Category Archives: Sustainability

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Students call for sustainable investment

Steven Saint A forward-thinking group of Colorado College students are asking the Board of Trustees to put their money where their values are. Armed with a petition signed by more than…

Evelyn Steel of Nourish Organic Juice

Local food movement blossoms

Jeremy Flood Evelyn Steel smiled as she pushed another few ounces of produce through the juicer. She and Nicole Martinez, owners of Nourish Organic Juice, recently opened their organic juice…

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Farms face growing water concerns

Trudy Thomas For years, Coloradans have speculated about the possibility of turning on the faucet and finding that nothing flows out. It wasn’t something we thought could actually happen. It…

Venetucci Farm irrigation pipes

A Colorado water-friendly future

Nathan Lee & Alice Plant Under the current regime of prior appropriation, many farmers have little incentive to practice water efficient irrigation techniques. The Law of the River functions on…