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Sustainability Means Profitability

That's Natural — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:51:04 +0000

Today the cold harsh reality of my country’s cry for help came to full blows. Today I was turned down for a story on what I do because of my “political ideology”. I guess that my love for sustainability cannot be promoted if I love liberty and free markets. (SIGH) Oh wait a second, that is the ONLY way it would ever be sustainable – if we are free and able to make money!!

So apparently being grouped into the conservative camp bans one from loving recycling, clean energy, and organic food? I don’t think so, but what do YOU think? Can one love liberty and free markets and at the same time want to save the environment and support local food systems?

I have always believed that loving our country and loving sustainability go hand-in-hand – regardless of if you are liberal, conservative, or whatever is in between – has that changed?

We would like to hear from you…

Sneak Peak! Summer Edition 2010 of That’s Natural!

That's Natural — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:22:15 +0000

Our Summer Edition is at the printer, but you can take a sneak-peak, online at http://www.thatsnatural.info

Making Something Good

That's Natural — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:58:25 +0000

- By Trevor Johnson

This was the project we were given, to make something good. Our professor Val Veirs is the one who challenged us with this. Val is returning to Colorado College just to teach Introduction to Global Climate Change. As it turns out he helped build the first environmental science classes at CC and the environmental science major. Throughout the class we were asked to think of creative ways to communicate to people of our generation the concepts we were learning in class. At the end of our three and a half week block (CC is on the block plan as you may know), we were asked to implement as many of these ideas as we could. Our class project for a class of 24 people was underway. We wanted to create a way to bring all of our ideas together.

Thus we have a website devoted to creative communication of Global Climate Change. This includes a rap music video, as well as several other silly videos, a forum to discuss skepticism, information about what we can do to become greener, and several of the papers that we wrote for the class. The website is called Making Something Good: Walking the Green Talk. Every member of the class took part and it seems that we all were able to bring something different to the table.

We each had different interests, talents, and backgrounds. I was able to play a small role, but in the end we came up with a great product that seems so important. While this website may be the basis on which we build, our group has done other things to appear to our generation. This includes making a YouTube channel to display our videos, and a Facebook groups to gain more support. And to top it all off, we did this all in a week. If you want to find out more, please visit www.makingsomthinggood.com, or go to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/coloradocollegeev128.

“Making Something Good” is dedicated to motivating the millennial generation via collaboration and education to become more responsible environmental citizens and providing practical solutions for a more sustainable tomorrow.

Seed Banks – This Spring Buy Heirloom and Heritage Varieties

That's Natural — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:01:47 +0000

It is that time of year when you are beginning to feel Spring in the air (except in Colorado where it was snowing today), and that means time for planting. As I watch the baby calves, chicks, ducklings, and kids (goat-youth, that is) frolic around in the warm air, I am inspired to again try to grow something.

Hopefully you are too, and you are most likely better at it than I am. So please send us your stories, as we would like to incorporate them here, and in our publication.

I had found a couple of websites dedicated to saving seeds, specifically heirloom varieties, you can read that post here: Seed Banks – Saving History & Agriculture.

It’s important to support local, and it is also important to support companies and businesses that garner sustainability. Support companies and organizations that protect agriculture and embrace sustainability by avoiding practices that have to do with the genetic modification of our food.

-Tisha Casida

Sustainability From the Start – The Simplicity of Sustainability

That's Natural — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:42:15 +0000

By: Angela Beery
When I think about sustainable living, I think about simplicity. It was Leonardo DaVinci who said “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Living sustainably not only makes sense – it’s simply genius! It follows the laws and order of the universe. It obeys the “House Rules” plaque my great-grandmother has posted on her bathroom wall – “If you sleep on it – make it up. If you wear it – hang it up. If you drop it – pick it up. If you dirty it – clean it up.” Sustainable living is the ultimate common sense.
The simplicity of sustainability makes life easier and more economical in all areas – including when it comes to raising young children. It’s easier because you need less. It’s more economical, again, because you need less. Raising a sustainable-minded family proves that less is indeed more.

You can read the rest of the story on Page 6 of That’s Natural! Quarter 1, 2010 – here: http://issuu.com/ThatsNatural/docs/tnq1_2010_web

Trinity Brewing Company = Great Beer, Fabulous Food, and Easy on the Environment

That's Natural — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:32:00 +0000

By: Tisha Casida

Now THIS is sustainability my friends! Trinity Brewing Company has done a fine job with their menu and dedication to the local economy, check out the post at: http://goodamericanpost.info/2010/03/12/trinity-brewing-company-great-beer-fabulous-food-and-easy-on-the-environment/