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). [...]
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 [...]
Routt County Riders wins Bell Built Grant for $33,000
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Routt County Riders won their $33,000 grant from Bell Built by a very narrow margin! A big thanks to everyone who voted and all those who volunteered to bring in votes at the base area! Bicycle Retailer news article Bell Built Announces on Vimeo (video, 2:19) From RCR: Thanks to everyone involved. Bell & IMBA [...]
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 [...]
Eco kids inspired at Green Team Summit
March 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This past Saturday we had an amazing afternoon with our youth green teams at the 1st annual Eco Summit. Over 25 representatives from green teams at Soda Creek and Strawberry Park Elementary schools showed, as well as a representative each from the middle and high school teams, and two from the college team. Students, parents [...]
The lights WILL go out this Saturday!
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
YVSC honors Earth Hour 2013 for 4th year When: Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Where: Celebration on 6th Street, lights out everywhere! Thanks to a partnership with the City of Steamboat Springs, this year the downtown lights WILL go out! YVSC is hosting a celebration on 6th Street, so bring [...]
$100,000 Bell Built Grant Finalist needs our votes!
March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sharing this for our friends at Routt County Riders! Please pass this around to your bike loving friends!Vote to fund trails in Colorado! Have you VOTED for the $100,000 Bell Built Grant yet? http://www.facebook.com/BellBikeHelmets/app_469747409753569 Pump Track Finalist: Bear River Bike Park Steamboat Springs, Colorado More Details: http://www.steamboatspringstrails.com/public-poll/bell-built Thanks for helping to fund biking. Hopefully a project [...]
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 [...]
The Big Picture
March 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sarah’s Letter to the Editor makes today’s news: Last week, the Steamboat Today’s editorial board, in response to a poor environmental rating Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. received from the Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition, cited a Yampa Valley Sustainability Council blog post. Our intention in that blog was to highlight the hard work of select [...]
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 [...]
