December 2014
Issue 72
Sustaining our Community  for Future Generations
 

What a year! 

From engaging over 350 volunteers and over 58,000 event participants this year to collecting over 40,000 pounds of hard-to-recycle items, YVSC has had an action-packed year with our community.  Read our year-end results from key programs and events in our 2014 Program Highlights here. 

We couldn't make our impact without your support, thank you for all you do for YVSC!   Thanks to you, YVSC raised over $6000 on Colorado Gives Day, and our push isn't over - you can help us raise $20,000 by December 31st to support our programs and this place we all love so much!

Best holiday wishes to you and yours,
Sarah Jones, Executive Director
In This Issue
Leaders in Sustainability
Trees make GREAT gifts!
Sustainable Schools
Recycle Trees and Lights
YVSC blog
2014 Events and more
Behind the scenes
Donate now
YVSC Board of Directors
2014 Leaders in Sustainability

Since 2010 the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council has given annual awards to recognize heroes in our community who have dedicated their time, energy, and even entire careers to advancing sustainability and resilience in the Yampa Valley. These heroes are inspirations to our organization and are a yearly reminder of why we do what we do.

 

Thank you to this year's heroes in sustainability:


John Spezia, Michele Miller, Emilie Rogers, Karen Schulman, Jason Landers, Kelly Landers and Bob Keenan
Trees make GREAT gifts!    

It's that time of year where we start selling certificates for the baby saplings for our 2015 ReTree Steamboat event!

 

We get a lot of stuff this time of year, but it's a warm, green, earth-lovin' feeling when someone helps reforests our beautiful backcountry in your name! Get our adorable kid-designed post card to mail with your tree gifts this year!

 

Trees are $2 each and can be purchased online now - visit our ReTree page to learn more.  

 

Trees will be planted on June 7th, 2015!

 

Sustainable Schools  

View our Green Team's latest update

which includes: 

  • School-wide Energy Savings
  • Repurposed rocks and wood
  • Environmental Literacy
  • Aquaponics
  • Feb 2014 Energy Challenge Winner 
  • Small Electronics Recycling
  • Tower Garden projects

Learn more about Sustainable Schools

Recycle your Holiday Trees and Lights

For the entire month of January the City of Steamboat will collect your real everygreen trees in the Ice Arena parking lot at 285 Howelsen Parkway. PLEASE take everything off your tree prior to drop-off (no tinsel, lights, etc), it will be mulched and used throughout the city in the spring.  NO WREATHS (contain wire). 


 

ALSO, Ace Hardware has a crate next to the check-out registers for recycling broken or unwanted Holiday Lights. 

 

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!

Preserve what YOU love about the Yampa Valley

The new year is right around the corner, which means there are less 2
weeks left to make a tax-deductible donation to YVSC for 2014! 

YVSC is working to ensure that the quality of life and incredible natural environment which we all enjoy right now will be here for generations to come. Donate before December 31st to ensure programs like Zero Waste, Sustainable Schools, ReTree, and Yampa Valley Recycles thrive in 2015! With your support, we can make sustainability a way of life in our community.

Click here to make your tax-deductible donation before December 31.

Wishing you a joyous, peaceful and sustainable 2015!
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Where were we this year? 
2014 Events
1/7/14: Local food, local wood, local markets
1/15: Solar garden reception
1/23: The Bottom Line Energy workshop
1/28: Leveraging Waste with Future Pointe
2/1-28: Take Charge Energy Challenge 
2/25: Investing in Green Technology
3/5: Repurposing your Event
325: Predators with George Wuerthner
3/27: GMO OMG film
3/29: Earth Hour
4/4: Secret Supper Club
4/15: Fierce Green Fire
4/16: YERT
5/19: Community Cleanup Day
5/27: The State of our Watershed
5/28: The Future of our Forests
5/31: Project Learning Tree
6/8: ReTree Steamboat
6/13: Welcome Home Steamboat seminar on housing
6/14: Electronic Recycling Event
6/24: Genetically Modified Crops
7/19: Tour de Steamboat
7/22: Thinking Outside the Car
8/26: Sustainability of Historic Preservation 
9/2: Green Gardens Tour
9/17: Energy Efficiency and the Green MLS
10/4: Recycling Drop Off Day
11/2: Green Building Tour
11/12: Recycling Study Results
11/1-30: Take Charge Energy Challenge
12/2: Hanna Ranch
 
SEE IT ALL IN OUR ANNUAL VIDEO HERE

 

January 15

Growing Cities

Library Hall

6:30pm

 

 February TBA

Passive House Talking Green and Workshop

with Todd Collins


 

...and behind the scenes in 2014:

City Sustainability Plan 
School District Sustainability Plan
County Energy Reduction Plan
Recycling Feasibility Study
Yes! 
We accomplish all this on a small budget!  
Support YVSC  
for a sustainable 
2015!

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YVSC

Board of Directors

 Amber Maisel

Mike McCrann

Alex Osmond
Brandon Owens 

Fawn Racoma

Garrett Smith

  

YVSC

Advisory Board

 Angela Ashby

Catherine Carson

Sam Jones

Carolina Manriques
Jeff Troeger 

Liz Wahl

 

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