Go-Getter Gets Governments Going on Sustainability

Peak Moment 120: Energetic Kris Holstrom is the first Sustainability Coordinator for Telluride and a smart Colorado county. The action plan she developed encompasses energy efficiency and renewables, green building, food and water security, economy, and recycling/resource recovery. She enlightens us about green codes, incentives and rebates, a household energy audit program, public education speakers and conferences, even farm tours for schoolkids. For Kris, what's at the heart of sustainability is building relationships within the community and with the land, wherever we live.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• government
• sustainability
• education

[SEElovEverywhere]

This is wonderful! i look forward to seeing more people across the USA doing this! Just saw a member of our myspace green cooperative post this and i reposted too to my 6460 + friends. Thank you so much! Namasté, nan

[peakmoment]

Hey, thanks! We're happy to welcome new viewers to our Peak Moment weekly videos, and visitors to our site peakmoment(dot)tv. We're hoping to tape programs across the continent next year. If you want to know more, subscribe to our occasional e-newsletter on the home page.

[ZombieDesertDeities]

Janaia I was talking with David Blume and I found out that the materials used to make solar panels are a non re-usable mineral and we don't have enough of it to make it a good option for everyone. Like oil it's not going to last. We will run out.

[peakmoment]

We're running out of many things, including arable land to grow crops for fuel, topsoil, freshwater, uranium, coal, ocean fisheries and much more. We have to seriously reduce human population and consumption. For the transition, we need to conserve like crazy as a start. (Richard Heinberg makes a strong case for this in his presentation at "Kiss Your Gas Goodbye", which you can find on the Peak Moment website peakmoment(dot)tv.

[mettez]

Love you Kris, all the best with wonderfull project. You bring hope. Thanks again for this wonderfull program. bizou