ECOACTION PARTNERS: TRUTH OR DARE FINALE
EcoAction Partners invites you to join us in celebrating our 48 Truth or Dare participants and the daring sustainable actions they’ve taken since January 1 in our social media-ba
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EARTH MATTERS: SECRETS OF THE RED PLANET
Time travel, a popular topic of science fiction, has taken one step closer to reality. I am not talking about humans traveling “Back to the Future” as depicted by Hollywood, bu
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEATHER: JUICY MARCH STORM
A juicy March storm is on the way so enjoy a very warm, partly sunny Wednesday because there is increasing high cloudiness today and tomorrow as the ridge of high pressure moves e
ECOACTION TOPIC: CLIMATE CHANGE & SNOWPACK, 3/8/13
To regions like Telluride, snow pack is more than a ski slope. The snow pack that develops here provides water throughout the summer and fall, supporting our abundant mountain ecos
EARTH MATTERS: FRACK – SAY “NO” TO HICKENLOOPER
On June 22 of 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio caught fire due to the indiscriminate dumping of industrial chemicals and sewage into the river. Sadly, this event was not
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEATHER REPORT: A FEW MORE INCHES? 02/24/2013
Our four days of storms end today as the 4-corners closed low dives southeast into New Mexico to disrupt the front range of Colorado with upslope conditions and the plains states w
EARTH MATTERS: LAND GRABS
This month, responding to campus activists who have been working on the issue for over a year, Vanderbilt University divested from “land grabbing,” withdrawing a $26 million in
EARTH MATTERS: EVOLUTION=ADAPTATION
The rise of the Tea Party Republicans has propagated a twisted version of the 13th century philosophy that science should be ignored if it does not support their narrow ideology. T
EARTH MATTERS: LIGHTS OUT
Pollution is a problem. Water pollution can also cause problems in the ocean, like the dead zones I discussed in an earlier post (https://www.tellurideinside.com///2012/06/earth-ma
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEATHER FORECAST: STORM FOR THE WEEKEND?
Looks like the San Juans will have clear, sunny and dry conditions with daytime temperatures into the mid 40’s through Thursday, but with a few mid/high level clouds invading
EARTH MATTERS: BUSTING THE DENIERS’ MYTHS
Fox News, my personal favorite for misinformation, recently claimed without a wisp of evidence that “all climate scientists that claim climate change is real are corrupt.” If t
ALACAZEM 2013.01.31
January 31 to February 7, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter Lately, I’ve been thinking about the weather. And, why not? With te
EARTH MATTERS: CABINET-MAKING
A new Presidential term always starts with some changes, but there are several in store for President Obama’s second term that could make a big difference for the environment. So
ECOACTION: TRUTH OR DARE, UPDATES, INSIGHTS
Three weeks into our eco-friendly competition and we have upped the number of participants to 36. The race is on! Daily, participants in this new EcoAction Partners initiative are
EARTH MATTERS: BRIGHTER & BOULDER
The city of Boulder, Colorado, has long been a vibrant community that understands the symbiotic relationship between quality of life and health of the natural environment. Since at
EARTH MATTERS: FUTURE OF GMOS
At lunch, A friend asked “What’s going to happen with GMOs?” I didn’t have an answer, but I did come up with some issues to watch. I’ll go into some of these in more deta
ECOACTION PARTNERS: POINTS & PRIZES
January 1, 2013, EcoAction Partners welcomed in the New Year with our Truth or Dare campaign. With 30 participants to date, the heat is on. In this month-long competition anyone wh
EARTH MATTERS: HAPPY BLUE YEAR!
For this coming year, I have several fishes – I mean wishes – for the ocean. Here are a few: • Less plastic Plastic is one of the most persistent pollutants in the ocean, and
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEATHER: COLD AND SNOW, 12/29/12
Weak surface high pressure is over Colorado this morning keeping cold air over the region with zero or below temps in the mountains and lower valleys. Air temperatures will incre
EARTH MATTERS: WHALES PLEAD FOR SILENCE
Since the first primal grunt, humans have heavily relied on communication to survive. We use the art of language to sculpt our society, to stimulate our economy, and to describe th
EARTH MATTERS: CORAL, PROTECTED?
Star. Pillar. Elkhorn. Staghorn. Mountainous star. Pocillopora elegans. Pachyseris rugosa. Astreopora cucullata. Barabattoia laddi. Those are just nine of the 66 species of coral p
EARTH MATTERS: THE TIDAL EFFECT ILLUSION
Sailors, fisherman, surfers, and Inuits are but a few of the communities that have an intimate relationship with the tidal effect in coastal environments. For surfers, the differen
ECOACTION PARTNERS: DECEMBER ROUNDTABLE 12/14/12
What’s happening with recycling and wastes in our region? Does recycling even make sense in our remote rural region? Should you be buying beer in cans instead of glass bottles? F
JUST BEFORE BIG BENEFIT CONCERT, A SANDY SURVIVOR LOOKS BACK
Editor’s Note: Of course there’s a Telluride connection. Some of the biggest names in music will play at a benefit concert on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The St