The NY Times has just published their annual ‘Year in Ideas’ Feature.  I’ve really enjoyed becoming acquainted and re-acquainted with the ideas they’ve collected here.  For instance, consider the awkwardly named but delightful concept of the  ‘Locavestor’:
“Perhaps you’ve heard of locavores: people who eat only foods that have been produced within a 100-mile radius.  Now [...]

As fans of science fiction the world over know, there is a little pang of delight when something read in a novel ten or twenty years ago shows up on the news or in radio shack.But when a pop song’s chorus comes true, well, it’s tough to know what to think.
A couple of researchers have [...]

As many of us sit down to a traditional meal today, a recent bumper sticker stuck in my head. It reads, “Know Farmers, Know Food.” I happen to have a friend who hopes to run a farm in the near future. After being inspired by reading Animal Vegetable Miracle, my [...]

Alex T writes, “I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what to talk about today and I’m coming up blank.  Not, mind you, for a lack of fascinating and scintillating local and national issues to hash or re-hash or re-re-hash.  But having spent the last series of months or years in impassioned debates [...]

The event’s of this past evening have left me with a spring in my step and great hope for the future.  I’m especially excited about two things:  Barack Obama reminded us, in his acceptance speech, that this victory belongs to us; It’s our victory.  Some might see that as simple flattery to supporters who have [...]

Alex T writes, “I spent the morning getting serious about early voting. Discussing the issues with one of my housemates made for some rather stimulating conversation. As we tried to parse the proposed amendments on the Colorado ballot, those little blue ‘issue guides’ that came in the mail a few weeks ago seemed [...]

A durable community has a well known checklist of needs. Localized food, energy, and economic activity are the pillars upon which a community or region can or cannot stand on it’s own. These are the same requirements that have existed for communities since the beginning of time. With this list in mind, [...]

Folks, we’ve only got 2 weeks left til Election Day.  If you’re anything like me, between the lackluster debates, more TV ads than any campaign in history, and non-stop-People-magazine-politics, I think I’m just about full.  However, the allure of the possibility real change, of having your voice heard and making a difference for your family, [...]

Alex T writes, “As you may have seen here on this site and elsewhere, CMC hosted a Sustainability Festival at the Orpheum Theatre in Buena Vista a couple of weeks ago. The event, which focused on local green and community-oriented businesses as well as the path forward into a world with an uncertain energy [...]

The blogosphere is abuzz (traditional media too) with restrospectives on an American Icon, Paul Newman. A celebrated film legend, many younger people may know his face better from the salad dressing aisle at City Market than as the gold standard of cool from ‘Cool Hand Luke.’ But it’s the success of the salad [...]