Lifestyle
EARTH MATTERS: OCEAN HEALTH UP TO US
Let’s set the curve! How decisions we make about the coasts and oceans affect overall ocean health A paper published [today] in Nature outlines a way to assess and compare the health of ocean ecosystems across different countries. The study uses a series of indicators to measure...
24 August, 2012
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USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE: VOIGT IN SOLO RUN IN STAGE 4
Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek) rode a solo race to claim the Stage 4 victory in Thursday's run from Aspen to Beaver Creek in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Voigt is the 4th stage winner in as many days and the crowd at the top of...
24 August, 2012
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FASHION FRIDAY: PRINTED JEANS
Thought the trend would end by the time the leaves turned? Think again. A pair of intensely printed jeans, so popular in spring and summer, is among fall 2012's hottest trend. I admit it. I too was skeptical at first. In fact, I still don’t own...
23 August, 2012
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USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE: DANIELSON TAKES STAGE 3
The running joke at the Durango press conference last Saturday was how many cities across America Tom Danielson claims as his home town. His statement that he wants to return to live in Durango certainly helps his popularity with Colorado fans. The stage victory in...
23 August, 2012
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ECOACTION PARTNERS: GARBAGE TO GOLD
The US Pro Cycling challenge blasted through Telluride on Monday, August 20, fast, furious and really fun.We here at EcoAction Partners did our best to help out with our usual compost/recycling and trash efforts. Three of us (thank you volunteers from our board!) worked the VIP...
22 August, 2012
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USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE: TEJAY VAN GARDEREN TAKES STAGE 2
In Tuesday's Stage 2 race from Montrose to Mt. Crested Butte, Tejay van Garderen of BMC Racing Team gained a stage win and the overall lead. From Nicole Okoneski's Stage 2 recap: "An early break of about 30 riders wouldn’t stick, but did lead to a...
21 August, 2012
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USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE: VIEW FROM THE TOP
Stage 1 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was an exciting one for me: I had never been right on the course for a major cycling event. Today changed all that. I read Emily Brendler Shoff's post about Lizard Head Cycling Guides' option to view the...
21 August, 2012
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AFTER STAGE 1 EVERYONE IS A FAN
If you weren’t a cycling fan and you were in Telluride Monday August 19th, chances are that you are one now. Locals and visitors alike lined Main Street to watch the world’s best cyclists battle 10,000 feet mountain passes, intermittent rain showers and each other over...
20 August, 2012
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EARTH MATTERS: THE BOTTOM LINE
Regardless whether you understand the empirical evidence that indicates human-induced activities have exaggerated the greenhouse effect or if you just “feel” that the climate change is naturally induced, it is difficult to argue that extreme weather events such as severe droughts, hurricanes, and floods along...
17 August, 2012
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