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YVSC in the News

Recent Press for YVSC and friends:

4.4.13 Making the most of the season (Steamboat Pilot)

4.1.13 Spring Thaw Shows what lies underneath, (Valley Voice, April 1, 2013, pg 32)

3.18.13 ReTree Steamboat could receive $5000 (Steamboat Pilot)

3.7.13 Call for plan to strengthen economy through sustainability (Steamboat Pilot)

3.3.13 The Big Picture (Steamboat Pilot)

3.1.13 Support Mother Earth/Turn off the lights, (Valley Voice, March 1, 2013 pg 32)

2.24.13 Harvesting the Sun, (Steamboat Magazine)

2.23.13 Our View: Grading on the curve for ski area sustainability (Steamboat Pilot)

2.22.13 Sustainability up for discussion at Talking Green Event (Steamboat Pilot)

2.1.13 This Year’s Resolution (Valley Voice, pg 32)

1.1.13 Spare the Air for all our lungs (Suzie Romig for Valley Voice, pg 32)

12.22.12 Talking Green Consumers should think before buying (Suzie Romig for Steamboat Pilot)

12.1.12 Recycling Batteries (Homelink, Winter)

12.1.12 In Routt County your trash ain’t nuthin but cash (Steamboat Pilot)

12.1.12 Go Green this Holiday with YVSC, (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 32)

11.30.12 6 small towns make a Green Impact (Earth 911)

11.1.12 Wave of Change: Alternatives in Energy, (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 31)

10.23.12 Steamboat briefs: Volunteers needed for tree identification at Howelsen

10.9.12 Drop off Day a Huge Success (Steamboat Pilot)

10.1.12 The Green Building Tour is Back! (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 30)

10.4.12 Community Recycling Event (Steamboat Pilot)

9.13.12 Developing a Vision of Sustainability (Steamboat Pilot)

9.1.12 Developing your Sustainable Vision (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 30)

8.24.12 Antigrowth Documentary and Potluck (Steamboat Pilot)

8.10.12 YVSC E.D. Sarah Jones featured in Women Rocking the Boat (Steamboat Magazine)

8.1.12 Water, Precious Water (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 31)

7.25.12 July Talking Green Garden Tour and Talks (video, TV 18)

7.1.12 Talking Green 2012 (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 35)

6.9.2012 Steamboat Today: ReTree Steamboat focuses on quality planting

6.2012 Green Thumbs: Get Involved-Retree Steamboat (5280 Magazine)

6.1.12 Zero Heroes are allowed to wear capes this summer (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 35)

5.31.12 Nurture your own baby forest – Retree Steamboat (Steamboat Today)

5.2.12 Routt County Cleanup Day (Steamboat Today)

5.3.12 Resiliency is the theme (Talking Green May) (Steamboat Today)

5.1.12 Andy Kennedy featured in BoatPeople (Steamboat Magazine)

5.1.12 3rd Annual Retree Steamboat (Yampa Valley Voice, pg 24)

3.30.12 Denver grocer stresses benefits of locally grown food (Steamboat Today)

3.26.12 Steamboat talk to focus on sustainable groceries (Steamboat Today)

3.20.12 Sarah Jones announced as new Executive Director, Carol Lacey as new ZWI Coordinator (Steamboat Today)

3.2.12  ReTree Steamboat: Planting a Tree Near You (Steamboat Today)

2.29.12 Leadership Steamboat takes on downtown recycling (Steamboat Today)

2.28.12 Steamboat elementary, high school students team up to build energy bikes  (Steamboat Today)

2.13.12  SSRC’s Zero Waste Initiative  (CNN)

1.24.12 Sustainability expert: ‘Standard approaches aren’t enough’ (Steamboat Today)

1.23.12 Sustainability director for Aspen to speak in Steamboat on Tuesday (SteamboatToday)

1.19.2012 Talking Green on TV 18

12.14.11 Yampa Valley Sustainability Council launches Zero Waste Party Packs

12.9.11 Yampa Valley Sustainability Council announces winners

12.5.11 Sustainability council suggests tree donations as holiday gift

11.30.11 Council accepting nominees for its sustainability awards

11.19.11 Tom Ross: It’s all about the turkey

11.10.11 “The Greenest Building”

