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23 Sep “TERRA BLIGHT” AT LIBRARY TUESDAY NIGHT
“How about these numbers,” exclaimed Mountainfilm in Telluride in its 2010 program. “Americans spent $165 billion on consumer electronics in 2010, and we bought more than 260,000 computers a day. E-waste is the fastest-growing stream of waste in the world (there are approximately 40 million...
01 Sep HAVE A BALL IF YOU VOLUNTEER
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back,” Maya Angelou When the global economic meltdown hit in 2008, trickle down took on a whole new meaning. The crisis left...
15 Aug ETHNOBOTANIST KATHLEEN HARRISON AT SROOMFEST 2012
“Being in nature is an opportunity to cultivate the child-eyes, the child-mind that neither knows nor presumes to know,” Kathleen Harris The quote by Kathleen Harrison brings to mind something Picasso once said about the ideal state of an artist, which was returning to the...
18 Jun TELLURIDE YOGA FESTIVAL: YEAR #5, OVERVIEW
Editor’s note: Yes, we know this week is all about Telluride Bluegrass. We know because we are posting, what?, about 10 stories. But we are also thinking ahead. The Telluride Yoga Fest may just be your best antidote to festival overload. Telluride’s summer calendar is...
16 May EAR: INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS
Last Friday’s EcoAction Roundtable (EAR) had attendees buzzing with new ideas while making great connections. The subject was Waste Stream Innovations. Short videos about the Blue Economy and an actual integrated food production project from Chicago called “The Plant” stimulated thinking and ideas flowed. We...
10 Jan THE NEW COMMUNITY COALITION: UPCOMING EVENTS
Emily Kuehn, our OSM/VISTA offers MLK Volunteer Day workshop and training in basic home energy efficiency in Norwood, Colorado. First, what’s an OSM/VISTA? That’s a Volunteer In Service To America through the Office of Surface Mining! Emily has been with us since last summer, working...04 Jan environment
27 Feb EnvironmentEventsFamily-KidsLifestyle Telluride Foundation: Registration Now Open for 4th Annual Skidola, Winter Uphill Challenge, 3/14! Telluride Foundation is putting out the word: registration is open for 4th annual Skidola, Telluride winter uphill challenge. Race will be held on 3/14, “PI Day,” and benef Read...
13 Dec WALKING & TALKING SUSTAINABILITY
The New Community Coalition has been around the Telluride region since 2007. As the Sustainability Coordinator for the region I’ve been pleased to have a full, strong work load that addresses all areas of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. After 5 years, some in the...