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 corner of of Jibboom Street and Bridge Street, is “currently planned, permitted, designed and ready for construction in 2015,” according to latest Mountain Area Preservation Foundation (MAP) online and email…
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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 and other creative and managerial souls to help protect the environment through eco-journalism. Email: Ted Lipien – tedlipien@gmail.com Send e-mail
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 in the middle of the day. I was walking there to take some photos to document for EcoTruckee.org the low water levels due to California drought. She was taking herself…
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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 of Ecotruckee.org, wrote in an op-ed in online DIGITAL JOURNAL. “As one of the signs of the times of declining appreciation for public good, Lake Tahoe and other natural landmarks…
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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 ridgeline of Lake Tahoe, one of the most iconic scenic places in North America, was clearly horrifying to dozens of Tahoe basin and other local residents who came to a…
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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 on Thursday, November 20. Sierra Watch will be hosting the happy hour from 5:00 until 7:30 pm. “Impending development proposals are raising big questions about the future of Squaw Valley.…
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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 coffee, delicious treats and wonderful atmosphere at 10009 W River St. Staff and patrons seem focused on protecting the environment. Coffee Bar at 10120 Jibboom St. also serves great coffee…
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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 be made here. A grass-roots, successful local non-profit established in 1987, MAP has as its mission “to preserve the Truckee region’s community character and the natural environment for present and…
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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 Schendler is the V.P. of Sustainability for Aspen Snowmass and Author of “Getting Green Done.” Snowmass is a part of the Aspen/Snowmass ski resort complex located in Snowmass Village near…
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Owning It by 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. It was the most beautiful place we’d ever seen. That was ten years ago, and we live here now. We are nomadic academics, who have travelled and lived all over,…
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