via Barb Parnell and Jeanne Parsons Go Slow Whoa is a simple and fun program designed for children but making its way to adults throughout Routt County. The program teaches participants to make healthier food choices. Go Slow Whoa is a simplified way of helping parents and children identify foods to eat every day. The [...]
Happy Earth Day from YVSC!
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Earth Day always falls on the week when Steamboat’s pretty empty, but that shouldn’t stop all of us from doing our part for Mother Earth! When you travel, we urge you to still conserve – we’re all connected, and our water and energy consumptions and our carbon output are all still important things to maintain [...]
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 [...]
How Universities are Going Green
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As the global population increases and more countries become industrialized, resource consumption has skyrocketed. Natural resources by their very nature are finite and this exponential development has made it necessary for the most advanced nations to research methods to conserve resources and develop a less wasteful future. As the centers of research and thought in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Strawberry Park Elem makes headlines for sustainability
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Report: Environmental Literacy in Schools: Success Stories across Colorado Successful environmental education programs at schools throughout Colorado are getting students more engaged in learning, enhancing interest in science topics, improving scores in reading, math, writing, and social studies, and preparing students with skills and knowledge for 21st century careers. Learn how nine ordinary public schools [...]
The Challenge is on!
February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
[Larisa Woycio, student of sustainability, Colorado Mountain College] Today marks the start of the 2nd annual Two Weeks to Take Charge Energy Challenge in four Steamboat Springs schools. For the next two weeks kids from Strawberry Park and Soda Creek Elementary Schools, and Steamboat Springs Middle School and High School have been tasked wit the [...]
