Tag: Sustainability
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Sustainability is…what you eat!
The way we eat has huge impacts on sustainability. Classes in Colorado Mountain College’s Sustainability Studies degree explore sustainable agriculture among other topics, and we live in communities that place a strong value on supporting sustainable food. One non-profit near our Steamboat Springs campus, The Yampa Valley Sustainability Council, (YVSC) explores sustainability topics each month…
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Pedals power many commuters to work
Lack of parking just one reason to hop on your bike This article first appeared in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By John Stroud. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Julie Albrecht spends a lot of time on the Rio Grande Trail during her daily bicycle commutes between Carbondale, where she lives, and her job in downtown…
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Take Flight with Ecoflight
Last fall, Colorado Mountain College Sustainability Studies students Ben Saheb and Jenna Wirtz took part in a three day trip over the American Southwest with Ecoflight, an environmental advocacy organization that uses small aircraft to fly students, conservationists, media, policy makers and concerned citizens above landscapes impacted by clear-cuts, strip mines, gas and oil drilling…
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High Altitude Summer Gardening
Start that garden growing! Todd Rymer, Director of CMC’s Culinary Institute in Edwards, shared some great high-altitude gardening tips recently on TV8Vail. For those interested in learning more about sustainable food and agriculture, the college’s degree and certificate programs in sustainable cuisine are worth further exploration. An orientation session for the program takes place on…
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Sustainability studies and social entrepreneurship
Earlier this year, we highlighted Erick Becerril, a young Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies bachelor’s degree student who is already putting his degree to work. Becerril created a composting and recycling business last year in Summit County. Catch a glimpse of Erick’s thoughts on the sustainability studies program in his own words in our latest…
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The Last One
A Yampa River Documentary Ben Saheb, a bachelor’s degree student in sustainability studies at CMC in Steamboat Springs, spent the past few months working on a documentary for The Friends of the Yampa, a river advocacy organization based in Steamboat Springs. The intent was to create a documentary that takes viewers into the heart of…
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Community shows passion for sustainable food
Huge turnout at first Local Food Expo Over five hundred people eagerly participated in Colorado Mountain College’s first-ever Local Food Expo in Edwards. The event was conceived by students in the Slow Food on Campus club who are enrolled in the college’s sustainable cuisine program. Their goal was to connect local food producers and buyers…
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New altitude for sustainable energy
Solar farm harvests power for CMC in Leadville By Kristin Carlson The new solar farm at the Leadville campus of Colorado Mountain College is one of the first, large-scale solar arrays designed to maximize sustainable energy savings at a high altitude, where cold temperatures and heavy snows typically make energy conservation a challenge. “Making the…
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CMC student driving force behind Summit County’s Earth Hour
Global lights-out initiative set locally for 8:30-9:30 p.m. This article appeared in today’s Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjan. The world’s largest voluntary action for the environment happens Saturday, when the lights go out around the world for one hour. In Summit County, it’s set for 8:30-9:30 p.m. The initiative began in Sydney, Australia, when…
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Sustainability student turns recycling passion into business
Erick Becerril wants to get his hands on your garbage. If that seems odd and unsavory, consider the context. Becerril, at age 23, is the enthusiastic founder of a Summit County waste diversion business called Faction and Company. His business takes care of waste from residential and small commercial clients by ensuring that separated compostable…