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Too many roads to perdition mar our landscape

“Traffic terrifies me.” – Moby The days grow short. The leaves fall. The air chills, and darkness approaches inexorably. For me, it’s the season of existential crisis: ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Is ‘ecocalypse’ arriving ahead of schedule?

“The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects – making it possible ... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.” – Susa...

DATE: Oct 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Paradise lost: Forests, fires, climate change

“Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.” – Edgar Allan Poe “Some paradise,” my mother said, a touch of bitterness in her voice. “Phttt!” She dry ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

By wasting water, we are making drought worse

“And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: For your land shall not yield her increase, ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

You can’t have too much mulch in your garden

“Waste water today, live in a desert tomorrow.” – Popular conservationists’ motto Even though it’s midsummer and your vegetable garden is already growing, it’s not too ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

In modern society, most people can’t feed themselves

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves We’re ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

A climate for change about climate change?

“Do reasonable, responsible and compassionate people have a ‘duty to warn’ of looming threats to future human well-being and environmental health, and then to sensibly help one another make ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Food, people and dirt under your fingernails

“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.” – Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder I had a chance to bridge the cultural divide, and I jumped at it. ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

The great green job machine – you can Google it

“What I find inspiring, if not miraculous, is that the green economy continues to blossom – despite everything that has been thrown against it.” – Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Econo...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

It measures up: Community solar’s just right

“This porridge is too hot!” she exclaimed. So she tasted the porridge from the second bowl. “This porridge is too cold,” she said. So she tasted the last bo...

DATE: Apr 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.