Education, Arts, & Culture

Fort Lewis College

FLC Ethnobotany Page - The aim of Ethnobotany is to study how and why people use and conceptualize plants in their local environments. The two questions most asked are (1) how and in what ways people use nature and (2) how and in what ways people view nature. Ethnobotanists gather data mainly from living peoples in hopes of gathering a view of their past existence as well as an understanding of present uses of plants for food, medicine, construction materials, and tools.

KDUR- check out the Ride share Program and the Making Waves Radio Show

Durango & La Plata County

Children’s Museum of Durango- “An educational and playful place for children of all ages”

Green Museum - On-line museum of environmental art, featuring Durango environmental artist Shan Wells.

Region & State

Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College   The Center of Southwest Studies was established in 1964 to serve as a museum and a research facility and to develop an interdisciplinary Southwest curriculum. The Center's holdings, totally approximately 8,700 linear shelf feet, include some 15,000 volumes, numerous periodicals, more than 7,000 linear shelf feet of manuscripts, unbound printed materials and three-dimensional artifacts, 5,000 reels of historic microfilm, 600 oral histories, and about 35,000 photographs. The Center's collection of Southwestern artifacts and historical records and its large collection of books and other printed materials, many of them rare, addressing every.aspxect of the Southwest, are a resource for every member of the community and beyond.  

Colorado Historical Society   Founded in 1879, the Colorado Historical Society brings the unique character of Colorado's past to more than a million people each year through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions, manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications, historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational programs for children and adults. In short, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Colorado for present and future generations.  

Conservation Education - San Juan National Forest - This page, sponsored by the San Juan National Forest, list numerous educational resources for teachers relating to the outdoors including workshops, fieldtrips, special activities and check-out resources.

Cottonwood Institute- their mission is to inspire students to change the world through a blend of adventure and service they also teach students camping and wilderness survival skills

Durango Nature Studies - Hands-on outdoor nature education opportunities for adults, families and school children. Excellent volunteer opportunities for anyone in the Durango area!!

Good Dirt Radio -  Local radio show digging up good dirt for a change!

High Country News - timely news about various issues affecting the West 

La Plata Historical Society & Animas Museum   The Animas Museum is owned and operated by the La Plata County Historical Society, whose directors and staff have transformed the 1904 Animas City School building into a charming local history museum. The museum features permanent and temporary exhibits on local history and culture. Historians, geneaologists and other researchers frequently use our library and photo archives. Copies of archival photos may be obtained for standard reproduction fees.  

San Juan Mountains Association- “A legacy of stewardship on public lands in southwest Colorado”

The Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection: Postcards   This collection at the Center for southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College contains historic post cards of the Four Corners region of Southwest Colorado. Nearly three thousand postcards, displayed online, showing both sides.

The Red Mountain Project   The goal of the Red Mountain Project is the acquisition and return to public ownership of approximately 10,500 acres of private mining claims situated in three of the most scenic valleys in Colorado's San Juan Mountains. Once seriously considered for elevation to National Park status in recognition of unquestioned natural beauty, the area was ultimately rejected in light of extensive mineralization and mining potential. This web site lists successes of the project as well as historical information about the Red Mountain region.  

Nation

Association of Experiential Education - The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy.

Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment -  ASLE was founded in October 1992 to promote the exchange of ideas and information about literature and other cultural representations that consider human relationships with the natural world.

National Association for Environmental Education -

Occidental Arts & Ecology Center - OAEC is a nonprofit organizing and education center and organic farm in Northern California’s Sonoma County. OAEC was founded in 1994 by a group of biologists, horticulturists, educators, activists, and artists seeking innovative and practical approaches to the pressing environmental and economic crises of our day. Much of the Center’s work addresses the challenges of creating democratic communities that are ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable in an increasingly privatized and corporatized economy and culture.

Society for Environmental Journalism -  The mission of the Society of Environmental Journalists is to advance public understanding of environmental issues by improving the quality, accuracy, and visibility of environmental reporting. SEJ members envision an informed society through excellence in environmental journalism.

Urban Ecology Center- A neighborhood based, non-profit community center located in Milwaukee dedicated to enhancing environmental awareness in their community.

World

Theatre of the Oppressed - Theatre of the Oppressed was born in 1971, in Brazil, under the very young form of Newspaper Theatre , with the specific goal of dealing with local problems – soon, it was used all over the country. Forum Theatre came into being in Peru, in 1973, as part of a Literacy Program; we thought it would be good only for South America– now it is practiced in more than 70 countries.

General

Common Dreams - breaking news and views for the progressive community

The Earth Times - lots of informed writing on global issues 

Environmental News Network - environmental education and awareness 

Exploring Environmental Ethics - Indiana University 

Grist Magazine – Environmental News and Commentary

Indy Media - Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.

Tourism Concern - Campaign for ethical and fairly traded tourism.