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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Easy, local food solution
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Check out the Yampa Valley Co-Operative The on-line local foods marketplace whose primary goal is to “bring fresh, healthy, locally grown food and products to consumers in a cost effective and easy manner” $10 membership to buy local and no cost for producers! 2 easy pickup locations (Oak Creek, Steamboat) Eggs, produce, meat, bread, coffee, [...]
