Lee Hart of the Salida Citizen posted this story today about Buena Vista’s Town Treasurer, Christine DeChristopher, and her son’s newly found notoriety.
From the article:
Tim DeChristopher, recently made famous by his courageous act of civil disobedience disrupting a BLM oil and gas lease auction in Utah, is the son of Buena Vista Town Finance Director […]

From the Weathervane House Concert blog:
Bruce is from  Howard, and is one of  the most talented  musicians in this area. For years, the name Bruce Hayes has been synonomous with the Colorado sound; a fusion of musical styles that combines acoustic and electric instrumentation with elements of Rock, Bluegrass, Celtic, and R&B music. Collaborating with The String […]

Alex T writes, “Just back from the 18th annual Crestone Energy fair and green home tour has me excited for Buena Vista’s Sustainability Showcase scheduled for the 27th of September. The Crestone Fair was full of the color and character that Colorado residents have come to expect from Crestonians. The home tour […]

In a bedroom community on the outskirts of Denver, CO in the midst of a rolling hills filled with sprawl lies a 25 acre development that is rejecting those ideas and building for the future. The project is called GEOS. It aims to be the US’s first Fossil Fuel Free Community. From […]

Alex T writes: “A lot of time is spent these days talking about eating locally produced food for a variety of reasons: to cut down your carbon footprint, to support your community and farmer, to live a healthier life. All of these are excellent idealogical, communal and nutritional reasons to make a switch.
But sometimes, people […]

The Web has helped to blur the line between the Expert and the Amateur. The definition of amateur on Wikipedia lays out the distinction…
“An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without formal training or pay.[1] Conversely, an expert is generally considered a person with extensive knowledge, […]