Tag: Sustainability
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CMC/Forest Service paid internship application deadline April 30
Colorado Mountain College’s sustainability studies program and the U.S. Forest Service are launching an innovative two-year paid internship. The Rocky Mountain Land Management Internship, the first of its kind in the nation, enables CMC students to work part time with the Forest Service, while pursuing a degree in sustainability studies. The program is seeking applicants…
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CMC’s Earth Day events sprouting up
CMC Spring Valley and CMC Breckenridge joining other campuses in Earth Day education and celebrations
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Activist Winona LaDuke to visit CMC Vail Valley at Edwards
Internationally renowned activist Winona LaDuke will visit Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley at Edwards for “An Evening with Winona LaDuke,” a reception, discussion and book signing on Feb. 21. Presented by the CMC Sustainability Speaker Series and Women in Philanthropy, the free public evening event will take place from 6:30-9 p.m. following a workshop with…
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Colorado Mountain College student Ellie Langford: EcoFlight 2016
Sustainability student gains insight into America’s wild lands
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Colorado Mountain College professor receives national sustainability award
Dr. Tina Evans of CMC Steamboat Springs recognized with Campus Sustainability Research award
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CMC Rifle hosts energy efficiency roundtable
At September event, Joe Gugelman, Rifle campus facility manager, shared CMC’s strategies to reduce energy use and develop renewable resources
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Yampatika Garden to Table Dinner
CMC Steamboat Restaurant Management program students’ final practical exam was a fun and engaging community event that raised funds for Yampatika, a Steamboat Springs non-profit that works to inspire environmental stewardship through education. The event offers students the opportunity to design a menu, source it with local food products, create the meal and serve it…
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Sustainability studies to sustainable jobs
Students in CMC’s sustainability program graduate to successful careers By Carrie Click Nikki Maline arrived in Eagle County from Nebraska in 1997 with an Associate of Arts degree from Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte. Since then, she’d gone into real estate. She received her real estate broker associate license with the state of Colorado…
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Colorado Mountain College unveils sustainability action plan
This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot. By Teresa Ristow. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College continues to take steps forward in sustainability efforts, with a goal of neutralizing its carbon footprint entirely by 2050. The latest development is the launch of a Sustainability Action Plan, unveiled during CMC’s second annual sustainability conference, held…
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Community Agriculture Alliance: Why we need to talk about food waste
CMC Steamboat Spring’s student Mackenzie Dormer’s column on the ecological, economic and social impacts of food waste ran in the April 22, 2016 Community Agriculture Column of the Steamboat Pilot. Dormer organizes the Steamboat Spring’s campus’ Food Recovery Network chapter and organizes student volunteers and food recoveries. We all eat. Unfortunately, we all throw away…