Living on the Earth Archives

Learning The Flowers with David Lee

Living on the Earth: Learning the Flowers The Crestone Eagle • May, 2022 by David Lee I like the...

Living on the Earth: Crestone Evergreens

The Crestone Eagle • January, 2022 Living on the Earth: Crestone Evergreens by David Lee The...

Living on Earth: Slavery in the southwest

The Crestone Eagle • November, 2021 Living on Earth: Slavery in the southwest by Mary Lowers It...

The curious life of hibernating black bears – Questions for our sleepy neighbors

The Crestone Eagle • October, 2021 Living On Earth: The curious life of hibernating black bears...

Miners, ranchers, military & railroads: White settlement in the San Luis Valley

The Crestone Eagle • May, 2021 Miners, ranchers, military & railroads: White settlement in the...

His Fraudulency, 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes

The Crestone Eagle • February, 2021 His Fraudulency, 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes by Mary...

A season of hope Christmas stories to warm your heart and make you laugh

The Crestone Eagle • December, 2020 A season of hope Christmas stories to warm your heart and make...

Passive solar design skills

The Crestone Eagle • September, 2020 Passive solar design skills by Paul Shippee Passive solar is...

The Villa Grove connection

The Crestone Eagle • August, 2020 The Villa Grove connection by Mary Lowers Villa Grove is the...

Crestone Mountain Zen Center goes solar

The Crestone Eagle • July, 2020 Crestone Mountain Zen Center goes solar by Larry Joseph Calloway When the 132 solar panels went online at 50 kilowatts in late June at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center it was a milepost (or more...

Pam & Steve Gripp: Living the homestead dream (August 2003)

The Crestone Eagle, August 2003: Pam & Steve Gripp: Living the homestead dream by Mary Lowers We live on the eastern slope of one of the highest agricultural valley in the world. Farming and ranching traditions go back...

Fires in Crestone history

The Crestone Eagle • May, 2018 Fires in Crestone history by Mary Lowers As summer approaches, we are living with a stage two fire alert in Saguache County. Crestone and the Baca Grande are drier than even the “old timers” have...

Community solar microgrids explained

The Crestone Eagle • May, 2020 Community solar microgrids explained by Paul Shippee Going green...

The Stations of the Cross in the San Luis Valley

The Stations of the Cross in the San Luis Valley The Crestone Eagle • April, 2020 by Anoushka...

Trucking at the potato harvest (October 2004)

The Crestone Eagle, October 2004: Trucking at the potato harvest story & photos by Len Schreiner I took a temp job driving a potato truck in the SLV Potato harvest. My experience was marked by the kind of people I’ve...

News from the frontlines: Grassroots climate action in East Africa

News from the frontlines: Grassroots climate action in East Africa The Crestone Eagle • March,...

Wetlands & water—Then you saw them, now you don’t

originally published: February 2020 Wetlands & water—Then you saw them, now you don’t by Lisa Cyriacks Peggy Godfrey, Saguache County representative to the Rio Grande Water Conservation District (RGWCD) board, has been...