In March, I wrote a column describing an effort underway with the Climate Action Collaborative for the Eagle County Community, called the Eagle County Drawdown Project. This project, is an attempt to..
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Many of you are likely working extra hard to keep your families and communities safe, clean and healthy. For many, that means cleaning hands and surfaces more frequently, staying home and maintaining..
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Topics: Sustainability Tips
The year 2019 was busy, and produced exciting results, for the Energy Smart Colorado program in the Eagle Valley, administered by the Energy Programs team at Walking Mountains. Following are the..
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Topics: Energy Smart, Center For Sustainability
Waste Diversion for Restaurants, Caterers & Other Food Vendors Here in Eagle County, waste can be diverted from our landfill in multiple ways: By being recycled and composted, our food, plastic,..
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Topics: Actively Green, Environmental Education, Press Release, Forever Green, Sustainability Tips
The Town of Vail is partnering with Energy Smart Colorado at Walking Mountains Science Center to provide free comprehensive home energy assessments and double rebates for energy efficiency upgrades..
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Topics: Energy Smart, Forever Green
What do Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Humpy, and Chum all have in common? All five are species of salmon that thrive in the NorthPacificwaters of the U.S. and Canada. Salmon is considered a keystone..
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Topics: Environmental Education, Press Release, The Sustainable Film Series, Forever Green
At the Getting to Zero: From Radical to Rational event in January (watch the recording below), the speaker Professor Rob Davies laid out a distressing scene. We are exploiting our planets resources..
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The main message of the environmental movement of the last 20 years in the United States has focused on reducing individual impact. “Consume less”, “drive less”, “downsize” are all things we as..
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Topics: Climate Action Collaborative, Sustainability Tips, Climate Action Plan
What’s your version of a farm? Have you ever wanted to be a farmer? This month join Walking Mountains Science Center for a screening of The Biggest Little Farm which follows a couple, Molly and John..
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Topics: Environmental Education, Press Release, The Sustainable Film Series, Forever Green
Valentine’s Day is Friday and as everyone runs to purchase chocolate to showcase their love for a significant (or themselves), the world is rushing to save the cacao plant. Business Insider estimated..
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Topics: Sustainability Tips, Sustainable Food
