Buying your next Green Car This past Tuesday, 20+ YVSC members and interested parties heard a presentation from Mike Ogburn of CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region) about Buying your next Green Car and most specifically What works in a mountain community? If you missed this event, you can view Mike’s presentation here (PDF). [...]
TG3-13: Local food momentum continues to catch waves
March 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The food topic is a hot one – over 90 community members tuned into this week’s Talking Green event – potentially our largest turnout in the program’s 6 year history. The evening commenced with its usual networking session where attendees could tour nearly twenty booths of local farmers: Community Ag Alliance, Yampa Valley CoOp, Yampa [...]
Green Building Products: Panacea or Oxymoron?
January 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last Tuesday David Adamson of EcoBuild Inc in Boulder Colorado gave a thorough and informational presentation on Green Building Products. If you missed that presentation, you can view his slideshow (powerpoint, PPT) here: http://www.yvsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/GB-products-Panacea-or-Oxymoron.pptx For more about David’s expertise and history, view the blogpost on him here: http://www.yvsc.org/green-building-products/
Tomorrow night! “Green” Building Products”: Oxymoron or Panacea?
January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
with David Adamson, EcoBuild, Leed AP When: January 22nd, Tuesday 5:30-7:00 Where: Sweetwater Grill, Steamboat Springs 1. Battle of the Paradigms: EcoEfficiency (doing less of a bad thing) vs EcoEffectiveness (doing no harm or restorative impact) 2. Brief overview of green product rating systems (Green Spec, BEES, Pharos, LCA-EPD’s, LEED/Living Buildings) 3. A few examples [...]
Who is Ozzie Zehner?
December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Suzie Romig for YVSC What’s better for the environment, everyone in Steamboat Springs who can afford one buying an electric car or more people in town taking advantage of the bike path? Or, is it all of the above? Author and university visiting scholar Ozzie Zehner, whose parents and brother live in Steamboat, will [...]
Drink Green and be Merry!
September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
No, it’s not an early St. Patty’s Day slogan… although it is a London-based idea. Since 2009 YVSC has been a part of an international group called Green Drinks and we have friends in 677 cities worldwide (and growing). Waaay back in 1989, at a pub in North London, a pack of green design blokes [...]
Growthbusters – a great turnout!
August 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
We had over 60 attendees to our Growthbusters film this past Tuesday to break bread with YVSC and listen to the inspiration of filmmaker and Colorado native Dave Gardner. If you missed the film – truly a great story and food for thought! – you can check it out through Bud Werner Library’s network or [...]
Tonight! Potluck, a Movie, and a special guest!
August 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Join YVSC’s Talking Green team and Transition Steamboat for our annual potluck smorgasbord accompanied by Growthbusters documentary and special guest, director Dave Gardner. This event has had a huge turnout in the past – locals bring dishes of all kinds filled with local produce and meats, appetizers, mains, salads, soups, drinks, and desserts – bring [...]
Talking Green Garden Tour huge success!
July 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over 35 participants meandered the downtown streets of Steamboat with us this past Tuesday to visit with 2 residential garden owners and the community garden, while also listening to experts speak on the subjects of Permaculture, Water Conservation, and Vermiculture. If you missed this great day, TV18 was also in attendance and created this fabulous [...]
Talking Green May 2012 – Sustainability in Historic Routt County
May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you missed this great event: Talking Green on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/yvsustainability May 22nd was one of our best Talking Green nights yet! Sustainability in Historic Routt County Elaine Gay, Paul Bonnifield and Jo Stanko “We have not yet lost access to a significant community resource: our local oral history. Oral histories offer a key tool [...]
