38th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival: Overview
The 38th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival takes place Thursday, August 16 – Sunday, August 19. The full schedule is here. Migrate around the site to find info on presenters, v
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Telluride Institute: Living Classroom, Wildlife on Valley Floor, 8/7
Everyone in the community, locals and guests alike, is invited to join the Telluride Institute’s Watershed Education Program staff for the fourth summer Valley Floor Living C
Telluride Institute: Valley Floor Living Classroom, Pt. 3, 7/31
Everyone in the community, locals and guests alike, is invited to join the Telluride Institute’s Watershed Education Program staff for its third summer Valley Floor Living
TSRC Town Talk: Tuesday July 10 Speaker Is Seth Darling
Tonight the Telluride Science Research Center hosts Dr. Seth Darling, replacing Dr. Prineha Narang who is unable to attend. Dr. Darling’s talk on water continues the 7-week
Telluride Bluegrass: Planning Greenest Festival in 45 Years, Supports Rancher
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is about to go just a little bit greener. The Pinhead Climate Institute (PCI) is pleased to announce a bulk sale of Colorado-based agricultural car
The Nature Conservancy: Telluride Weekend, 6/9 & 10
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends. Since 1965, the nonprofit has been working in Colorado to help to protect 1
EcoAction: Greenlights LED Program, Through 6/29
Telluride’s EcoAction Partners is pleased to announce another year of GREENLIGHTS, a rebate program sponsored by San Miguel Power Association (SMPA) and supported by the Tel
Telluride Institute: Valley Floor Living Classroom
The Telluride Institute’s summer series, “Valley Floor Living Classroom,” returns in 2018 and is designed to introduce participants to some of Telluride’s most
Electronics: Spring Clean Up/Recycle, 5/18 & 5/19
Telluride-based EcoAction Partners announces its annual Spring Clean Up program for electronics in partnership with San Miguel County and the Town of Telluride. Note: EcoActionR
Jake Burchmore: Mountain Resilience in Action
Western State Colorado University students in the School of Environment & Sustainability plan a trip to the Himalayas starting May 17. Their goal is to build a mountain partner
Earth Day: 100 Ways to Fight Climate Change
Sunday is Earth Day, 24-hours to take a step back, stop the glooming and dooming because of, say, the drought in the Southwest, and think about ways to make changes in our lives th
“Mutant” Enzyme Eats Plastic
Sometime accidents are good things. As in the case of a recent discovery by researchers in the U.S. and UK. We curated this story from EcoWatch. Finally a happy headline – a so
San Miguel County Joins Suit Against Oil Giants
Missed the white flakes falling from the sky this winter? You could rail against Ullr, the Snow God – or you could support a lawsuit. According to a blog by senior writer Elliott
Hawking’s Final Warning on Climate Change
One of the consequences of a warming planet is forced migration, with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods due to the scale of such flows. Migration is the theme of the 4
EcoAction News: Benefits to Free Weatherization Program
Black Hills Energy is teaming up with Energy Outreach Colorado to add more benefits to the SMPA IQ Weatherization Program. This exciting new change means more services and bigger
EcoAction Partners: Composting in Ophir
Telluride-based EcoAction Partners announces a State of Colorado Resource Recycling Economic Opportunity Grant for composting equipment for the Town of Ophir. This is the first of
10 Ways To Be Better Environmental Steward in 2018
If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to take action where you can to make a difference, writing for EcoWatch, Cassie Kelly outlines “10 Ways to Be a better Environm
A Year of Resistance: Hopeful for 2018
If the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is, urr, pressing your buttons, you might be up for some good news. Rachel Cleetus, the lead economist and climate policy manag
Irvine on Bears Ears National Monument
Regional Telluride local Amy Irvine is a sixth-generation Utahn, author of “Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land,” and a recipient of the Orion Book Award and
Telluride Resolves to Become Carbon Neutral, 1/7
On Sunday, January 7, 3 – 5 p.m., at Telluride’s five-star Wilkinson Public Library, hear from members of the Town of Telluride, the Town of Mountain Village, the Ca
EcoAction: Optimizing Green Building
In its quest to promote sustainability and decrease carbon footprints, EcoAction Partners focuses a lot of its energy on educating. The nonprofit is hosting a free lunchtime works
TIO NZ: Things That Move
Trains, planes, boats. And cars, and even a few kilometers on foot, though not as many as I had imagined. The car parts, the airline parts, worked pretty much as expected: Air New
Why the Bears Ears Matter
Already dreaming of the desert’s warmth with this recent cold snap in Telluride? In her recent article for the Denver Post, writer (and Telluride Inside… and Out regula