climatologists are able to explain why rain falls, clouds form, the patterns of atmospheric circulation, the movement of the ocean currents, and much more. Nonetheless, the transference and acceptance of this knowledge to the majority of society has taken centuries. Even though empirical evidence indicates...
If you’re a regular TIO fan as I am, I hope you’ve been reading the "Earth Matters" column. Anna Zivian’s latest story on strawberries is a disturbing revelation. I also hope you read yesterday’s "Hunting and Gathering: In the Garden" by Lisa Barlow. I've got...
Editor's Note: This is another installment of a weekly series by the team of scholars/dynamic enviro-activists Anna Zivian and Billy Mason. Both have deep ties to Telluride, but have gone out into the world to make a difference. They are. Strawberries may just have gotten a...
"Out of sight, out of mind," sadly seems to be the reccuring mantra that we have adopted toward our oceans. Our human-centric society often treats the Earth’s ocean environment like a dark corner of a basement, forgotten and full of garbage. Simply put, human-induced, global...
When Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library brought Woody Tasch and Michael Brownlee to Telluride for a presentation on slow money and transition towns, more than 140 attendees were introduced to the idea of nurture capital. According to Tasch and Brownlee, “the 21st Century will be the...
As we shed layers and enjoyed 54-degree weather last week, folks started dreaming of summer, green plants, and gardens. Of course, the warm, sunny days didn’t last – and that’s okay too. We need the snow pack for the end of the ski season –...
In my last post, I explained that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the application for the commercialization of AquAdvantage salmon -- genetically modified salmon. Although the public at large finds confidence in “FDA approved” products, I discussed why perhaps this...
The Telluride-based New Community Coalition announced its intention to form a Zero Waste Task Force at Monday’s Intergovernmental Meeting. The group will address the issue of regional Zero Waste goals and what it might take to bring those goals to fruition. We used to have regular...
