Walking through a bookstore last month, a cover caught my eye, The Transition Handbook - From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins. That was my first introduction to the concept of “transition towns” or towns that are working now to reduce their need for oil and build infrastructure that supports a durable community. [...]

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 [...]