Tag: Sustainability
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Breckenridge woman finds fulfillment in foraging
Colorado Mountain College adjunct Erica Marciniec dines on the wild side The Summit Daily News recently featured CMC adjunct faculty Erica Marciniec and her passion for foraging and wild foods. A reprint of the original Summit Daily News article, by Alli Langley, is below. Walking with Erica Marciniec through the forest is like walking with…
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Community Agriculture Alliance: Sustainable agriculture is a year-round endeavor
CMC Sustainability Studies student Megan Walker wrote about her summer exploration into sustainable agriculture for the Steamboat Pilot’s Community Agriculture Alliance column, a weekly column written by area farmers, ranchers and policymakers. The column is published on Fridays in the Steamboat Today. Walker’s column is republished below. Read more columns here. This summer, I embarked…
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Patty Limerick to bring balanced discussion about oil and gas to CMC in Rifle
By Carrie Click It’s not easy to pigeonhole Patty Limerick. She’s a tough Western woman and a Yale graduate. She’s known as being energetically funny, and she’s highly educated too, proving that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Best of all, Dr. Limerick takes a balanced, academic look at tough issues, helping guide others to more…
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Feel the love, Wilderness.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Steamboat Magazine asked people, “What does wilderness mean to you?” The staff talked with artists, ranchers, naturalists, land managers, photographers and many Steamboat Magazine contributors featured in the magazine’s pages throughout the years. CMC professor Tina Evans was one of contributors whose words were featured…
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CMC sustainability studies program featured in Homelink magazine
Whitney Chandler wrote about her experience as a Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies student for the Summer 2014 issue of Homelink magazine. A second article penned by Chandler featured the college’s first annual Sustainability Conference and was published in the same issue. “Being a part of the program has opened doors for me in ways…
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Summer Camp at CMC
Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, in partnership with the El Pomar Foundation, held a summer camp for middle school students last week to help spark their interest in future careers. Students at the Rifle camp, titled “Crazy Scientist Week,” explored biofuels and natural gas, green chemistry, social equity and health careers and solar cell production. Below…
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Sustainability Conference
Sustainable housing, hydroenergy, Real Food Challenges: Just a few of the solutions CMC Sustainability Studies students created as part of their capstone projects. If you missed Colorado Mountain College’s recent Sustainability Conference, you can now catch the wrap up on the students’ inspired ideas and the conference through the eyes of CMC’s Ben Saheb:
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Sustainability summit wows students, employees in Steamboat
Nearly 250 Colorado Mountain College students, faculty and staff came together in Steamboat Springs April 17 and 18, 2014, for the inaugural Sustainability Summit. This was the first time even many long-time CMCers remember a gathering like this, and it was empowering, surprising, and, well, a lot of fun. Among the numerous highlights were: •…
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CMC student measures campus waste for project
This article was printed in the Leadville Herald Democrat. A 6½-foot-tall, 39-foot-long wall “litterally” contains the contents of Timberline campus’ dumpsters from the week of Friday, April 11. This visual presentation of the sorted and measured waste stream encourages students, staff and the whole community to consider aiming toward a zero-waste system. The Lake County…
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‘Big Water, Little Boats’ author Tom Martin coming to Colorado Mountain College
CMC in Carbondale and Breckenridge to host free talks Tom Martin, author of “Big Water, Little Boats,” a history of river-running on the Colorado River from the 1940s and ’50s, will speak at two April appearances at Colorado Mountain College. The free, 45-minute program features original photographs from various Grand Canyon river trips over several…