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 have some great innovations already happening right here at home….
Springtime in the Rockies. Ah yes. We go from toasty warm, shorts and tank top weather to eight inches of snow, from dry roads to muddy ruts to icy pavement and back again in the blink of an eye. Telluride is quiet, but certainly not dead. And this is the first time in three years…
If you’re a regular TIO fan as I am, I hope you’ve been reading the “Earth Matters” column. Anna Zivian’s latest story on strawberries is a disturbing revelation. I also hope you read yesterday’s “Hunting and Gathering: In the Garden” by Lisa Barlow. I’ve got to say it’s great to be posting alongside these wonderful…
As we shed layers and enjoyed 54-degree weather last week, folks started dreaming of summer, green plants, and gardens. Of course, the warm, sunny days didn’t last – and that’s okay too. We need the snow pack for the end of the ski season – and especially for spring and summer water supplies. But, SPRING…
The Telluride-based New Community Coalition announced its intention to form a Zero Waste Task Force at Monday’s Intergovernmental Meeting. The group will address the issue of regional Zero Waste goals and what it might take to bring those goals to fruition. We used to have regular San Miguel County Recycling Task Force meetings, but those…
How lucky are we to live, work and play here? This past Presidents’ Day weekend gave many of us a much welcomed opportunity to catch up on work and play. I got to wear many hats, as usual, but each one was comfortable and warm. Our Telluride-based New Community Coalition work continues apace with community…
Community Response to Building Common Ground #1 plus Transition Our Way The Telluride-based New Community Coalition and the Wilkinson Public Library were thrilled to have such a fantastic turnout and post-presentation dialogue at last week’s Building Common Ground and Green Business Roundtable gatherings. Thursday evening, January 2, saw the Program Room filled to the gills….
Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion kick off with Transition to a Slower Future: How Community Resilience and Slow Money could lead to less work and more fun! The Telluride-based New Community Coalition partners with the Wilkinson Public Library to create a Building Common Ground program. The series is funded in part by the American…
Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion kicks Off with Transition to a Slower Future: How Community Resilience and Slow Money could lead to less work and more fun The Telluride-based New Community Coalition partners with the Wilkinson Public Library in “Building Common Ground”, a series funded in part by the American Library Association and the…
With funding from Just For Kids, our Telluride-based New Community Coalition is putting on a Renewable Energy for Educators training in Norwood this Friday. We’ve had lots of fun in the past bringing in the Science Explorers training in which teams of kids and teachers had some hands-on fun learning about passive solar design of…
