Registration went live this week for ReTree 2013 - Sunday, June 9th ReTree Steamboat is a one-day planting event to replace trees killed by beetle kill and help increase the diversity of the forest. As with last year, we are planting less trees this year (2000) to focus on the survival and maintenance of the [...]
The Colorado Climate Festival: Uniting Against Climate Change
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Join us Saturday, May 11th in Civic Center Park Denver for an afternoon of Live Music, Local Beer and an Eco-Village of Colorado businesses uniting against Climate Change and it’s impact on Colorado. Special guests will be on hand to discuss the issues, and bring together new and old friends across the snow sports, wildlife [...]
Taking political sides… a wise woman once told us… and SB-252
April 24, 2013 By 7 Comments
Typically, the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council doesn’t advocate for political issues – it’s not in our mission statement, and often times the waters are never as clear as some think they are. A wise woman recently stood up at one of our community meetings and shared, “Educate yourself thoroughly: know both sides of an issue [...]
Welcome home Cranes!
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(reprint from Bud Werner Memorial Library) Yampa Valley Crane Festival ~ First Crane Sighting Contest Winners! The Sandhill Cranes are home! Community-wide Throughout March, you’ve spotted them all over the Yampa Valley. Thank you to all who participated in the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition’s First Crane Sighting of the Season Contest! The earliest sighting reports [...]
Support Local Ag Week
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Support local agriculture during National Ag Week by visiting one of these great restaurants that buy local and who are running specials, highlighting local products and promoting agriculture: Bamboo Market Big House Burgers Cottonwood Grill Creekside Cafe Johnny B Good’s Diner La Montana Lil’ House Biscuits & Coffee Mambo Italiano Mazzola’s Ore House at Pine [...]
Have YOU seen the Greater Sage Grouse do its thing?
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
From our friends at Conservation Colorado: Learn more and support our work to preserve public lands in Colorado that provide habitat for Greater Sage Grouse habitat by joining us for a Sagebrush Safari. Greater Sage Grouse are found only in North America. They are on a path to extinction. In 2010 they became candidates for [...]
March 6th Energy Roundtable Event a huge success
March 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday’s numbers showed the obvious local interest in the topics of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability, as over 50 participants showed for the Northwest Energy Roundtable event with YVSC and the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado. Participants included individuals and business representatives, as well as government and utility directors and officials, and experts throughout the [...]
Transition 2.0 brainstorming
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last night’s Transition 2.0 movie spawned a great (too brief!) brainstorming session with about 30 locals on three key topics of Food, Energy and a Time Bank. Here are the key points that came out of the evening. If you’d like to be included in on the future meetings of these grassroots groups, please email [...]
What we learned from Sustainability Manager Peter Brandom
February 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
During his short tenure as Sustainability Manager for the City of Hillsboro, Oregon, a rural, growing community just west of Portland in what is nicknamed the Silicon Forest, Peter Brandom has been working hard to achieve attainable goals, set higher standards, and praise the work that the city departments have already done. Brandom’s two sessions [...]
Come network and pick the brain of Sustainability Expert Peter Brandom
February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yampatika and YVSC are excited to introduce a guest speaker who lead an inspiring luncheon today with key City, County, and Community representatives. Join us this evening!! What: Happy Hour with Peter Brandom, Sustainability Manager for the City of Hillsboro, Oregon When: February 15, Friday, 5:00pm – 6:30pm Where: Steamboat Smokehouse, 912 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat [...]
