Coral Reef Restoration
The Nature Conservancy and its partners are literally nursing coral reefs back to health in an attempt to restore this vital marine habitat. Beauty and Brawn: Coral Reefs Have it A
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World’s First Wrench 3D-Printed with Recycled Ocean Plastic Wins Innovation Award
Colin Payne, an independent professional writer, researcher and photographer based in British Columbia, Canada writes about the first 3D-product made with recycled ocean plastic an
1st Annual Spring Gear Swap & Garage Sale
Here’s the deal on this unique deal: You clean out. Three local nonprofits clean up. The 1st Annual Spring Gear Swap takes place this weekend, Friday May 30 – Sunday, June 1 at
Spring Sunday: May’s Subtle Splendor
Much of the year, Telluride’s splendor is obvious – almost obnoxiously in your face. Powder days, Bluegrass Festival, mid-summer Prospect rides and Highline hikes. These are th
Spring Sunday: Trail Running the Jud Wiebe
Waiting for spring in the Rockies is like waiting for a child to emerge out of puberty. An adult one day; a child the next. Sun one day; snow the next. If you wait for things to ev
Earth Matters: Climate Change Changes Everything, Perception Too?
As I’ve grown older, I’ve realized it is much too easy to gravitate towards things I know and am comfortable with. The same is true about how I think. It’s easier to deal
Earth Matters: Industrial Age Must End
Proclaiming that the Industrial Age must end is a surefire way to invoke a relentless pounding of rhetoric from pro-growth conservatives like the unforgiving waves of a tsunami. Ho
Earth Matters: Mermaids’ Tears
“Malama i ke kai, a malama ke kai ia ‘oe.” The centuries old ‘ōlelo no’eau (Hawaiian proverb) translates to mean, “Care for the ocean and the ocean will ca
Earth Matters: Climate Change Reality 1896-2013: Mauka to Makai
In 1896, approximately 150 years after the dawn of the industrial revolution began to disrupt Earth’s natural energy balance, Nobel Laureate chemist Svante Arrhenius theorized th
San Juan Mountains Weather: End of Season Snow?
There’s a building ridge of high pressure over Colorado today with warming temps and clearing skies. Later in the day, clouds will begin moving into the forecast area
Earth Matters: Asia Chooses a Greener Path
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 creat
San Juan Mountains Weather: Like Variety? Spring in the San Juans
If you compared snow accumulation with dust from yesterday’s storm, there is probably 1″ of mud. The ferocious winds carrying desert grit did a lot of damage to our sno
San Juan Mountains Weather: Spring in the Mountains, Unsettled
A pleasant but windy day on tap with increasing clouds later this afternoon & tonight. Much like our Wed/Thur storm, vicious winds will again create another dust event p
San Juan Mountains Weather: Winter After Spring?
Surely love these warm tenuous March days, then it all changes in a matter of hours. Enjoy this beauty of a day because Wednesday will see increasing clouds and SW wi
San Juan Mountains Weather: Some Snow at Higher Elevations, 3/21/14
Today will be warm & sunny, but changing with increasing cloudiness and dropping air temperatures that precede a weak low pressure trough/cold front that will turn into
San Juan Mountains Weather: Big Winds, Maybe Some Snow
A near perfect Sunday. Warm, cloudless and calm, but all to end rapidly tomorrow with a120 knot jet on SW flow entering our area with big wind, another cold front and a li
Earth Matters: Searching for Silence in a Loud World
I’m alone, skiing towards a high ridge in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The stars are bright, but a slight glow is spreading from the east. Breath after breath creates a pl
San Juan Mountains Weather: A Few More Inches for the Late Season?
Two storms on tap for the San Juans today and tomorrow. Last night and currently the southern San Juans have a closed low moving east from Arizona through New Mexico produ
Telski: The Future of Our Slopes
Sustainable Slopes Day this Saturday, March 15 The future of the ski slopes lies in the hands of our future skiers. Knowing this, Telluride Ski Resort’s Eco Adventures and the U.
San Juan Mountains Weather: Some Snow for Northwest Slopes?
Today the San Juans will see warm temps, sunny skies with increasing cloudiness and SW winds later in the day. A fast moving Pacific disturbance/cold front dropping into o
San Juan Mountains Weather: New System Brings Possibility of Snow
Warming temperatures and sunshine today through most of Thursday then increasing high cloudiness & windy tomorrow. The next system from the NW will enter western Color
San Juan Mountains Weather: After Spring, Some Snow?
Mostly sunny skies today with increasing high clouds moving into western Colorado and another day of very warm temps for February. Thursday, westerly flow brings Pacific moisture/s
San Juan Mountains Weather: Snow Possible for Telluride
Western Colorado will see increasing cloudiness, winds and possible snow by sunset on Wednesday as a trough of low pressure will bring a Pacific northwest storm into the area. Unti
EcoAction Partners: 2nd Annual Truth or Dare Continues
Remember that game you used to play at sleepovers or summer camp? Friends dared you to do something racy and unbelievable or asked you to tell them one of your deepest darkest secr