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31 Dec 2012 TELLURIDE GRANT AWARDS
For 12 years, Telluride Foundation consistently supports regional nonprofits, awarding grants to 76 local organizations in 2012 The end of the year brings an extra holiday gift to many local nonprofit organizations that serve the Telluride community and region. On Friday, December 28, the Telluride...
07 Dec EARTH MATTERS: CLIMATE SCIENCE & THE AMERICAN MIND
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.” When attempting to elevate climate change awareness in the United States, this time-weathered sage advice metaphorically represents the agonizing sentiments of climate scientists worldwide. After the International Panel on Climate Change released...
05 Oct EARTH MATTERS: CITIZEN SCIENCE
This week, I attended the Land Trust Alliance’s annual Rally to moderate a panel on ecosystem based management, ocean use planning, and conservation. While there, I got the chance to see several other presentations, including one about an impressive program in Puerto Rico, where a...
23 Sep “TELLURIDE NOW AND THEN”
40th reunion show at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Author Tom Wolfe coined the term that defined the era when Americans transitioned from lives focused on community or tribe (think “Hair”) to “run-with-the-loot” individualism. The 1970s was the “Me Decade.” Major trends included a growing...
31 Aug EARTH MATTERS: THE FATE OF TELLURIDE’S SNOW PACK
I find it a bit ironic that “climate change deniers” Mitt Romney’s and Paul Ryan’s Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, had to be rescheduled because of a tropical storm caused by global warming. Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events due...
27 Aug TELLURIDE FOUNDATION MOURNS LOSS OF NEIL ARMSTRONG
With the death of Neil Alden Armstrong on Saturday, August 25, 2012, Telluride lost a friend and our country, a true hero. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. His words, “that is one small...
09 Aug ART ILLUMINATING SCIENCE: FROM PAPER CRYSTALS TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF LIFE
Editor’s Note: We first met Architecture Professor Lefteris Pavlides, PhD, AIA, his wife Stephanie, also an architect, and their genius offspring, Odysseas, Fall, 2010 on Crete. After several unforgettable days touring with them to discover the island – you can type “Crete” into Search on our...
23 Jul SUMMERTIME SCIENCE: PINHEAD INTERNS ON THEIR WAY
Summer is finally here, and while most students are relishing their summer break from school, a select few are experiencing a Pinhead Institute Summer Internship. Founded in 2003, Pinhead’s internship program enables students to spend summers studying science toe to toe with global scientific and...