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Sep. 16, 2020
Slow is the New Fast: Yes in my backyard
Is the future of our food security as close as our own backyard? Alas, it’s not that simple, because “wicked problems”, like rebuilding local food systems, never are. But our backyards have a vital role to play.
Years ago, when I saw a documentary about how… read more →
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Sep. 9, 2020
Sun Signs: An impending Mars retrograde
At 4:22 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, Mars will come to an apparent halt and begin retrograde motion.
For just over nine weeks, Mars will appear to move backward in the sky, before stationing again on Nov. 13 and renewing forward motion. Mars is the final… read more →
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Sep. 2, 2020
‘Circulating Source Water’ inspires healing
Will Evans, retired medical doctor and resident of Carbondale, recently published a powerful piece of literature to accompany our global predicament.
“Circulating Source Water” is presented as a monograph: an academic exploration focusing on a single topic. In this case, the subject of inquiry is water.… read more →
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Aug. 19, 2020
My climate story
As I stood on the Sopris Park gazebo looking out over the crowd that assembled for the Strike for Climate Action I organized last September, I had a combined feeling of relief, satisfaction, and extreme personal pride. It was a daunting task. I’d never done anything like this… read more →
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Aug. 12, 2020
News Analysis: Reimagining our agricultural future
When Jerome Osentowski declared he would build a tropical greenhouse oasis on the rocky slopes of Basalt at 7,200 feet above sea level, people thought he was crazy.
Fast forward to 2020, and Osentowski makes fresh pineapple-papaya smoothies throughout the winter and grosses around $60,000 in… read more →
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Aug. 12, 2020
Branching Out: What those hunting photos say
A conversation has opened within hunting as more people of infinite diversity have entered its sacred realm: What is an appropriate photograph when we “fill our tags?” “Bag” our animal? Secure clean food in fair chase for our families?
A thousand words cannot capture the moments… read more →
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Jul. 22, 2020
The circle of Carbondale
Back in 2006, one of my first jobs was with Uncle Pizza in Carbondale. Sometimes, when delivering a pie, I’d be anxious about encountering a drunk bantering patron at their front door. Had I known the risk associated with the service industry today, such stresses would have seemed… read more →
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Jul. 15, 2020
It’s not enough not to be racist
Hi, my name is Dan Richardson and I have been supporting racism for most of my life.
To be clear, it was not my intention to do this, but this statement is my way of owning my part in it. Unfortunately I can’t plead ignorance because… read more →
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Jun. 17, 2020
Bursting the white bubble; raising the white shield
About a week ago, a local lady, Marlene, asked online: “If I may, I have a question for anyone with a workable answer? Those Black people who have attained some degree of education, wealth, influence… Why don’t they organize, reach out to their fellow man…?”
My… read more →
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Jun. 10, 2020
Let’s take a deep breath and figure it out together
Some old timers that like to chide me for being an environmentalist used to call me a “deep breather.”
Given the difficult times these days, taking a few good deep breaths every morning has come in handy. With the onslaught of news, conflict and raw emotions… read more →