11.8.11 Compost pickup program to expand to residence in Steamboat

10.29.11 Community Recycle

10.27.11 Community recycling event is Saturday

10.27.11 Community Agriculture Alliance: Local foods bring local potential

10.23.11 Community recycling day is Saturday at Howelsen

10.14.11 YVSC Names New Board Members

9.22.11 Taste of Sustainability

9.3.11 Community Agriculture Alliance: Inside the Sustainability Council

8.11.11 Zero Waste on TV18

7.1.11 Community Agriculture Alliance: Go zero with the Zero Waste Initiative

6.12.11 ReTree ReTree Steamboat volunteers plant 3,000 trees

6.10.11 Steamboat’s Mainstreet Farmers Market returns Saturday

6.8.11 ReTree Steamboat to return Saturday

5.26.11 Community Agriculture Alliance: Don’t retreat, ReTree

5.21.11 Rain doesn’t dampen recycling event in Steamboat

5.19.11 Recycle, cleanup events nearing in Steamboat

5.11.11 Earth Day never ends in Steamboat Springs

4.30.11 ReTree event is scheduled for June 11

4.27.11 Sustainability efforts in full swing at Steamboat School

4.8.11 Yampa Valley Sustainability Council grows 1 step at a time

11.10.10 Electronics, phones and more accepted at recycling collection

10.10.10 Moots Cycles adds solar panels to Steamboat office

10.10.10 Group takes educational tour to visit Steamboat gardens in action

10.06.10 Trio of events in Steamboat focus on homegrown food

9.28.10 Sustainability Council hosts events in Steamboat

9.26.10 Business File: Sustainability Council to host fundraiser and tour

9.17.10 Steamboat Today: Community Agriculture Alliance: October brings sustainability

9.3.10 Harvest Social features homegrown potluck Sept. 10 in Steamboat

8.15.10 Yampa Valley Zero Waste Initiative helps minimize trash at concerts

6.28.10 Taking out the trash: Zero Waste Initiative leading waste reduction efforts at local summer events

6.23.10 Editorial: Promoting a culture of green

6.7.10 Recycling event hits Steamboat

6.4.10 Retree event shaping up

6.4.10 Steamboat Ski Corp’s Wahl named Recycler of the Year

5.24.10 Steamboat cleans up for spring

5.19.10 Our View: Sustaining Sustainability

5.17.10 Event in Steamboat to focus on oil’s aftermath

5.16.10 Sustainable Events – Steamboat’s Earth Day Weekend

5.05.10 Steamboat Honored for Zero Waste Initiative (The Ski Channel)

4.29.10 Local sustainability council hires its 1st staff member

4.16.10 Earth Conscious

3.26.10 Promoting Earth Hour

3.19.10 Join in for Earth Hour

3.19.10 Re-Tree Colorado

1.24.10 This year in Talking Green

1.23.10 Garbage Dreams

11.21.09 New Pioneer Awards include YVSC Board Chair Ashby

11.13.09 Talking Green: Recycling 101

9.26.09 2nd Sustainability Summit

9.26.09 Tom Ross reflects on Greensburg KS

9.21.09 Sustainability Summit’s Solutions and Greensburg KS

9.9.2009 Talking Green on TV18

8.10.09 Talking Green: Rocking C Bar Ranch

7.23.09 Tree Planting Grant Awarded to Tristan Frolich

7.10.09 Frolich is one of Nat’Geo’s Green Effects Finalists

6.19.09 Who is YVSC?

6.18.09 Zero Waste Initiative

5.30.09 YVSC history/Green Team

9.17.08 Sustainability Summit

7.15.08 Sustainability Collaboration

3.09.08 Steamboat’s Green Scene

 

Other Steamboat Green Articles that YVSC is proud of:

5.16.10 Transition Steamboat, Transitioning from Peak Oil

2.21.10 Community Gardens sprout all over Routt County

8.09.09 Library’s $84mil. Solar Panel System

12.02.08 City takes steps towards green building

3.04.07 YVSC’s Angela Ashby awarded EcoBroker designation

8.18.06 City Passes Green Team’s Sustainability Plan