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 future, […]

Coming at you with a special Saturday edition of ChannelBV! We are spending the day in beautiful downtown Buena Vista in the Orpheum Theatre, staffing our booth at the First Annual Sustainability Showcase sponsored by Colorado Mountain College. If you’re reading this at home, come join us for a day of engaging speakers, […]

ChannelBV reader, Todd H., writes:
Bicyclists know it. Electric car drivers know it, and now thanks to DBC Salida Biodiesel I know it. It’s the warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you travel from point A to point B without consuming a single drop of fossil fuel. But more than just a […]

In the Buena Vista town trustee debates, it was difficult not to notice the distrust of wind generation as a viable energy solution in town. Wind consistency and strength issues aside, one of the most obvious hurdles would be the noise factor.
Concerns with wind turbine noise are not confined to cities and towns. Search wind […]

If your summer has been anything like ours, you’ve probably been very busy with business, family and community events. Backyard barbecues, trips into the mountains and down the river, and fun events like this past weekend of Gold Rush Days and the Gem Show really filled the calendar fast. Autumn seems to be a time […]

CBV reader, Conrad N., submitted the link to this New Yorker article. Give it some time as it is eight pages or so. But it is written descriptively as a journey of unfolding knowledge. The most exciting bits to me are the stats about the Danish island Samsø. What started as a renewable energy contest […]

With the growing popularity of green/sustainable/renewable products and services, many offerings come up a bit short.  But for a small new urbanist community in Alberta Canada, the promise of free energy from the sun is coming true in a big way.  The Drake Landing Solar Community shares what amounts to a giant heat pump.  The […]