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Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Rocky Mountain National Park

2003-2009

 

 

Awards

First Place Public Service Award from the Colorado Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, "Balance of Nature" features six stories on environmental sustainability and green lifestyle alternatives. Award presented at the 130th Annual Convention in Denver, CO on March 1, 2008.

For text of all six stories, click HERE.

For full stories and photos on page, click on dates below:

7/18/2007: Making personal sustainability choices

7/25/2007: Just what is relocalization?

8/1/2007: Having authority over power

8/8/2007 and page 2: Traveling without trampling the environment

8/22/2007 and page 2: Going green comes home

8/29/2007: Life on Earth

 

2008 Environmental Series

7/25, 8/1, 8/29/08

Series: Creating a renewable future

1. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): why not drill in ANWR for oil?  

2. Charging ahead: Will your next car be electric?  

3. Purchase power: Estes Park's renewable energy program

 

Series: Climate Change

4/4/08 Forecast calls for high temperatures across planet

A climate report by atmospheric scientist Dr. Kevin Trenberth

3/28/08 Degrees of climate change

Atmospheric scientist Dr. Kevin Trenberth to speak on global warming Tuesday

3/14/08 Humans on earth

John C. Feeney, Ph.D. to speak on 'The Population Explosion'

2/29/08 Demanding a new supply

Dr. Paul Newendorp to discuss 'The World Energy Situation' Tuesday  

 

Award for Best Sports Event Story (2005): LIVESTRONG Community

 

Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama visit Colorado:

 

Be still and know

8/24/07

Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh visits Estes Park

Posted on Plum Village website here

 

Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Laureates visit Colorado

9/27/06

Youth lead the way to peace

Local Eagle Rock School students meet with Nobel Peace Laureates

 

9/22/06 

Peaceful Call to Action

Nobel Peace Laureates visit Colorado

Posted on Canada Tibet Committee website and in the Trail-Gazette

 

More green stories: click on titles below:

7/31/09

Fostering the next generation of naturalists

RMNA shoots video in RMNP to promote education and conservation

 

7/15/09 and 7/17/09

Building for the Future Part I and II

Denver architect Michael Tavel to build largest net-zero energy neighborhood in country

 

5/20/09

Building it green

LEED certification process underway for local housing project

 

5/8/09

Pine Beetle 101: understanding the pest

Educators set the record straight on what's really going on in the national forest

 

5/6/09

Regulating the wind

Issues around small wind turbines put on the table

 

4/22/09

What’s your bag?

Elementary school students decorate canvas bags for reuse

 

4/10/09

Good day, sunshine: drawing power from the sun

Solar rebates create opening for local installations

 

2/11/09

Recycling the wind

Local residents install small wind turbine

 

1/16/09

Letter to the President

Helen Donahue receives invitation to the Inauguration

See PDF

 

1/9/09

Putting the earth first

Second annual Estes Earth Fest January 17 at the YMCA of the Rockies  

 

9/30/09

Reusable Bag Challenge + page 4 

League of Women Voters amps up reusable bag use in Estes Park

 

9/04/09

Electric car

Richard Homeier buys electric car for local travel 

 

2008  

12/5/08

Recycling efforts hit a snag

Overseas recycling markets tank along with world economy

 

10/09/08

Life is fair when you buy fair trade

 

3/19/08

With a little help...

Construction begins on local, organic grocery

2/1/08

Launching cooperation

Manifesting a local organic, community grocer in Estes Park

 

3/19/08

Net gains

State passes net metering bill

Trail-Gazette link

 

2/1/08

Net metering placed on hold

Customers using renewable energy sources wait on new legislation

Trail-Gazette link

 

1/4/08

Estes Earth Fest

Community Festival and Talent Show Jan. 18

1/25/08

Green community

Estes Earth Fest - resounding success

 

2007  

11/21/07

Recycling resources

Ways Estes Park can improve the current residential and business recycling system  

Trail-Gazette link

 

10/19/07

Renewable energy proposal raises questions

Estes Park Light and Power presents net-metering proposal

 

10/3/07

Collecting home grown ideas

Renaissance of Local Fair offers insight on sustainability

 

6/27/07

Cohousing in the community

 

5/16/07

Voices unite for RMNP wilderness bill

Wilderness community celebrates pending legislation  

Trail-Gazette link

 

4/6/07

Climate earth

Dr. Martin Manning, leading IPCC researcher, visits Estes Park

 

2006  

8/25/06

“Four Seasons North”

Dr. Robert Krear, biologist on the first mission to develop ANWR

 

2004  

10/6/04

Peace silo

Local group protests nuclear weapons

WMD's in Colorado inspire peaceful demonstration

 

9/15/04

Renewable resources

Geothermal energy heats and cools the home