By Carly Valerious Billy Barr is a mountain man living alone in Gothic Colorado, a place only accessible by skiing or snowshoeing, and he has accumulated data that has progressed the study of climate change. Many documentaries in multiple countries have been made about Billy’s life. For example, The Snow Guardian. This short film is…
By Carly Valerious PAONIA– Three members in the Welt family work at the last functioning coal mine in the north fork valley and they are struggling to deal with implications that result from the dying coal industry. Our planet is getting warmer and the need to switch to renewable energy sources, like solar, is becoming…
By Carly Valerious Climate change is making the harsh winters in Crested Butte more livable, but also threatens the small towns solitude and wilderness. Warming temperatures in already hot states are pushing residents out to more temperate places. Ski areas are closing all around the country, which impacts the entire industry. The livelihood of the…
By Carly Valerious ALAMOSA— Living in The San Luis Valley entails facing major climate change impacts, but residents display optimistic attitudes and a desire to help the valley. Farmers are pressing ahead with potato crops in a water crunch. To cope with climate change, residents of Crestone are turning to meditation to calm their anxious…
By: Carly Valerious As Americans awaken to the harsh realities of greenhouse gas emissions, companies that use problematic energy sources, like coal, are changing. And workers inside the Colorado Springs coal fired Martin Drake Power Plant are wrestling with the implications of those changes. “Energy has flipped over on its head since I started. When…
By Carly Valerious The detrimental effects of climate change are not only destroying the planet, but causing grief. Ecological grief– eco grief– happens when you feel emotionally affected by the changes in the environment. A group of people so gripped with woe about environmental change formed a commune. They called it Zendik farm. “Anger at…
