Stories from Durango’s compost movement — community wins, compost wisdom, and dispatches from the pile.
Ah, college—that magical time in young adulthood when we innovated groundbreaking recycling systems for food, clothing, and packaging. When we participated in ozone monitoring, building and maintaining trails, or regener…
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Morgan Di Santo is running in circles. Hardly surprising for someone who has chosen to be farmer. The cycles of the yearly seasons are an over-looping circle. The life cycle of a seed is also circular. But for Morgan, th…
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“ What the—?! ” Monique DiGiorgio mumbled to her laptop, squinting at the subject line stacked at the top of the inbox. Was it spam? A scam? After a hesitation, she tapped to open the message. Then, both hands clamped ov…
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It was after dark when Katherine Solbert and her husband pulled off the highway, exhausted from hours driving on a cross-country road trip. They ducked into a Del Taco, one of the few spots still open. “I was just numb,”…
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Embers fly from tree to tree like songbirds seeking new nests. One searing sparrow swoops down to a house below the canopy. It ignites the ornamental shrubbery spanning the walls. Soon, the house disappears behind giant …
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A seed. A seed seems small. A seed seems insignificant. Do not be fooled. A seed becomes many ruby-red tomatoes. A seed becomes a vine gemmed with juicy watermelons. A seed becomes a tree bejeweled with fruits. Or, in th…
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“Are you finished eating that?” Lacy Ruggiero holds up a green Table to Farm tote. Her classmate in the Animas High School dining area carefully considers the remnant citrus rind and uneaten crust of a sandwich. He seems…
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For eight years, Megan and Clay Tallmadge have mastered the ins and outs of fostering young ones whose lives were literally uprooted. Not necessarily kidnapped, but definitely plucked out of their home turf and in need o…
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The younger generation has a different way of doing things. They learn math via TikTok videos. They use generative AI to write. They have different slang, like cheugy to mean not cool or skibidi to mean…well, no one over…
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When the Ohana Kuleana Community Garden closed in 2022, Charlie Love was devastated. So were his students. For years, Love had conducted his sciences classes at the garden—a conveniently short walk from Riverview Element…
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Life for Katie Bogacz was like a high-flying dirigible when she first came to Durango. She was floating along on high hopes and big dreams. But then the big balloon crash-landed. A relationship shattered. Dreams crumbled…
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Perfect. Conditions were all too perfect for Tom Gauthier’s scheme. He had cased the building and knew its every weakness or bulwark. He’d cased the 18 th and Main Avenue neighborhood, with its mix of schools, banks, lib…
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