Archive for category: News

18.122014December 18, 2014

Owning It by Prudy Grimes

By EcoIn Commentary, NewsTags Brockway Pass, fracking, Lake Tahoe, Pittsburgh, pollution, Prudy Grimes

Owning It by Prudy Grimes The first time my husband and I drove over Brockway Pass and saw Lake Tahoe, tears came to our eyes....

15.122014December 15, 2014

Trout Creek Pocket Park in Truckee needs donations

By EcoIn Commentary, NewsTags MAP, Sierra Business Council, Sierra Green Building Association, Trout Creek Pocket Park, Truckee, Truckee Donner Parks and Recreation District, Truckee Trails Foundation

Eco Truckee Tahoe News and Commentary Trout Creek Pocket Park, the project to revitalize and enhance a neglected park in Truckee’s historic downtown at the...

14.122014December 14, 2014

Be Creative for the Environment – Be an Eco Journalism Volunteer

By EcoIn NewsTags eco-journalism, environment, Tahoe, Truckee, volunteers

Be Creative for the Environment – Volunteer for Eco Truckee Tahoe Journalism Project EcoTruckee.org is looking for reporters, writers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, social media gurus, marketers...

13.122014December 23, 2014

Truckee neighbors talk dogs, environment and jet noise

By EcoIn Commentary, NewsTags ecotourism, hangar, jet noise, Martis Valley, Truckee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary Ted Lipien Neighbors meet and talk. On Tuesday, I met a Truckee woman with a small white dog near Martis Lake...

12.122014December 12, 2014

Help save Lake Tahoe from losing its iconic skyline

By EcoIn Commentary, NewsTags development, Digital Journal, Lake Tahoe, Ted Lipien

Eco Truckee Tahoe News and Commentary “Community campaign to protect iconic Lake Tahoe skyline from development needs state, national and international support,” Ted Lipien, founder...

10.122014December 14, 2014

Residents vow to protect Lake Tahoe ridgeline from development

By EcoIn Commentary, NewsTags Ann Nichols, East West Partners, ecotourism, jet noise, Lake Tahoe, MAP, Placer County, Sierra Watch, Ted Lipien, TRPA, Truckee

Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary Ted Lipien The proposal to build 112 new multimillion-dollar luxury homes in a likely gated community at the top of the...

20.112014November 20, 2014

Sierra Watch to open Keep Squaw True headquarters

By EcoIn NewsTags KSL Capital Partners, Mark Fisher, Squaw Valley, UnofficialAlpine.com

Eco Truckee Tahoe News The Keep Squaw True campaign will be celebrating the grand opening of its campaign headquarters at the Tahoe Mill this week...

14.112014November 15, 2014

Visit a new green cafe in Truckee this weekend

By EcoIn Ecotourism, NewsTags cafe, coffee, Dark Horse Coffee Roasters Truckee, ecotourism, Truckee

A new coffee shop in Truckee, Dark Horse Coffee Roasters Truckee, is now serving raw, vegan, organically sourced treats by Vibrant Vixen Pure Foods. Great...

13.112014November 13, 2014

MAP November E-News eco updates

By EcoIn NewsTags MAP, Truckee

Eco Truckee Tahoe News Local environmental organization, Mountain Area Preservation Foundation (MAP), has sent out its November 2014 E-News to subscribers. New email subscriptions can...

07.112014November 7, 2014

Getting Green Done in Lake Tahoe

By EcoIn NewsTags Andy Wirth, Aspen Snowmass, Auden Schendler, ecology, Incorporate Olympic Valley, KSL Capital Partners, Sierra Watch, Squaw Valley, Squaw Valley Institute

Eco Truckee Tahoe News The Squaw Valley Institute is sponsoring an event: “Getting Green Done in Lake Tahoe November 9, 2014 with Auden Schendler.” Auden...