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16 Nov Carl Safina Is Certain Your Dog ❤️ You
Ecologist Carl Safina argues that animals – including our beloved Telluride pups – have rich emotional lives. For more please read the story we curated from The New York Times written by Claudia Dreifus following a conversation with Safina. Carl Safina, 64, an ecologist at...
04 Oct One Book, One Canyon: Author-Scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer, 10/14
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” is the Wilkinson Public Library’s One Book, One Canyon (OBOC) author for 2019. Telluride’s third annual OBOC culminates with a visit from Professor Kimmerer on Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 14. She is leading a writing...
05 Aug To Your Health: A Few Pointers on Ticks + 8 Dangerous Bugs To Avoid
Dr. Alan Safdi, a world-renowned internist and gastroenterologist with encyclopedic knowledge of mind-body wellness and preventative medicine, posts on Telluride Inside… and Out under the banner of “To Your Health.” His blogs feature the most current information in his field: health, wellness, and longevity. This...
21 Jul Climate Change Causing “Eco-Anxiety”
One definition of existential angst is becoming aware of the possibility that life lacks meaning, causing an extreme form of anxiety and a feeling of despair or hopelessness. Since the 2016 election, existential angst has become a thing. And the term now has babies, like...
20 Jul Over the Moon About Neil Armstrong: 50 Years Ago He Made His Historic Landing
Paul Major, CEO & President of the Telluride Foundation sent the following note this morning honoring memory of the late, great astronaut and Telluride Foundation board member, Neil Armstrong. It was 50 years ago today that he landed on the moon. “Carol and I have...
22 Jun “Puppy Dog Eyes,” A Real Thing
In Telluride, the idea of “going to the dogs” is a good thing. Telluride is a puppy paradise. And, in the larger world, researchers have found that the very same hormone – oxytocin – spikes in both human and canine brains when a dog gazes...
08 Jun Rethinking Aging & Old
A favorite writer, Adam Gopnik, published the following story titled “Can We Live Longer But Stay Younger,” in the May 13th issue of The New Yorker. Is aging a fact of life, inevitable, or is it a disease that can be cured? Apparently the new...
19 May Mountainfilm: Dr. Michael Sawyer To Moderate Symposium on “Equity”
The line-up for the 41st annual gathering of the tribe features guest director Cheryl Strayed, plus Sir Chris Bonington, local Hilaree Nelson, Erin Parisi, Arthur Brooks, and Ben Rhodes. (For more on Rhodes, go here.) Passes/tickets to the 41st annual Mountainfilm are selling out fast. Act now!...