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In the last month, YVSC teamed up with several organizations on two powerful events...
The Annual Community Recycling Drop Off Day and the Soup Bowl Supper were both a huge success, and it's collaborations like these that are the heart of what YVSC strives to achieve.
At the start of next month we'll host our 6th Annual CEC Green Building Tour, we're headed to Mid-Valley this year, viewing three inspiring, unique homes, as well as the Legacy Ranch. Read on for more information on all, and thank you for supporting the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council!
- Sarah Jones, YVSC Executive Director
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2014 CEC Green Building Tour
Sunday, November 2nd
12pm - 4pm, starting and ending at the Legacy Ranch
$15 for one, $25 for two - REGISTER NOW
This year's Clean Energy Collective Green Building Tour is headed to Mid-Valley to view 3 beautiful and inspiring homes, and will start and finish at Yampatika's Legacy Ranch. The homes on the tour include an off-grid home designed to Passive-Haus standards, a sustainably built remodel, and an adobe style home with partial strawbale construction and geothermal.
Learn more at
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Another successful Recycling Day!
On October 4th, 50+ volunteers and staff helped to direct traffic of almost 500 cars that brought in almost 30,000 lbs of electronics, 10,000 lbs of hazardous waste, 40 cubic yards of home reuse materials, and much much more.
All our diversion results are listed at
http://www.yvsc.org/2014-recycling-day-numbers/
If you missed this event and you'd like to recycle something, please reach out to Emilie Rogers at [email protected] to learn where your items can be disposed of properly.
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Clay Artisans support YVSC and CAA
Annual Soup Bowl Supper, October 15
Raising over $9000 in one evening - the most this event has raised - nearly 300 people shuffled in to the soup bowl line to taste delicious samples from dozens of local restaurants in their new handmade soup bowls.
YVSC and CAA would like to thank our generous sponsors for supplying food and items for this event:
All That Jazz, Caf� Diva, Bistro CV, Creekside Caf�, Drunken Onion, The Cabin, Freshies, Steamboat Smokehouse, Mountain Brew, Rootz, Ore House, Steamboat Cheesecakes, Egg and I, Red Bowl, Buckin' Horse Pantry, Taco Cabo, The Bakery, Kate's Cafe, Natural Grocers
And it couldn't be done without the dedication and craftsmanship of the Steamboat Clay Artisans - THANK YOU!!
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2014 Zero Waste Program Impact
Every year YVSC's largest program makes a huge impact in our community! Here are the highlights of this year's achievements:
- 36 large-scale events
- 58,000 event attendees
- 88% of event waste diverted from the landfill
- 3 Chamber events: Steamboat Marathon, Hot Air Balloon Rodeo and Wild West Air Show
- Other new Zero Waste events in 2014: Winter Sports Club's Jumping Jammin' Fest and the River Fest
- Trainings for 5 local organizations and businesses to make their events Zero Waste
- Water Monsters (120-gallon water refill stations) used at 22 events
- New Water Monster events in 2014: River Fest, Ride the Rockies, Stage Race, and Casey Pond's Alzheimer's Walk
Thank you to our 2014 Sponsors!
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Sustainability Is...
Community Partners like you!
We are so grateful for the community support we've received from Zero Waste sponsors, the Steamboat Clay Artisans, and everyone who participated in the Community Recycling Drop-Off.
YVSC also needs the support of people like you to sustain our efforts and preserve this place we all love and enjoy. Your donation will help us continue to offer Zero Waste events, resource conservation opportunities, and outreach and education programs that impact everyone in our community.
Please donate online today.
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November 2
The 2014 CEC
Green Building Tour
heads to Mid-Valley
Legacy Ranch, 12pm
November 3
Community Solar Open House
Aurum, 5:30pm
November 5
YVSC Community Monthly Meeting
Centennial Hall, 11:30am
November 6
YVR monthly committee meeting
Centennial Hall,
12pm
November 15
America Recycles Day
National Recognition
December 2
Hanna Ranch
Film showing
Library Hall, 6:30pm
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November 3rd
CEC Community Solar Open House
5:30-7:00pm
Aurum
Come learn more about the
Solar Garden
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YVSC welcomes new Board Members !
Fawn Racoma
Amber Maisel
Thank you for joining this fabulous team of guiding members!
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December 2nd
Hanna Ranch and
the Eco Cowboy
Bud Werner Memorial Library Hall
6:30pm
Learn more here
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Zero Heroes
Our Zero Waste season is long and labor intensive, and it couldn't be done without our fabulous volunteers, staff, and sponsors.
Thank you to these supporting heroes!
Routt County
City of Steamboat
Waste Management
Pam & Jeff Knight
Twin Enviro Services
Steamboat Flood Suckers
Steve Green CO
Golden Leaf
And thank you to our two Top Hero Volunteers for 2014!
Kate Bauer
hero'd 6 Saturday Farmers Markets and
Craig Kennedy hero'd all five Free Concerts this summer!
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To our Zero Queen
from the YVSC family
Thank you
Carol Wilson,
for your long term dedication to the Zero Waste cause, and for your tenure with YVSC. Your impact is exponential (see left)! Keep up the good work! We're sad to see you go, but we know you'll go far!
Moving forward, please direct all waste questions (compost, recycling, upcycling, etc!) to our new
Waste Diversion Director,
Emilie Rogers!
970-871-9299 ext 103
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YVSC
Board of Directors
Amber Maisel
Mike McCrann
Paul Potyen
Fawn Racoma
Garrett Smith
Jeff Troeger
YVSC
Advisory Board
Angela Ashby
Catherine Carson
Sam Jones
Carolina Manriques
Liz Wahl
Want to join this awesome team?
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